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The kingdom Viridiplantae includes...
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Land plants and green algae
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Charophytes
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Plants that made to land and adapted. Group sister to all land plants
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Chlorophytes
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Plants that never made it to land
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The green algae split into two major clades
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Charophytes and Chlorophytes
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All green plants arose from a ____ species of freshwater algae
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Single.
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True or false. Red and brown algae are included in Viridiplantae
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No they are not.
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Land plants have two major features:
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Protected embryos and Multicellular haploid and diploid phases
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Adaptations to terrestrial life (4) are...
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1. Protection from desiccation by a waxy cuticle and stomata
2. Moving water using tracheids Tracheophytes have tracheids Xylem and phloem to conduct water and food 3. Evolution of leaves which increase photosynthetic surface area (big advancement) 4. Shift to a dominant vertical diploid generation, which helped to deal with increased UV radiation and mutations |
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Humans have a_____ life cycle
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diplontic
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Only the____ stage is multicellular
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Diploid
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Plants have a_______ life cycle
which includes a …. |
haplodiplontic, Multicellular diploid stage = Sporophyte and
Multicellular haploid stage = Gametophyte |
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Multicellular diploid stage =
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Sporophyte
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Multicellular haploid stage =
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Gametophyte
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Sporophyte =
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“spore plant”
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Gametophyte =
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“gamete plant”
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Alternation of Generations
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is the alternation between Sporophyte and Gametophyte stages of the life cycle
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All plants are ______
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haplodiplontic
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the haploid gametophyte consumes a much larger part of the life cycle in______ and_____ than it does in higher plants like _____and_____, where the diploid sporophyte is more dominant
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mosses and ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms
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Size of the gametophyte is....
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limited in all plants
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Sporophyte (2n) produces...
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haploid spores by meiosis
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Spores divide _____, producing the gametophyte
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mitotically
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Streptophytes
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Gave rise to land plants
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Chlorophytes
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Gave rise to aquatic algae
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Green algae have two distinct lineages
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Streptophytes and Chlorophytes
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Chlorophytes
(fossils dating to ___ MYA; ____ similar to plants) |
900, chloroplasts
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Plant Life Cycles: As more complex plants evolved:
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1. Diploid Sporophyte stage became the dominant portion of the life cycle. 2. Gametophyte became more limited in size. 3. Sporophyte became nutritionally independent
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Gametophyte (1n) produces gametes by_____
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mitosis
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Gametes fuse to form the ______
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diploid sporophyte
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(a “primitive” green alga)
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Chlamydomonas
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Chlamydomonas characteristics (3)
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-Unicellular chlorophyte with two flagella -Have eyespots to direct swimming -Reproduces asexually as well as sexually
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Chlorophytes: The two phylums are
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volvox and ulva
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Chlorophytes: Volvox are...
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Colonial chlorophyte, Hollow sphere of a single layer of 500-60,000 cells, and A few cells are specialized for reproduction
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Chlorophytes: Ulva are...
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Multicellular chlorophyte, Haplodiplontic life cycle the Gametophyte and Sporophyte, have identical appearance
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Charophytes (a clade of Streptophyta) are _____ related to land plants. There are two candidate clades
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green algae, Choleocaetales and Charales
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Charales (300 species) (3) are...
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Macroscopic, Plant-like mitosis
Sister clade to land plants |
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Choleocaetales (30 species) (3) are...
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Microscopic, Plant-like plasmodesmata*, the next closest plant relatives
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Bryophytes (includes 3 clades)
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Hepaticophyta, Anthocerotophyta, and Bryophyta
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Bryophytes are the____ living descendants of the first____ plants
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closest, land
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Bryophytes are called _____ because they lack tracheids (specialized transport cells)
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non-tracheophytes
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Bryophytes are...
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highly adapted to diverse terrestrial environments, Non-photosynthetic sporophyte is nutritionally dependent on the gametophyte, and Many have mycorrhizal associations as well
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Brophytes are Gametophyte_____ and_____, therefore they...
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conspicuous and photosynthetic, Require water for sexual reproduction
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Bryophytes: Liverworts (Phylum_____)
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Hepaticophyta
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Hepaticophyta have (3)...
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-Have flattened gametophytes with liver-like lobes, Form gametangia in umbrella-shaped structures, and Also can undergo asexual reproduction
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Bryophytes: Hornworts (phylum_____)
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Anthocerotophyta
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Anthocerotophyta have
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Sporophyte has stomata, Here, the sporophyte is photosynthetic, and Cells have a single large chloroplast
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Bryophytes: Mosses (phylum_____)
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Bryophyta
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Bryophyta has (3)
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Gametophytes consist of small, leaflike structures around a stem-like axis, Anchored to substrate by rhizoids, and Multicellular gametangia form at the tips of gametophytes
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Archegonia
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Female gametangia
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Antheridia
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Male gametangia
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_____ withstand drought, but not air pollution
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Mosses
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Features of Tracheophyte Plants (3)
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Cooksonia, the first vascular land plant, appeared about 420 MYA, Only a few centimeters tall, No roots or leaves, and Homosporous (=1 spore type)
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Features of Tracheophyte Plants has Vascular tissues are of two types and what are their functions
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Xylem, which conducts water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots. Phloem, which conducts sucrose and hormones throughout the plant. These enable enhanced height and size in the tracheophytes
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Tracheophytes are also characterized by the presence of a_____ and_____
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cuticle and stomata
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Vascular plants have_____ reduced in size and complexity relative to sporophytes
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gametophytes
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Their Seeds are (2)...
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Highly-resistant structures that protect the plant embryo and Occur only in heterosporous plants (=have both microspore and megaspore types)
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___in flowering plants add a layer of protection to seeds and Also attract____ that disperse seeds
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Fruits, animals
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Features of Tracheophyte Plants
Vascular plants include seven extant phyla grouped in three clades. The clades are... |
1. Lycophytes (club mosses) 2. Pterophytes (ferns and their relatives) 3. Seed plants
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Lycophytes are _____ are the _____ vascular plants
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Club mosses, earliest
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Lycophytes lack... and resembles....and they can be...
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They lack seeds. Superficially resemble true mosses but they are not related. Homosporous or heterosporous
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Pterophytes, The_____ relationships among ferns and their relatives is still being sorted out.
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phylogenetic
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Pterophytes, They all have/need (2)...
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All form antheridia and archegonia and All require free water for flagellated sperm
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Pterophytes include (3)
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True Fern, Whisk Ferns, and Horsetails
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Whisk ferns (tropical to subtropical) are...
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Sporophyte consists of evenly forking green stems without leaves or roots
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Horsetails have/ are (4)...
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All 15 living species are homosporous, Constitute a single species Equisetum, Consist of ribbed jointed photosynthetic stems that arise from branching rhizomes, Stems with silica deposits à scouring rushes in Am. N.W.
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Ferns, The most _____ group of _____ vascular plants with about 11,000 species
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abundant, seedless
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Ferns, The conspicuous sporophyte and much smaller gametophyte are both_____
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photosynthetic
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The fern life cycle differs from that of a____. Why?
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Moss, Much greater development, independence and dominance of the fern’s sporophyte
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Fern morphology, they have Sporophytes have_____
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rhizomes
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Ferns Fronds (leaves) develop at the tip of the_____ as tightly rolled-up coils_____. They unroll and expand
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rhizome, fiddleheads
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Fern reproduction: Most fern are_____.
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homosporous
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Ferns Reproduction: Produce distinctive sporangia in clusters called_____ on the back of the_____
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Sori, fronds
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Fern reproduction: Diploid spore mother cells in_____ produce____ spores by_____.
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sporangia, haploid, meiosis
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Fern Reproduction: At_____, the spores are______ by a_____ action
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maturity, catapulted, snapping
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Seed Plants, The Evolution of
Seed plants first appeared _____ MYA |
305-465
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Seed plants, Evolved from spore-bearing plants known as______.
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progymnosperms
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The seed represents an important advance (3)
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1. Protects the embryo 2. Easily dispersed. 3. Introduces a dormant phase in the life cycle
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The Evolution of Seed Plants: Seed plants produce 2 kinds of gametophytes
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Female and Male
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Male gametophytes are...and is...
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Pollen grains, Dispersed by wind or a pollinator
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Female gametophytes develop in...and enclosed within the ____ is
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Develop within an ovule, Enclosed within diploid sporophyte tissue
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Gymnosperms: Gymnosperms are plants with “_____”
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naked seeds
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Gymnosperms, _____ is exposed on a scale at _____.
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Ovule, pollination
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There are four living groups...
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Coniferophytes, Cycadophytes, Gnetophytes, and Ginkgophytes
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Coniferophytes, Cycadophytes, Gnetophytes, and Ginkgophytes all lack
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All lack flowers and fruits of angiosperms.
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Conifers (phylum Coniferophyta) are the largest_____ phylum, Include:
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gymnosperms, 1). Pines, spruces, firs, cedars and others. 2). Coastal redwood – Tallest trees. 3). Bristlecone pine – Oldest living tree
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Conifers are sources of important products...
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Timber, paper, resin and taxol (anti-cancer).
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Pines, More than 100 species, all in the Northern hemisphere. Produce tough needlelike leaves in clusters. Leaves have (2)...
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1. Thick cuticle and recessed stomata. 2. Canals into which cells secrete resin
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Pine reproduction: Male gametophytes (_____) develop from_____ in male cones by_____.
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pollen grains, microspores, meiosis
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Pine reproduction: Female cones are _____, and have _____. Two_____ develop on each scale.
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larger, woody scales, ovules
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Pine reproduction: Each_____ contains a _____ called the _____. Which is Surrounded by the _____. Opening – Micropyle, One layer becomes the _____. While scales of female cone are_____, _____ drift down between them. Are drawn to top of ______
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ovule, megasporangium, nucellus, integument, seed coat, open, pollen grains, nucellus
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Female pine cones form on the_____ branches of the _____ tree
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upper, same
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Pine reproduction: While female _____ is developing, a ______ emerges from the _____. It digests its way to the ______.
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gametophyte, pollen tube, pollen grain, archegonium
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Pine Reproduction: _____ months after pollination, pollen tube reaches_____ and delivers its_____
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15, archegonium, sperm
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Cycads (phylum Cycadophyta) are Slow-growing gymnosperms of tropical and subtropical regions. ______ resemble _____ trees.
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Sporophytes, Palm
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Cycads - _____ cones can weigh 45 kg. They also Have largest _____ cells of all organisms!
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Female, sperm
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Gnetophytes (phylum Gnetophyta) Only gymnosperms with _____ in their_____
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vessels, xylem
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Ginkgophytes (phylum Ginkgophyta) Only_____ living species remains, called _____
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one, Ginkgo biloba
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Ginkgo biloba have....
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Flagellated sperm
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Angiosperms are the_____ plants._____ are enclosed in______ tissue at the time of_____.
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flowering, Ovules, diploid, pollination
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Angiosperms: Origins as early as _____ MYA. The oldest known angiosperm in the fossil record is ______. The closest living relative to the original angiosperm is _____.
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145–208, Archaefructus, Amborella
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Flower morphology: ______develops into a bud at the end of a stalk called the______. ______expands at the tip to form a ______, to which other parts attach. Flower parts are organized in circles called _____. Really are______ stems bearing ______ leaves
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Primordium, pedicel, Pedicel, receptacle, whorls, modified, modified
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Flower morphology: Outermost whorl = _____. Second whorl =_____. Third whorl = ______ (______). Innermost whorl =______
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Sepals, Petals, Stamens, androecium, Gynoecium
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Flower morphology: Each_____ has a pollen-bearing ______ and a______ (stalk)
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stamen, anther, filament
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Gynoecium consist of....
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Consists of one or more carpels that house the female
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Carpel structure: Three major regions. 1)._____ = Swollen base containing _____. Later develops into a ______. 2).______ = Tip, where pollen lands 3).______ = Neck or stalk
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Ovary, ovules, fruit, Stigma, Style
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Angiosperm Life Cycle:
Angiosperms include:_____ (about 175,000 species) |
Eudicots and Monocots
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Eudicots are...uses
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Trees, shrubs, snapdragons, peas, other. Use flowers to attract insect pollinators
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Monocots (about 65,000 species) are...some rely on
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Grasses, lilies, palms, irises, others. Some rely on wind for pollination. Note: Self-pollination may also occur
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