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RgSc 316 Study Questions Spring 2009: Botany Course Materials, Study notes of Forestry

New Mexico State University - Main CampusForestry

This document consists of study questions for a botany course offered in spring 2009. The questions cover various topics related to plant taxonomy, plant structures, plant nomenclature, plant reproduction, and plant groups. Students are expected to know terms, diagram plant structures, and understand concepts related to plant biology.

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RgSc๎˜ƒ316๎˜ƒStudy๎˜ƒQuestions๎˜ƒSpring๎˜ƒ2009๎˜ƒ
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January๎˜ƒ14,๎˜ƒ2009๎˜ƒ
1. Have๎˜ƒyou๎˜ƒreviewed๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒsyllabus?๎˜ƒ๎˜ƒDo๎˜ƒyou๎˜ƒknow๎˜ƒwhatโ€™s๎˜ƒhappening๎˜ƒnext๎˜ƒweek?๎˜ƒ
2. Do๎˜ƒyou๎˜ƒhave๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒtexts?๎˜ƒ
3. Have๎˜ƒyou๎˜ƒpicked๎˜ƒout๎˜ƒan๎˜ƒinteresting๎˜ƒbook๎˜ƒto๎˜ƒread๎˜ƒthis๎˜ƒsemester?๎˜ƒ
4. List๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒtaxonomic๎˜ƒhierarchy๎˜ƒfor๎˜ƒplants,๎˜ƒfrom๎˜ƒDivision๎˜ƒto๎˜ƒVariety.๎˜ƒ
5. What๎˜ƒis๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒcorrect๎˜ƒending๎˜ƒ(suffix)๎˜ƒfor๎˜ƒplant๎˜ƒfamilies?๎˜ƒ
6. What๎˜ƒis๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒsingular๎˜ƒand๎˜ƒplural๎˜ƒof๎˜ƒspecies,๎˜ƒgenus?๎˜ƒ
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January๎˜ƒ21,๎˜ƒ2009๎˜ƒ
7. Review๎˜ƒtables๎˜ƒ1โ€3๎˜ƒand๎˜ƒknow๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒterms๎˜ƒon๎˜ƒp.๎˜ƒ5โ€9.๎˜ƒ
8. Know๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒterms๎˜ƒand๎˜ƒfeatures๎˜ƒof๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒlab๎˜ƒon๎˜ƒp.๎˜ƒ72โ€80.๎˜ƒ
9. Diagram๎˜ƒaccurately๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒbasic๎˜ƒplant๎˜ƒplan.๎˜ƒ
10. What๎˜ƒare๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒtwo๎˜ƒbasic๎˜ƒrules๎˜ƒof๎˜ƒplant๎˜ƒnomenclature?๎˜ƒGive๎˜ƒexamples๎˜ƒof๎˜ƒtheir๎˜ƒapplication.๎˜ƒ
11. Why๎˜ƒdo๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒscientific๎˜ƒnames๎˜ƒof๎˜ƒplants๎˜ƒchange?๎˜ƒGive๎˜ƒsome๎˜ƒexamples.๎˜ƒ
12. Who๎˜ƒwas๎˜ƒLinnaeus๎˜ƒand๎˜ƒwhat๎˜ƒdoes๎˜ƒhe๎˜ƒhave๎˜ƒto๎˜ƒdo๎˜ƒwith๎˜ƒthis๎˜ƒclass?๎˜ƒ
13. Describe๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒdifference๎˜ƒbetween๎˜ƒidentification๎˜ƒand๎˜ƒclassification.๎˜ƒ
14. What๎˜ƒdoes๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒname๎˜ƒfeensis๎˜ƒmean๎˜ƒ(as๎˜ƒin๎˜ƒAstragalus๎˜ƒfeensis)?๎˜ƒ
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(added๎˜ƒFeb๎˜ƒ18)๎˜ƒ๎˜ƒ๎˜ƒWell,๎˜ƒI๎˜ƒguess๎˜ƒIโ€™ve๎˜ƒfallen๎˜ƒbehind,๎˜ƒbut๎˜ƒIโ€™ll๎˜ƒtry๎˜ƒto๎˜ƒreconstruct๎˜ƒsomething๎˜ƒhelpful๎˜ƒfor๎˜ƒ
you๎˜ƒfrom๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒpast๎˜ƒfew๎˜ƒclass๎˜ƒmeetings.๎˜ƒ
15. Accurately๎˜ƒdiagram๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒbasic๎˜ƒplant๎˜ƒplan,๎˜ƒlabeling๎˜ƒnode,๎˜ƒinternode,๎˜ƒleaf,๎˜ƒaxillary๎˜ƒbud,๎˜ƒlateral๎˜ƒ
branch,๎˜ƒetc.๎˜ƒ
16. Define:๎˜ƒ
rhizome๎˜ƒ
stolon๎˜ƒ
thorn๎˜ƒ
prickle๎˜ƒ
spine๎˜ƒ
forb๎˜ƒ
herbaceous๎˜ƒplant๎˜ƒ
woody๎˜ƒplant๎˜ƒ
annual๎˜ƒ
perennial๎˜ƒ
tendril๎˜ƒ
bulb๎˜ƒ
tuber๎˜ƒ
corm๎˜ƒ
glabrous๎˜ƒ
pubescent๎˜ƒ
leaflet๎˜ƒ
superior๎˜ƒovary๎˜ƒ
inferior๎˜ƒovary๎˜ƒ
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RgSc 316 Study Questions Spring 2009

January 14, 2009

  1. Have you reviewed the syllabus? Do you know whatโ€™s happening next week?
  2. Do you have the texts?
  3. Have you picked out an interesting book to read this semester?
  4. List the taxonomic hierarchy for plants, from Division to Variety.
  5. What is the correct ending (suffix) for plant families?
  6. What is the singular and plural of species, genus? January 21, 2009
  7. Review tables 1 โ€ 3 and know the terms on p. 5 โ€9.
  8. Know the terms and features of the lab on p. 72 โ€80.
  9. Diagram accurately the basic plant plan.
  10. What are the two basic rules of plant nomenclature? Give examples of their application.
  11. Why do the scientific names of plants change? Give some examples.
  12. Who was Linnaeus and what does he have to do with this class?
  13. Describe the difference between identification and classification.
  14. What does the name feensis mean (as in Astragalus feensis )? (added Feb 18) Well, I guess Iโ€™ve fallen behind, but Iโ€™ll try to reconstruct something helpful for you from the past few class meetings.
  15. Accurately diagram the basic plant plan, labeling node, internode, leaf, axillary bud, lateral branch, etc.
  16. Define: rhizome stolon thorn prickle spine forb herbaceous plant woody plant annual perennial tendril bulb tuber corm glabrous pubescent leaflet superior ovary inferior ovary

locule septum carpel

  1. Whatโ€™s the difference between a root and a stem?
  2. Know the flower terms on page 10.
  3. The seed becomes the and the ovary becomes the.
  4. Describe the following fruits: berry pepo pome drupe hesperidium capsule legume achene caryopsis
  5. Review the terms on page 14.
  6. Describe a general cycle of alternation of generations.
  7. The sporophytes produces and the gametophyte produces
  8. Describe the four major plant groups that we will be studying.
  9. Describe the generalized moss life cycle, pointing out the important features.
  10. The dominant plant of mosses belongs to the generation.
  11. How thick are moss leaves? February 18, 2009
  12. Describe the generalized life cycles of mosses, ferns, horsetails, and club mosses, pointing out the differences and trends of each.
  13. Define sorus cone/strobilus sporangium
  14. What has silica?
  15. Describe the fossil forms of horsetails.
  16. In the spore plants, how do the sperm get from the antheridium to the archegonium, and what are they up to?
  17. What would you go to find fern gametophyte plants? Club moss gametophyte plants? February 25, 2009
  18. What are some differences between a spore and a seed?
  19. What is a cone?
  20. What does the word โ€œconiferโ€ mean?
  21. Distinguish among the leaves of Pinus , Abies , Pseudotsuga , Picea , and Juniperus.
  22. What does the name Pseudotsuga mean?
  23. Why do we say that a seed is a sporophyte within a gametophyte within a sporophyte?
  1. What is a chili? Where is Chile?
  2. What are you eating when you eat a pea, a bean, a peanut, a green chili?
  3. What are the two families that are often confused with grasses? How might you tell them apart?
  4. What is the black peppery stuff that falls out of the flowers of rushes?
  5. What plant has an ocrea and what is it?
  6. Is the buckwheat a wheat? April 15, 2009
  7. Note: The correct name for eastern whitethorn acacia is Acacia neovernicosa.
  8. Review the families studied today โ€“ Rosaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Chenopodiaceae, and Malvaceae โ€“ and associate some common features with each.
  9. Define scurfy, cyathium, hypanthium.
  10. Which of the families lack petals and sepals? Which lack petals?
  11. What is a rose hip?
  12. Where do all the extra petals come from in an ornamental rose?
  13. What is it that you eat when you eat an apple, and throw away the apple core? April 22, 2009
  14. Be able to explain in detail the mechanism of one of the carnivorous plants in the film: Venus flyโ€trap, sundew, waterwheel plant, bladderwort, some Bromeliads, pitcher plants, and the seed of shepherโ€™s purse.
  15. If youโ€™re interested, there is a fuller explanation of the sticky Roridula plant from South Africa at http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5500.html