Syllabus (Lists exam material on timetable)


New:  Exam 4 is available in the Biology Office.  Bring a University ID to claim your exam. 

Plant growth responses and hormones outline

Word document showing b&w versions of electron transport, C3, C4, CAM from lecture

    Individual jpgs of items in above, if download is difficult:
          Electron transport       Calvin Cycle (C3 pathway)       C4 pathway       CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism)

Lecture outline for photosynthesis

Lecture outline for movement of substances in plants

Lecture outline for secondary growth

Lecture outline for roots and shoots

Lecture outline for respiration

Lecture outline for the fungi (not revised)

Lecture outline for plant cells and tissues

Answer keys for exam 2

Missouri Botanical Garden field trip assignment            Botanical Garden website

    Figure summarizing the aerobic pathway

    Figure showing conifers required for sight ID    (Photos courtesy University of Wisconsin)
    Websites below may also be helpful.

Life cycle figures for note taking.  These are grayscale at 96 dpi.
    Alternation of generations figure
    Mosses
    Liverwort
    Fern
    Selaginella
    Pine
    Flowering plant


    Link to meiosis tutorial



Notes for Ecological Background of Southwestern Illinois  (some redundant material deleted)

Selected figures from above:
    Ecological zones
    Floodplain in low water
    Floodplain in high water
    Levee effects
    Forest cover in relation to watercourses
   

Required Tree Species for Sight Identification

Links for websites displaying pictures of tree species
    University of Wisconsin

    Iowa State Index of Common Trees (good pictures)

    National Arbor Day Foundation (good line drawings)

USDA Plants Database (may be a little slow)

    US Forest Service "Silvics of Forest Trees" (no pictures, but good information)



BBC Evolution Website with online and downloadable full text of the Origin of Species