[BSC 2011] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 48 pages long Study Guide!
6 Feb 2017
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The inability to notice plants or recognize their biological importance. To appreciate their beauty and uniqueness, and the tendency to rank them as inferior to animals. Plants are at the root of everything. Plants are the original source of energy for terrestrial ecosystems. Energy captured from sunlight in the bonds of glucose. With each increase going the level up, there is a 90% energy loss. Change carbon from a gaseous inorganic form to an organic form. Living and dead plants are major reservoirs for the planet"s carbon. Plants make raw materials for building bodies available to all other terrestrial organisms. One of 20 amino acids that can build proteins. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous are important components of the organic molecules that build living things. Incorporate soil n and p into organic form. Agriculture is responsible for the global success of our species. Define sister groups, phylogeny and phylogenetic trees, clades, parsimony, synapomorphies, monophyletic groups.
