Biology
- Homework- Cells
Please look at the link on cells (animal and plant), and use the mouse to click on the various organelles to locate them, and to learn about their function. I would like you to think about and make a note about the differences and similarities between...
- Rhodophyte (division)
Term: rhodophyta ( red algae)Literally meaning: ?red plant?Origin: Anc Greek?????/rodon(=rose) >????/rode(=rosebush) >???????/radanos(=soft, delicate, smooth)+????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate, grow)Coined/Historynamed by the...
- Periphyton
Term: periphytonLiterally meaning: ?planted all over?Origin: Anc Greek????-/peri- (=combining form meaning ?around?)+ ?????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate, grow)Coined/HistoryAlthough the term is used in general for all aquatic organisms...
- Cloning, Clone
Term: cloning, cloneLiterally meaning: ?producing twigs?Origin: Anc Greek????/clon(=twig, young branch, slip, spray), >????/clao(=cut,lop)Coined/HistoryThe plant physiologist Herbert J. Webber is credited with originating the term ?clon?...
- Sporophyte
Term: sporophyteOrigin: Anc Greek ??????(=seed) > (=sow,) ????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate)literally means "spore-bearing» note: the name of the classical Greek city ??????/Sparta is derived also from word ??????/spearo (=disperse)...
Biology
geophyte
Term: geophyte
Literally meaning: ?earth plant?
Origin: Anc Greek
????/gea(=earth)
????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate)
Coined/History
by Danish botanist Christien Raunkiaer (1860 ?1938)
Definition
Geophyte is a perennial plant, with its perennating bulbs underground throughout the winter. The geophyte plant grows again from these buds after conditions improve.
- Homework- Cells
Please look at the link on cells (animal and plant), and use the mouse to click on the various organelles to locate them, and to learn about their function. I would like you to think about and make a note about the differences and similarities between...
- Rhodophyte (division)
Term: rhodophyta ( red algae)Literally meaning: ?red plant?Origin: Anc Greek?????/rodon(=rose) >????/rode(=rosebush) >???????/radanos(=soft, delicate, smooth)+????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate, grow)Coined/Historynamed by the...
- Periphyton
Term: periphytonLiterally meaning: ?planted all over?Origin: Anc Greek????-/peri- (=combining form meaning ?around?)+ ?????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate, grow)Coined/HistoryAlthough the term is used in general for all aquatic organisms...
- Cloning, Clone
Term: cloning, cloneLiterally meaning: ?producing twigs?Origin: Anc Greek????/clon(=twig, young branch, slip, spray), >????/clao(=cut,lop)Coined/HistoryThe plant physiologist Herbert J. Webber is credited with originating the term ?clon?...
- Sporophyte
Term: sporophyteOrigin: Anc Greek ??????(=seed) > (=sow,) ????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate)literally means "spore-bearing» note: the name of the classical Greek city ??????/Sparta is derived also from word ??????/spearo (=disperse)...