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Botany lec part 1

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Study of ancient life of plants and its evolution & the evolution of plants in the geologic past.

a)

paleobotany

b)

ethnobotany

c)

plant genetics

d)

economic botany

2.

Study of mosses & similar plants.

a)

agronomy

b)

bryology

c)

horticulture

d)

forestry

3.

A sub discipline of systematics; deals with description, naming & classification of plants.

a)

plant systematics

b)

plant physiology

c)

plant taxonomy

d)

plant anatomy

4.

A foxglove was reportedly used by an English housewife to treat dropsy (swelling of soft tissues due to accumulation of water) and systematically used by William Withering. What is the scientific name of foxglove?

a)

Digitalis purpurea

b)

Papaver somniferum

c)

Cinchona succirubra

d)

Salix spp

5.

Salix spp. was derivatized to form what chemical?

Clue: it is widely used as anti-inflammatory drug.

a)

Morphine

b)

quinine

c)

acetyl salicylic acid

d)

caffeine

6.

It is a study that deals with forms of living organisms and relationship with their structure.

a)

Anatomy

b)

taxonomy

c)

pharmacology

d)

morphology

7.

The study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medicinal, religious and other uses.

a)

Paleobotany

b)

ethnobotany

c)

plant genetics

d)

economic botany

8.

He discovered cells in living plant tissue and published "Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies" in 1665.

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Ernst Haeckel

c)

Pedanius Dioscorides

d)

Robert Hooke

9.

He performed classic experiments with genetics (study of heredity) using pea plants.

a)

Ernst Haeckel

b)

Gregor Johann Mendel

c)

John William Harshberger

d)

Claudius Galen (Galenus)

10.

A place where trees can grow very tall due to amount of precipitation and epiphytes such as mosses and ferns grow atop other plants to reach light.

a)

Temperate rainforest

b)

Temperate Deciduous rainforest

c)

Desert

d)

Temperate grassland

11.

Plants in deserts may have thick stems to store ______.

a)

Food

b)

water

c)

Nutrients

d)

carbohydrates

12.

In this place, many trees are evergreen and have needle-like leaves with waxy coating which shape loses less water and sheds snow more easily than broad leaves.

a)

taiga

b)

desert

c)

rainforest

d)

grassland

e)

tundra

13.

Which of the following is used for the treatment of cancer?

a)

Filipendula ulmaria

b)

Taxus brevifolia

c)

Digitalis purpurea

d)

Salix spp

14.

Herbal remedies or phytomedicines used for the used for cognitive deficiencies such as anxiety.

a)

Hypericum perforatum

b)

Gingko biloba

c)

Chamomilla recutita

d)

Cassia spp

15.

Digitalis purpurea is used as:

a)

anti-inflammatory

b)

antineoplastic

c)

treatment for cardiac problems

d)

antimalarial drug

16.

It is a core discipline of botany that is concerned with the practical uses of plant/s products.

a)

Plant ecology

b)

Economic botany

c)

Plant geography

d)

Genetics

e)

Plant physiology

17.

Which of the following is NOT an applied topic of botany.

a)

Pharming

b)

Plant pathology

c)

Arboriculture

d)

Phytochemistry

e)

Pomology

18.

The study of algae is:

a)

Mycology

b)

Phycology

c)

Batology

d)

Bryology

e)

Lichenology

19.

It is a core discipline of botany that is concerned with the developing methods for grouping organisms.

a)

Plant ecology

b)

Genetics

c)

Plant systematic

d)

Plant taxonomy

e)

Economic botany