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WorksheetsBotany lec part 1
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Study of ancient life of plants and its evolution & the evolution of plants in the geologic past.
paleobotany
ethnobotany
plant genetics
economic botany
Study of mosses & similar plants.
agronomy
bryology
horticulture
forestry
A sub discipline of systematics; deals with description, naming & classification of plants.
plant systematics
plant physiology
plant taxonomy
plant anatomy
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?
Digitalis purpurea
Papaver somniferum
Cinchona succirubra
Salix spp
Salix spp. was derivatized to form what chemical?
Clue: it is widely used as anti-inflammatory drug.
Morphine
quinine
acetyl salicylic acid
caffeine
It is a study that deals with forms of living organisms and relationship with their structure.
Anatomy
taxonomy
pharmacology
morphology
The study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medicinal, religious and other uses.
Paleobotany
ethnobotany
plant genetics
economic botany
He discovered cells in living plant tissue and published "Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies" in 1665.
Carolus Linnaeus
Ernst Haeckel
Pedanius Dioscorides
Robert Hooke
He performed classic experiments with genetics (study of heredity) using pea plants.
Ernst Haeckel
Gregor Johann Mendel
John William Harshberger
Claudius Galen (Galenus)
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.
Temperate rainforest
Temperate Deciduous rainforest
Desert
Temperate grassland
Plants in deserts may have thick stems to store ______.
Food
water
Nutrients
carbohydrates
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.
taiga
desert
rainforest
grassland
tundra
Which of the following is used for the treatment of cancer?
Filipendula ulmaria
Taxus brevifolia
Digitalis purpurea
Salix spp
Herbal remedies or phytomedicines used for the used for cognitive deficiencies such as anxiety.
Hypericum perforatum
Gingko biloba
Chamomilla recutita
Cassia spp
Digitalis purpurea is used as:
anti-inflammatory
antineoplastic
treatment for cardiac problems
antimalarial drug
It is a core discipline of botany that is concerned with the practical uses of plant/s products.
Plant ecology
Economic botany
Plant geography
Genetics
Plant physiology
Which of the following is NOT an applied topic of botany.
Pharming
Plant pathology
Arboriculture
Phytochemistry
Pomology
The study of algae is:
Mycology
Phycology
Batology
Bryology
Lichenology
It is a core discipline of botany that is concerned with the developing methods for grouping organisms.
Plant ecology
Genetics
Plant systematic
Plant taxonomy
Economic botany
