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Plants belong to a group called the |
Angiosperms the flowering plants |
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4 characteristics that define the kingdom plantae |
1. Plants have cells with cellwalls made of cellulose 2. Plants store energy in the form of starch 3. Plants use chlorophyll b as one of their pigments for photosynthesis 4. Plants provide support for the developing embryo early in development |
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2 challenges plants deal with. |
1/ dehydration plants evolved from aquatic algae had to find solutions to the problem of dehydration 2/ reproduction without water. Plants on dry land had to find new ways of reproducing without water |
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Plants are classified based on |
The presence and type of vascular tissue they have |
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Vascular plants have |
Xylem and phloem while non vascular plants do not |
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Vascular plants are |
Divided into groups with seeds and groups without seeds (seedless plants reproduce with spores) |
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Non vascular plants |
Lack a vascular system |
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A vascular system |
A system of vessels that allow for the transport of water up (xylem) or food down (phloem) |
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Bryophytes are |
Shortb |
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Non vascular plants are divided in 3 phyla |
Hepatphyta. Bryophyta. Anthocerophyta |
