BOT100 Review assignment 1 20 points 06/19/08

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1. Write out in words the most important chemical equation for life. Remember the energy.
2. What are the 5 steps of the Scientific method?
3. What is the most important step and why?
4. Draw and label three types of leaves.
5. Draw and label three types of leaf veins/
6. Describe 10 adaptations found in leaves.
7. What are two examples of medicines that come from rain forests.
8. What are two ways people are trying to save rain forests and the native people who live there.
9. Why are leaves the most important things on earth.
10. Describe what photosynthesis is.
11. What is the cuticle?
12. What function does the cuticle serve?
13. What is the epidermis?
14. What are trichomes?
15. Where in a plant does primary growth take place?
16. Where on a plant would you find an apical meristem?
17. What are two main types of roots?
18. What are two roots people eat?
19. What is the function of root hairs?
20. Explain why transplanted plants often wilt at first.
21. What do some roots contain large quantities of that cause people to grow and eat them?
22. How does this benefit the plant?
23. Name the three main functions of roots.
24. Do roots absorb water along their entire length? If not, describe where most absorption occurs?
25. What is the function of the root cap?
26. According to Guns Germs and Steel what factors allowed Europeans to dominate the world?