2006-08-24 10:50:07 · 6 answers · asked by iam1lasthope 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Aristotle divided all living things between plants, which generally do not move, and animals. In Linnaeus' system, these became the Kingdoms Vegetabilia (later Plantae) and Animalia. Since then, it has become clear that the Plantae as originally defined included several unrelated groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms. However, these are still often considered plants in many contexts. Indeed, any attempt to match "plant" with a single taxon is doomed to fail, because plant is a vaguely defined concept unrelated to the presumed phylogenic concepts on which modern taxonomy is based.
Its definition is
Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.
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2006-08-30 02:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I read your question, "what does it take for a plant to be a plant."
To make a plant a plant we can examine how it is different from other living things.
A plant is different from animals in that during photosynthesis a plant consumes carbon dioxide and exp ells oxygen, but when light is not present and a plant is not in the photosynthesis process the opposite occurs, oxygen is consumed and carbon dioxide is exp elled.
Animals consume oxygen and expell carbon dioxide regardless of the light available and do not have a photo synthesis process.
Plants feed on water and minerals in soil using osmosis. Animals feed on water, plants and other animals by consuming them.
The link below has information about how the genes of a plant are different from other organisms. It is very technical and detail laden. They appear to have identified several genes unique to plants and some that are similar.
2006-08-31 22:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by Ken C. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consiation????
2006-08-28 08:52:17 · answer #3 · answered by Myrna B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do realize that you've posted this im Social Science right?
2006-08-24 17:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by joecseko 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has leaves breaths co2 and exhals oxigen
2006-08-30 09:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is consiation?
2006-08-31 23:50:53 · answer #6 · answered by Beejee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋