The World of Plants
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What is a plant?
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Why are plants important?
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photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
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conversion of solar
energy to chemical energy
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production
Base of all
food chains
Why are plants important?
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Photosynthesis
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Food
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Ancient Agriculture Egyptian tomb wall
1500
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Modern Agriculture;
people food…
…and herbivore food
Why are plants important?
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Photosynthesis
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Food
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pharmaceuticals
Cinchona tree and quinine Treatment
of fevers by Native Americans,
Andes. Spanish explorers discover the
use for the treatment of Malaria
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Why are plants important?
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Photosynthesis
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Food
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Pharmaceuticals
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Fuel, shelter, paper
Wood for fuel
Wood for building
Fossil fuels from fossilized plant
remains
Paper from pulp
derived from
woody plants
Why are plants important?
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Photosynthesis
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Food
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Pharmaceuticals
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Fuel, shelter, paper
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Industrial products
Why are plants important?
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Photosynthesis
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Food
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Pharmaceuticals
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Fuel, shelter, paper
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Industrial products
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Aesthetic benefits!!!
Plants vs. other organisms
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Common plants today
Division Bryophyta
Division Pterophyta
Division Psilophyta
Division Sphenophyta
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Division Lycophyta
Division Cycadophyta
Division Ginkgophyta
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Division Gnetophyta
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Division Coniferophyta
Division Anthophyta
Fields of study
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Plant systematics
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evolutionary history of plants
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Plant physiology
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functionality of plants, such as
photosynthesis, flowering, hormone action
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Plant anatomy
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how plant structure relates to
function
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Plant morphology
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plant lifecycles, reproduction,
evolution
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Plant ecology
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how plants relate to other
organisms, and how plants meet their needs in the
environment
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Plant genetics
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biotechnology and genetic
engineering
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