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Bio Quiz 5
Nonvascular Plants, Vascular Plants
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/12/2016

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Term
Mosses belong to this phylum
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Bryophyta
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The defining feature of that phylum is
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Nonvascular
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Common example to a Pteridophyte
Definition
Fern
Term
Group containing all flowering plants
Definition
Angiosperms
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Pine trees are in this plant group
Definition
Gymnosperms
Term
Green algae closest related to land plants
Definition
Charophyceans
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Regions of cell division in plants are ______, found mostly where?
Definition
Apical meristem, tips of shoots and roots
Term
If the embryo is dependent on maternal plant, the plant is an _______
Definition
Embryophytes
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Gametophytes genetically are _____ and produced _____; they develop from _____.
Definition
Haploid, Gametes, Spore
Term
Sporophytes genetrically are ____ and produce ____; they develop from ______.
Definition
Diploid, Spores, Zygote
Term
A spore producing structure
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sporangia; sprangium (singular)
Term
Dominant form of a moss
Definition
Gametophyte
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Which moss form is dependent on the other?
Definition
Sporophyte dependent on gametophyte
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What major feautre is found in ferns but not mosses
Definition
Vascular system
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Dominant form of a fern
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Sporophyte
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In flowering plants, female gametophyte can be found in the
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ovule
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Male gametophyte of a flowering plant
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pollen grain
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Dominant form of a flowering plant
Definition
Sporophyte
Term
Are flowering plant gametophytes independent organisms?
Definition
Dependent on sporophyte
Term
Archegonia produce ____, antheridia produce _____
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Eggs; Sperm
Term
Which is function of vascular tissue and what was it like an adaptation for?
Definition
Land adaptation for water transport
Term
What is function of vascular tissue and what was it likely an adaptation for?
Definition
Land adaptation for water transport
Term
What is the composition and function of the cuticle in plants
Definition
Prevent water loss
Term
Gas exchange in plants occurs via ____ located where?
Definition
Stomata, underside of leaf
Term
Vessels that carry sap from leaves
Definition
Phloem
Term
Vessels that carry water from roots
Definition
Xylem
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Instead of roots, bruophytes have ____ whats the difference?
Definition
Rhizoids, roots take up material from soil. Rhizoids just anchors to surface.
Term
Why is a moist environment crucial to bryophytes?
Definition
Sperm can swim through water
Term
What is allowed by having vascular tissue?
Definition
Transports waters, plants grow taller life in drier conditions.
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Why is a moist environment still required for Pteridophytes?
Definition
Sperm can swim through water
Term
Sexually speaking, the fern gametophyte is _____
Definition
hermaphroditic
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Any plant that makes a single spore type is
Definition
homosporous
Term
What is the location and function of sori in ferns
Definition
Clusters of sporangia in female (sori found in underside of leaf, they produce spores)
Term
Ferns dominated land in this geographic period
Definition
Carboniferous
Term
How were seed plants able to fully adapt to land dwelling?
Definition
pollen and seed
Term
Dominant phase of seed plant life cycle:
Definition
Sporophyte
Term
What are major components of a seed?
Definition
Megaspore, microspore, ovule
Term
Microspores produce _____
Definition
pollen cone
Term
How do gymnosperms differ from angiosperms?
Definition
Angiosperms
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Specialized leaves where ovule and seed develops
Definition
sporophyll
Term
age of gymnosperms
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mesozoic era
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Age of gymnosperms
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Mesozoid era
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Pine structure that produces megasporangia
Definition
ovulate cone
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Pine structure that produces microsporangia
Definition
Pollen cone
Term
How does pine pollen reach the ovulate cone?
Definition
Wind
Term
How does a pine achieve seed dispersal?
Definition
Wind
Term
Angiosperms with double seeds like a bean are
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dicots
Term
angiosperms with single seeds like corn are
Definition
monocots
Term
vascular vessels for both support and water transport in angiosperms
Definition
Tracheids
Term
Male flowers parts are the ____, which includes:
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anther, filament
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Female flower parts are the ____, which includes:
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stigma, style, ovary
Term
How are pollen and seed dispersal achieved in floewring plants?
Definition
Flower attracts ovary pollinator, fruit attracts seed spreads
Term
Any seed bearing reproductive structure
Definition
fruit
Term
Why are flowers showy and fragrant?
Definition
Pollinator attractions
Term
Why are fruits often sugary, tasty, and brightly colored?
Definition
Animal dispersal
Term
A plant with many ovaries many clustered flowers makes a ____ fruit
Definition
multiple
Term
A plant with single ovary of one flowers makes a ____ fruit
Definition
simple
Term
A plant with many ovaries, 1 flower makes a _____ fruit
Definition
aggregate
Term
Where are male and female gametophytes located in angiosperms?
Definition
Cross pollination; male found in pollen grain female found in internal structure; gametophyte
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In double fertilization, one sperm nucleus fertilizes egg, other makes
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endosperm
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The functino of seed endosperm
Definition
nutrition for plant embryo
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tough outer coasting of a seed endosperm
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bran
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seed leaves are
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cotyledons
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dictos have ___, of these while monocots have ___
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