3.2 - The Plant Kingdom Flashcards
3 phylas of Bryophytes are?
Mosses, liverworts and hornworts
Bryophytes are?
Non vascular plants
Non vascular plants have no roots, t or f
True
Bryophytes have small root like structures called RHIZOIDS which develop from their lower surfaces, t or f
True
Bryophytes are important for nutrient cycling and potential sources for pharmaceuticals, t or f
True
Bryophytes under go alternation of generations –> haploid gametophyte is the larger longer dominant form
Trueeeee
Bryophytes are the first land plants t or f
True
Seedless vascular plants formed the first forests 350million years ago t or f
T
What’s dominant in the seedless vascular plants? Gametophyte or sporophyte?
Sporophyte
Seedless vascular plants include what 4 plants??
Whisk ferns, club misses, horsetails and ferns
What two groups disperse by means of a seed?
Gymnosperms and angiosperms
Seeds allow plants to reproduce asexually w/o water. T or f
False. Sexually
A vascular plant with non-enclosed seeds are called?
Gymnosperms
A vascular plant with seeds enclosed in a protective tissue is called?
Angiosperm
Gymnosperms have seed exposed on the surface of cone scales. T or f.
True