Plants & Human Affairs (BIOL106)  -  Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe

Review for Exam #1 - Fall '08

General:
     The exam will be a mixture of objective (e.g., multiple choice, definition, fill-in-blank) and subjective (short answer) questions.  You may use pencil or pen to complete your exam, though I strongly recommend pencil.  The exam is designed to last one hour.  In general, the exam could include:  (1) anything covered in class; (2) lecture notes on line; (3) readings/text; and (4) study sheets, articles, handouts or other materials used/assigned in class.  I try to ask an equal number of questions about each class.  The following is a summary of the main topics that are "fair game" for the exam. 

Class Leader (info in Public folder)

• Country of day
• Plant of day

Introduction

• General Info web notes
• Take a look at the Intro study guide - there are some potential exam questions
• Plant Way of Life notes
• Take a look at the Plant Way of Life Quiz - some good questions here.  Also good questions on the Plant Way of Life Study Guide
• Chapter 5 & 6 in the text (Capon)
• Biomimetics PPT in public folder
• Plant intelligence articles in Public folder
• Plant blindness articles in Public folder

Rose Lecture - check out the PPT's in the public folder

Heritage Day Lecture

Science

• Web notes for science
• Science PPT in public folder
• Web notes for pseudoscience
• All of the exercises discussed in class; i.e., A Lesson from Tom Jones;   The Tomato Effect;  White Snakeroot Case Study;  Analysis of "The Garden";  Pseudoscience Analysis)
• Articles we read/discussed in class:  Dreams of dragons, Love among the cabbages, Unscientific method, Tomato Effect, Land of Milk and Poison, Dodo's.
• Know how a scientist/botanist would answer the "Science" Survey
• Pseudoscience PPT in public folder
• Circles - PPT and articles (fairy circles, UFO) in public folder
• Bogus Botany poster questions

Last updated:  10/06/2008 / � Copyright  by SG Saupe