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Name 6 general characteristics of Kingdom Plantae
- 1. Eukaryotic
- 2.Multicellular
- 3.Photosynthetic autotrophs
- 4.Use Chlorophylls a & b and carotenoids
- 5.Stores glucose as starch
- 6.Cell walls are composed of glucose
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Name 5 adaptations made by plants to land.
- 1.Retain water
- 2.Overcome gravity
- 3.Transport sperm
- 4.Keep zygote moist
- 5.Transport water and photosynthetic products
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Name the 5 most notable features of bryophytes.
- 1.Gametophyte dominant
- 2.No true roots, stems, or leaves.
- 3.Rhizoids limit their size
- 4.Do not contain lignin(for support)
- 5.Do not have a cuticle
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Name the 3 phyla of "bryophytes".
Bryophyta(mosses), Hepatophyta(liverworts), Anthocerophyta(hornworts)
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Name 3 noteworthy characteristics of bryophyta.
- 1.They are commonly called the mosses
- 2.They have a "stem like" structure.
- 3.Homosporous
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Name 4 noteworthy characteristics of Hepatophyta that differentiate them from other bryophytes
- 1. Most likely first land plants.
- 2.Flattened, leaf like appearance
- 3.Have a distinct top and bottom
- 4.Can reproduce asexually using gemmae
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What is the most noteworthy characteristic of Anthocerophyta?
Its close relationship to land plants.
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What is the common name for vascular plants?
Tracheophytes
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Name the two phyla of seedless tracheophytes
Lycophyta and Pterophyta
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Name 5 characteristics unique to Lycophyta
- 1. Commonly called club moss.
- 2.Has true leaves
- 3.Gametophyte relies on symbiotic fungi
- 4. Epiphytic
- 5.Rhizomes
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Define epiphytic
using another structure(often a plant) for support
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Define rhizome
Horizontal stem from which roots come in Lycophyta
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What creatures are included in the phylum Pterophyta?
Ferns, Whisk ferns, and Horse Tails
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Name 6 unique characteristics of Pterophyta
- 1.Has true roots, leaves, and stems.
- 2.Rhizomes
- 3.Fronds(babies are fiddleheads)
- 4.All parts contain vascular tissue; tracheids, but no vessel elements.
- 5.Sori on bottom of fronds for spores
- 6.Gametophyte is free living
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Name 2 unique characteristics of Vascular Seed Bearing plants
- 1.Gametophyte reduced and dependent on sporophyte.
- 2.Heterosporous(mega and microspores)
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Name the 4 phyla of gymnosperms.
Coniferophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, and Gnetophyta.
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Name 3 characteristics of Coniferophyta
- 1. Include pines, firs, cedars, and spruce
- 2.Live in cooler climates
- 3.Are woody and bear cones
- 4.Leaves modified
- 5.Has soft wood
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Name 2 characteristics of Cycadophyta
- 1.Referred to as cycads.
- 2.Resemble palms, but are not
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Name 3 characteristics of Ginkgophyta
- 1.Has one living member(biloba)
- 2.Called maidenhair tree
- 3.Deciduous(unlike most gymnosperms)
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Name 3 facts about Gnetophyta
- 1.Commonly called gnetophytes
- 2.Includes Ephedra
- 3.Species Welwitschia has some of the largest known leaves of any plant.
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What phylum contains all angiosperms?
Anthophyta
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Name 6 characteristics of Angiosperms
- 1.Flowering plants
- 2.Monocots and Dicots
- 3.Double Fertilization
- 4.Produces Endosperm
- 5.Xylem has vessel elements
- 6.Some are: autotrophic, parasitic, and carnivorous
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Term for all sepals
Calyx
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Term for all petals
Corolla
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Starting at the release of spores, moss life cycle
- 1.Spore release
- 2.Grows to male and female gametophytes
- 3.Male releases sperm from antheridium
- 4.Sperm reaches female archegonium
- 5.Egg is fertilized and remains in archegonium.
- 6.Sporophyte parasitizes the gametophyte; meiosis occurs here in the sporophyte.
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Starting at the release of spores, fern life cycle
- 1.Spores release
- 2.Spores develope into bisexual gametophyte
- 3.Gametophyte releases sperm, which fertilize the egg of another gametophyte
- 4.Sporophyte developes from fertilized egg on gametophyte.
- 5.Developed sporophyte stores spores in sori, where meiosis takes place.
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Starting at the mature sporophyte, pine life cycle.
- 1.Mature sporophyte has female(large) and male(small) cones
- 2.At pollination, megasporocyte undergoes meiosis; one egg survives.
- 3.Pollen fertilizes the egg
- 4.Embryo in little propeller seeds
- 5.Grows into small sporophyte
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Starting at the flower, Anthophyta life cycle
- 1.Meiosis occurs in both anther and ovary to create gametes
- 2.Pollen produces 2 sperm.
- 3.Pollen grains carried to stigma on another plant
- 4.Pollen tube created down Style to reach ovary
- 5.Egg is fertilized along with the other two female cells to produce endosperm
- 6.Seed grows into sporophyte with flower.
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