Botany (plant biology) studies the nature of plants and their environment. Take a look at some of the things you get to study when you’re a botanist!

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4 Responses to “Part 5: Botany 1”

  1. Aurora Lipper says:

    There are about 320,000 knowns species of plants.

  2. arielgstorm says:

    How many types of plants are there?

    P.S. sorry for such a difficult question.

  3. Nocturnal plants bloom (open their petals) at night. But, as with all plants, their leaves are always “out in the open”. Plants photosynthesize using the chlorophyll in their leaves, so they are able to make food anytime sunlight hits them.

  4. angelamdantonio says:

    If plants need sunlight to make their food how do nocturnal plants photosynthesize?