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Plant Diversity
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
07/21/2014

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Term
during earths first three billion years the terrestrial surface was_____________
Definition
lifeless
Term
ever since plants came into land there is about _______________ living plant species
Definition
290,000
Term
name two ways that plants give life
Definition
providing oxygen and food
Term
land plants evoloved from ______________
Definition
green algae
Term
charophytes are algae that ___________ onto land
Definition
migrated
Term
name four characteristics of charaphytes
Definition
multicellular, eukaryotes, photosynthetic, protists
Term
land plants share _____________ key features with algae. 1)______________ complexes for cellular synthesis 2)peroxisome enzymes rid cell of___________ 3)structure of ______________ sperm/spores 4)same___________process
Definition
4 1) rose shaped 2)metabolic waste 3)flagellated 4)cytokinesis
Term
what are 4 benefits of moving onto land
Definition
unfiltered sunlight, few herbivores/pathogens,more CO2, nutrient rich soil
Term
what is a challenge of moving onto land besides less water?
Definition
lack structural suport
Term
name four key traits that appeared in nearly all land plants? these traits were absent in algae relatives.
Definition
-alternation of generation
-walled spores produced sporangia
-multicellular gametangia
-apical meristems
Term
name four things plants have to deter herbivores
Definition
-cocaine
-caffeine
-nicotine
-taxol
Term
taxol is a chemotherapy agent that works by inhibiting _____________
Definition
cell division
Term
taxol is isolated from the bark of ____________, and can treat with many kind of___________
Definition
pacific yew
tumor cancers
Term
the symbiotic association between ______and first plants without true roots helped roots obtain ___________
Definition
-fungi
-nutrients
Term
haploid gametophyte produce haploid gametes by _____________
Definition
mitosis
Term
fusion of gametes give rise to the _____________
Definition
sporophyte
Term
sporophyte produces ____________ spores by ____________
Definition
haplid

meiosis
Term
what produces spores
Definition
sporocyte
Term
____________ spores produced in the sporangia
Definition
walled
Term
what is the name of the structure that forms and houses spores? are spores able to survive in diverse conditions?
Definition
sporagia

yes
Term
female gametangia called __________, produces eggs and are the site of____________
Definition
archegonia

fertilization
Term
male gametangia called___________ are the site of ___________ production and __________
Definition
antherdia

sperm

release
Term
plants sustain continual growth in their_____________
Definition
apical meristems
Term
cells from______________ differentiate into various tissue, and are found in ____________
Definition
apical meristems
root tips
Term
multicellular embryo retained in tissue of ______________
Definition
female plant
Term
placental transfer cells provide embryo with _________________
Definition
nutrients
Term
name of waxy covering that minimizes water loss, and reduces pathogen entry
Definition
cuticle
Term
secondary coumpounds not directly involved in what 3 activities?
Definition
growth
development
reproduction
Term
what kind of plant tissue transports water and nutrients throughout the plant?
Definition
vascular tissue
Term
function of xylem
Definition
moves water and nutrients up the plant
Term
function of polem
Definition
sugars move down the plant
Term
what forms rings on trees
Definition
old xylem
Term
what makes maple syrup
Definition
xylem
Term
land plants can be informally grouped based on presence or absence of_____________
Definition
vascular tissue
Term
bryophytes are ____________ - vascular plants
Definition
non
Term
what kind of plants make up 93% of plants
Definition
vascular
Term
what three phylum make up bryophyte plants
Definition
liverworts
hornworts
mossess
Term
mosses absorb air through their _____________, mosses can be bioindicators of _____________.
Definition
tissues
air pollution
Term
in all three bryophyte phylum, gametophytes are ____________ and ____________ then sporophyte
Definition
larger

longer
Term
are sporophytes typically present all the time when associated with bryophytes
Definition
no
Term
______________ anchor gametophytes to substrate
Definition
rhizoids
Term
rhizoids have a ____________ like hold onto the ground
Definition
root
Term
rhizoids do not do ______________, and must absorb water through ____________
Definition
conduction
capillary action
Term
water moves up _______________ threads of rhizoids and not through each one of them as it does through _____________
Definition
between
roots
Term
during the bryophyte cycle spores develop into threadlike ____________
Definition
protonema
Term
haploid protonemia during bryophyte cycle produce buds that grow into__________________. Rhizoids anchor gametophyte to _____________
Definition
gametophyte

substrate
Term
bryophyte cycle: mature ____________ produce ______________ sperm in antherdia and an egg in each archegonium.
Definition
gametophyte
flagelleted
Term
bryophyte cycle: sperm swim through a film of ___________to reach and fertilize egg
Definition
water
Term
bryophyte cycle:bryophyte sporophytes grow out of _______________
Definition
archegonia
Term
bryophyte cycle:sporophyte are small and dependent on _____________
Definition
gametophytes
Term
bryophyte cycle:sporophyte consist what three things.which one discharges spores?
Definition
foot
sekta
sporangium
sporangium
Term
bryophytes grow_____________ the ground
Definition
against
Term
the height of gametophytes is constrained by lack of ______________
Definition
vascular tissues
Term
name 4adaptations of seedless vascular plants
Definition
vascular tissue
roots
leaves
sporophytes
Term
for vascular tissue the increased height of xylem and ploem was an____________
Definition
evolutionary advantage
Term
roots anchor vascular plants to the ground and enables vascular plants to _____________ water and nutrinets from soil
Definition
absorb
Term
______________ in vascular plants allow for more photosynthesis
Definition
larger leaves
Term
increased surface area of plants through large leaves allow them to capture more ___________
Definition
solar energy
Term
sporophytes are modified leaves with ___________
Definition
sporangia
Term
most seedless vascular plants are ___________. producing one type of spore that develops into a _________ gametophyte
Definition
homospourous
bi-sexual
Term
all seed plants are ______________
Definition
heterosporus
Term
in heterosporus plants the spores produce ________ or __________gametophytes ____________
Definition
male
female
seperatly
Term
what gives rise to female gametophytes?
Definition
megaspores
Term
what gives rise to male gametophytes
Definition
microspores
Term
in contrast to bryophytes sporophytes are _________________
Definition
seedless
Term
gametophytes are tiny plnats that grow _________ or _______________ the soil surface
Definition
on
below
Term
xylem carries ____________ toward the _________ of the plant
Definition
water
leaves
Term
vascular plants are categorized according to the presence of ___________
Definition
seeds
Term
seedless vascular plants that includes club mosses, spike mosses, and guillworts
Definition
lycophytes
Term
seedless vascular plants that includes ferns, herestails, and whisk ferns
Definition
pterophytes
Term
name 5 vascular plant adaptations
Definition
seeds
ovules
pollen
reduced gametophyte
heterospy
Term
a seed consists of an _____________ and ______________ surrounded by a ___________
Definition
embryo
nutrients
protective coat
Term
seeds can remain dormant for __________ to _________, untill conditions are favorable for _____________
Definition
days
years
germination
Term
what are two means of transporting seeds a long distance
Definition
wind
animals
Term
ovules of seed vascular plants consist of____________,____________, and one or more protective _____________
Definition
mega sporangium
megaspore
integments
Term
pollen grains contain the male _____________
Definition
gametophyte
Term
within pollen grains sperm are inclosed in a _____________, pollen grain contains ____________ gametophyte
Definition
protective coat
male
Term
the transfer of pollen to the part of a seed plant containg ovules is defined as?
Definition
pollination
Term
if pollen _______________, the plants form seeds
Definition
germinates
Term
the gametophytes of seed plants develop within the walls of ____________
Definition
spores
Term
spores are retained within the tissues of the parent ______________
Definition
sporophyte
Term
what bears naked seeds typically in cones
Definition
gymnosperms
Term
gymnosperms are____________ on leaves, and not incased by ____________
Definition
exposed
ovaries
Term
list the 4 phyla of gymnosperms
Definition
cycadophyta
gingkophyta
gnetophyta
coniferophyta
Term
cycadophytas are ____________, have large ___________ and ___________like leaves
Definition
cycads
cones
palm
Term
phylum ginkophyta consist of living species ____________. it has a high tolerance to ____________.
Definition
ginkgo biloba
air pollution
Term
what extract is believed to enhance memory, concentration, cognition in dementia patients, and schitzophrenia
Definition
gingko biloba extract
Term
what are two ecosystems that phylum gnetophta grow in?
Definition
tropics
deserts
Term
what is the largest of the gymnosperm phyla. most conifers are _________ and can carry out ____________ year round
Definition
phylum coniferphyta
evergreens
photosynthesis
Term
leaf adaptation of needles minimized ______________ in conifers
Definition
water loss
Term
describe the 3 key features of the gymnosperm life cycle
Definition
-dominance of sporophyte generation
-development of seeds from fertilized ovules
-the transfer of sperm ovules by pollen
Term
the pine tree is the ____________ and produces ____________ in male and female cones
Definition
sporophyte
sporangia
Term
small cones produce micro spores called __________. while the larger cones contain ____________.
Definition
pollen
ovules
Term
angiosperms are ____________ plants with reproductive structures called ____________ and _____________
Definition
seed
flowers
fruits
Term
what is the most widespread and divers of plants
Definition
angiosperms
Term
flowers are for ________________, fruit are for seed ____________
Definition
reproduction
distribuition
Term
what are the 4 specialized types of leaves of a flower
Definition
sepals, petals, stamens, carpels
Term
sepals ____________ the flower as it is developing. petals are brightly colored to attract ___________
Definition
enclose
pollinators
Term
stamens produce _________ on their ____________
Definition
pollen
terminal anthers
Term
what part of the flower produces the ovules
Definition
carpels
Term
a carpel consists of an ___________ at the base, and a _______________ leading to the _________ where pollen is recieved
Definition
ovary
style
stigma
Term
ovary at the base of the flower develops into _____________
Definition
fruit with seeds
Term
fruits typically consist of a mature _________
Definition
ovary
Term
fruits protect the ___________ and aid in its __________. mature fruits can be eitheir _____________ or ________
Definition
seed
dispersal
fleshy
dry
Term
what is the meaning of deceptive pollination.
Definition
flower resembles female insect
Term
dicots are composed of __________ embryonic leaves, most __________ and _________ are dicots
Definition
2
trees
shrubs
Term
monocots are _____________ embryonic leaves, and makes up what 4 kinds of plants
Definition
one
grasses, lilies, palms, orchids
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