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19 Cards in this Set
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Autotrophs |
Use sunlight as energy source to assemble CO2 and H2O into sugars |
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Sugars produced |
Provide the energy and raw materials that maintain and build plants body |
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Cuticle |
Waxy coating that minimizes water loss from aerial parts of plants |
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Extra-thick cuticle |
Dry Habitat |
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Thin Cuticle |
Moist Habitat |
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Stomata |
Pores that open and close to exchange gases with plant and atmosphere |
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Vascular tissue |
Collection of tubes that transport sugar, water and minerals throughout plant |
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Cell-to-cell division |
Bryophytes |
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Xylem |
Conducts water and dissolved minerals from roots to leaves |
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Phloem |
Transport sugars produced in photosynthesis to roots and other non-green parts |
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Lignin |
Complex polymer that strengthens cell walls Xylem rich of |
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Alternation of generations |
Multicellular diploid stage alternates with haploid stage |
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Sporophyte |
Develops zygote that forms when gametes come together at fertilization Diploid |
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Mature Sporophyte |
Undergoes meiosis produce haploid spores- divide mitosis to form gametophyte |
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Gametophyte |
Produces gametes by mitotic division Fuse at fertilization to restart cycle Haploid |
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Pollen |
Consists of male gametophytes of seed plants Each grain produces sperms |
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Dominant stage is sporophyte |
Fern Gymnosperm Angiosperm |
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Dominant stage is gametophyte |
Moss |
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Stage(s) plant dispersion possible from one location to another |
Gametes Zygotes Spores |
