Chapter 01 What Is Plant Biology?

Chapter 01 What Is Plant Biology?

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1. The first microscopes were produced by ________________, who ground and fitted lenses in a small metal tube.
   A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
   B.  Dutch spectacle makers
   C.  Linnaeus
   D.  Carl Zeiss
   E.  Otto Brunfels

2. The early scientist who first demonstrated experimentally that plants do not have the same modes of nutrition as animals was
   A. Nehemiah Grew.
   B.  Carl Willdenow.
   C.  Alexander von Humboldt.
   D.  Sir J. D. Hooker.
   E.  J. B. van Helmont.

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3. Plant _______ study plant relationships, identify and classify plants into groups based on genetic similarity, and name plants according to these groups.
   A.taxonomists
   B. physiologists
   C. anatomists
   D. morphologists
   E. geographers

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4. The science that deals with the form, structure, and embryology of plants is
   A.plant taxonomy.
   B. plant physiology.
   C. plant genetics.
   D. cytology.
   E. plant morphology.

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5. The scientific method begins with
   A. reading scientific journals
   B.  substantiated observations that aren’t explained by existing principles or theories
   C.  a tentative, unproven explanation of an observation
   D.  restating a general theory in understandable terms
   E.  testing hypotheses generated to explain observations