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57 Cards in this Set
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All plants are ____________ celled.
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multi
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Most plants contain a green pigment called ______________
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chlorophyll
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___________ ___________ surrond plant cells nad give them structure.
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cell walls
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What holds plants to the ground so they don't move?
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roots or root-like structures
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Plants are ____________ that have ________ to life on land?
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eukaryotes
adapted |
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About _______________ species of plants have been indentified.
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285000
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Fossils of _________ _________ represent the earliest plants known.
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Rhynia Major
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Rhynia Major had no ________ and thier __________ grew underground.
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leaves
stems |
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Plant cells have rigid cell wall in addition to _________ ______________.
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cell membranes
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Cell walls are made of _________ and ______________.
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cellulose and orgnaic compounds of long chains of sugar molecules.
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Cell walls do not only Provide structure and support they keep the cell from __________________.
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drying out
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What is the waxy protective layer called?
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cuticle
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Simple plants require _________ to reporduce.
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water
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What are the advantages to plants living on land?
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More sunlight for photosynthesis and more carbon dioxide
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Plants are classified into ___________.
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divisions
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Divisons have the same level as a ____________ in the Protist Kingdom.
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phylum
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The most simple plants belong to the division __________. Some examples are?
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Bryophyta
mosses and liverworts |
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Why do Bryophytes have only a few cells?
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so it is easier for them to absorb water through thier cell walls
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Plants with vessels are ___________ ______________.
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Vascular plants
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Plants without vessels are ______________ ______________.
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nonvascular plants
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Nonvascular plants do not have?
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roots, stems, or leaves
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Instead of growing from seeds Bryphyetes grow from?
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spores
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____________- is a simple rootless plant that has a flattened, leaf body.
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Moss
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How are mosses held in place?
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by root-like filaments or fibers made up of a few long cells called rhzoids
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A ___________ is a simple, rootless plant that has a flattened leaf-like body?
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liverwort
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How did liverworts get their name?
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because people though they looked like livers
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What did people in the ninth century think liverwort was useful for?
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in the treatment of diseased of the liver thus the last word- wort
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Structures that stick out of moss are called _______- __________________
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moss sporophytes
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Describe a Sporophyte?
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include a stalk and a capsule in which numerous haploid spores are produced
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What happens to the capsule?
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it eventually breaks and the spores are scattered
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A _____________ is the form of a moss plant that produces sex cells.
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gametophyte
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Sometimes a gametophyte poduces only ______ and ____ but it usually produces ________.
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male
female both |
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During a heavy dew of rain the __________ _________ gets splashed onto the _________ ____________.
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male sperm
female gametophyte |
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The __________ divides by _______________ to form an embryo
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zygote
mitosis |
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The embryo turns into a ______________ and the cycle begin again.
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sporophyte
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Describe alteration of generation?
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alternating between the spore producing phase and sex-cell producing stage
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All plants go through _________ and a __________ stage.
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diploid
haploid |
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Mosses and liverworts are among the first plants to grow after?
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fire
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The first plants to grow in new areas are called?
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pioneer plants
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Pioneer plants grow and die and build up plant material needed for?
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survival
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The vascular tissues in seeles vascular plants are made of?
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long tube like cells
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Why can plants with vascular tissue get bigger?
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because thier cells get thier water and nutrients through vascular tissue
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Seedless vascular plants include?
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spike mosses; horsetails, and ferns
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ferns are very ___________ with at least _________ species.
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abundant
120000 |
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Club mosses produce spores at the end of the tems in structures that look like tiny?
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pinecones
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One type of club moss is _________________.
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Lycopodium
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Lycopdium is found in the?
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Artic Tropics
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An __________ is a plant that grows on another plant for support.
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epiphyte
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Horsetaisls atems are jointed and have a ____ center surrounded by a ring of ________ ___________.
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hollow
vascualr tissue |
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What is silica?
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a gritty substance found in sand when pioneers traveled across the us.
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The largest group of seeless vascular plants is the divison _____________, the __________.
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Pterophyta
ferns |
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Fern has leaves that grow above the ground from an undergound stem called the?
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rhizome
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Roots are gown from the rhyizome to?
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anchor the plant to the ground
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The leaf of a fern is called a?
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frond
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Why are young fronds sometimes called fiddle heads?
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because thier curled shapte looks similar to the tops of violins or fiddles
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What are sori?
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strutures on the lower sides of the mature fronds
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What do sotri's look like?
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crusty rust brown or blackish bumps
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