SAS 12 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rhizobia, Chlorophyll, Plant Tissue Culture
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Introduction and the scientific method: be able to give examples of how plants impact our lives. Energy: understand the meaning of science and scientific knowledge. Scientific knowledge = proven knowledge acquired through the scientific method: be familiar with the steps involved in the scientific method. If hypothesis is false/partially true try again and go back to constructing hypothesis. 10: the nutritional needs of human diet can be categorized into macronutrients and micronutrients. Understand the function of macronutrient compounds in plants and humans. Simple carbohydrates = glucose, fructose, sucrose; don"t need to be digested. Cellulose promotes passage of food through the intestines. Phospholipids = structural component of all cellular membranes. Tags = important energy source and helps absorb nutrients. Humans" must obtain essential ones from foods b/c they can"t make all the amino acids necessary to make proteins. Wheat, rice, corn: legumes are among the most important food crops worldwide.
