BIOL 1202 : BIOL 1202 Final Exam Study Guide
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Plants, like most animals, are multicellular eukaryotes (come back to 1st slide and look at pictures). Plants have evolved the ability to thrive in diverse land habitats. People at work who can see plants report significantly greater job satisfaction than those who can"t. Largest organism (>100m) [dr. pollock said for exam the largest = humongous fungus!!!] Plants produce most of the oxygen we breathe. Plants produce most of the chemically stored energy we consume as food and burn for fuel. Plants produce an amazing assortment of useful chemicals. Joseph priestley recognized that an animal"s breathing injured air. Priestley also recognized that plants have the ability to restore the air. We now know that they produce oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis. in in a sealed container would eventually pass out. [in a celebrated experiment from 1772, joseph priestley kept a mouse in a jar of air until it collapse because of a lack of oxygen.
