From Growing to Biology: Plants 1e

Ready to find out how plants are grown and function?

Take a fantastic voyage through plants.

From Growing to Biology: Plants 1e, 1st Edition, presents a detailed up-to-date review of modern plant biology concepts with engaging visuals. Over the last 50 years, there has been many discoveries and new knowledge in this field. The content of this book can be used at various levels. From Growing to Biology: Plants takes you on a journey through 20 fascinating chapters. The last three chapters will help students to achieve more success in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors.

Welcome to Plant Biology where all life is dependent on! This book’s main focus is learning plant biology. This diverse group of kingdom can go back to 470 million years ago. Green plants synthesize their own food using their special organelles, namely chloroplasts. Green plants demonstrate features including metabolism, DNA, emergent properties, regulation, and interaction with environment. Plant growth is a genetically programmed process and is influenced by environment. There is a relationship between structure and function. Moreover, plants have large central vacuoles and cell walls made of cellulose and pectin. There are two phases of life in plants including diploid (2n) sporophyte and haploid (n) gametophyte.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs)

• SLO 01.01: Apply the best practices for learning and mastering plant biology.
• SLO 01.02: Describe the reasons we study plants.
• SLO 01.03: Distinguish between heterotrophs and autotrophs.
• SLO 01.04: Define the 24 hour-(= 4.6 billion years) clock of the Earth.
• SLO 01.05: Identify given plant species with their scientific names based on their key features.
• SLO 01.06: Explain the differences between monocots and dicots classes.
• SLO 01.07: Explain the differences between annuals and perennials.