Algae and plants

Question 1

Similarities between Plants and Algae

Answer 1

• Both go through photosynthesis
• Both have a cell wall
• Both store food as starch

Question 2

What is algae?

Answer 2

• Algae are a plant-like protist that are single-celled and contain chlorophyll. They are not considered to be plants because they lack vascular tissue, leaves, roots, and true stems

Question 3

Nonvascular plants

Answer 3

• Lack a vascular system; they depend on osmosis to transport stuff from one part of the plant to a different one. Size is limited. (etg. Moss)

Question 4

Vascular Tissue

Answer 4

• Xylem transports water and minerals from the roots to the shoots and leaves
• Phloem tissue transports the food made during photosynthesis to other parts of plant

Question 5

Vascular Seedless plants

Answer 5

• Plants that have vascular tissue; reproduce through the use of spores (not seeds). (etg. Ferns)

Question 6

Vascular Seeded plants

Answer 6

• Plants that have vascular tissue; reproduce through the use of seeds. (etg. Tulip)

Question 7

Gymnosperm

Answer 7

o Gymnosperm: a vascular plant that produces unprotected seeds (no ovary or fruit encasing the seeds) CONES

Question 8

Angiosperm

Answer 8

a vascular plant that produces protected seeds (encased in an ovary/fruit). Most diverse group of land plants

Question 9

Reproduction through spores

Answer 9

• A spore is a cell in a seedless plant
• Each spore is produced by a parent plant
• Spores are released and carried elsewhere. When it lands (if in a suitable environment), it grows into a tiny plant called a gametophyte

Question 10

The animal cell and the plant cell

Answer 10

The two cells are very similar, BUT the plant cell has chloroplast and a cell wall. The animal cell does not

Question 11

The Pistil

Answer 11

• The female reproductive part

- Composed of three separate parts: the stigma, the style, and the ovary (which contains the ovules)

Question 12

The stamen

Answer 12

The male reproductive part

- Composed of two separate parts: the anther (where pollen develops) and the filament

Question 13

Sexual Reproduction in Flowers

Answer 13

• Pollen develops on the anther
• The flower is pollinated by bees, bats, hummingbirds etc.
• When the animal lands, the pollen is transferred from the animal to the stigma of the new flower
• The pollen grain travels down the style to the ovary where it fertilizes an ovule.
• The ovule becomes a seed and the ovary becomes fruit

Question 14

Purpose of the Sepals

Answer 14

• To protect the budding flower as it grows

Question 15

What is a gametophyte?

Answer 15

• A stage in the life cycle of seedless plants in which male and female organs develop and gametes (sex cells) are produced
• Gametes grow into sporophytes

Question 16

What is a sporophyte?

Answer 16

• A stage in the life cycle of a seedless plant

- Sporophytes grow and release spores (which become gametophytes)

Question 17

What makes a plant a plant?

Answer 17

• Go through photosynthesis
• Have a cuticle
  o Waxy coating that keeps the plant from drying out
• Have a cell wall
• Vascular tissue, roots, stems etc.

Question 18

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 18

• The process by which plants use the energy from sunlight to produce glucose, which they use as food

Question 19

Anatomy of flower and moss

Answer 19

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