| Plants and Society, 4/e Dr. Estelle Levetin,
University of Tulsa Karen McMahon,
University of Tulsa
Plants in Our Lives
Chapter 1 Outline
Chapter OutlinePLANTS AND HUMAN SOCIETY 3
The Flowering Plants 3
The Non-Flowering Plants 4
The Algae 5
The Fungi 5
Plant Sciences 5
FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF LIFE 5
ACLOSER LOOK 1.1—BIOLOGICAL MIMICS 7
CHEMISTRY OF LIFE 9
Atoms 9
Molecules and Bonding 9
Molecules of Life 11
ACLOSER LOOK 1.2—PERFUMES TO POISONS:
PLANTS AS CHEMICAL FACTORIES 15
CHAPTER SUMMARY 18
REVIEW QUESTIONS 18
FURTHER READING 18
LEARNING ONLINE 18
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