BISC208- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BISC208
• Professor: Raden David

Document Summary

Evolution of eukaryotic plants: naturally, things move toward a more disordered state, a multicellular organism that puts lots of cells into lots of functions is more complicated, we have gotten more complicated because we are an open system! We allow energy into the system sunlight: photosynthesis light energy potential chemical energy sugars, the sun is the basis for bringing energy into almost every system on earth. Plant form: anatomy of vascular plants, organs of plants, collection of tissues used for a particular process. It is the main driver of water movement in the xylem. Transpiration is caused by the evaporation of water at the leaf, or atmosphere interface; it creates negative pressure (tension: leaves are covered by a waxy cuticle on the outer surface that prevents the loss of water. Regulation of transpiration, therefore, is achieved primarily through the opening and closing of stomata on the leaf surface.