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| Plants evolved how many years ago in aquatic environments? |
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| Land plants evolved how many years ago? |
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| How many extant species are there in the plant kingdom? |
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| What percent of extant species are angiosperms? |
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| Def: The opening in the leaves of plants. |
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| def:The waxy coat on plants that prevent dessication. |
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| Multicellular sex organs are called ________. |
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| The male gametangium is called ________. |
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| The female gametangium is called the ________. |
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| Name the 4 Major groups of plants. |
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Non vascular seedless
vascular seedless
vascular naked seed
vascular protected seed |
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| Bryophytes (the oldest of plants) include _______. |
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| hornworts, liverworts, mosses |
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| In vascular plants, what does the phloem and xylem transport? |
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| How does non vascular plants transport water and nutrients? |
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| What is lignin and why is it important? |
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| Its a part of the cell wall and provides strength. |
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| Seedless plants that produce 2 different types of spores. |
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| The complete body of a plant is considered a ___________. |
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| A sporophyte is __________. |
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| Megasporangium is considered the ________ part and houses the ________. |
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| Microsporangium is considered the _________ and houses the _________. |
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| Which generation produces the gametes? |
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| Do spores grow into sporophytes or gametophytes? |
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| What do zygotes grow into? |
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| The Hepaticophyta Life Cycle |
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| The Phylum Bryophyta Life Cycle |
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| def: the small embryonic plant enclosed in a coat with food sometimes surrounding it |
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| What are the four parts of a flower? |
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| Sepal, petal, stamen, carpel |
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| What is the male part of a flower? |
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| What is the female part of a flower? |
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| What are the parts of the male portion of a flower? |
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| What are the parts of the female portion of the flower? |
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| def: when two sperm from the male fuses with two eggs from the female to form a zygote and an endosperm |
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| In what two phyla do you see double fertilization? |
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| Gnetophyta and Magnoliophyta |
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| These two phyla are dioecious |
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| Cycadophyta and Ginkgophyta |
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| This phylum is facing possible extinction because it is so popular as house plants. |
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| This Asian native phylum wouldn't exist if it wasn't cultivated. |
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| The extracts from this phylum are said to improve brain function by increasing blood flow. |
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| What are the 3 reasons that scientist believe the phylum gnetophyta is a transitioning phylum in between gymnosperms and angiosperms? |
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| special water-conducting cells (vessel elements) are present in this phylum and angiosperms, the cone clusters resemble flower clusters, and double fertilization occurs |
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| This phylum includes conifers |
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| All of our major food crops come from this flowering phylum |
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| What are the 5 unique features of angiosperms? |
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| Fruit, Vessel elements, Sieve Tube elements, Flowers, Double Fertilization |
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| What is an imperfect flower? |
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| A flower that doesn't have both a stamen and pistil. |
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