Angiosperms Flashcards

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Angiosperms

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Are seed plants with reproductive structures called flowers and fruits

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2
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They are the most ________ of all plants

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Widespread

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3
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All angiosperms are classified in a single phylum, _______

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Anthophyta

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4
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Angiosperms have two key adaptations

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Flowers and fruit

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5
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The ________ is an angiosperm structure specialized for sexual reproduction

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Flower

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Many species are pollinated by ______ or _____, while some species are _______ pollinated

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Insect or animals, wind

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A flower is a specialized shoot with up to four organs

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Sepals, which enclose the flower
Petals, which are brightly colored and attract pollinators
Stamens, which produce pollen (Anther & Fillamen are the boy parts)
Carpels, which produce ovules (Stigma, Style, Ovary, and Ovule the girl parts)

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8
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Flowers that have all four organs are called ______

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Complete flowers

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9
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While those lacking one or more organs are called _______

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Incomplete flowers

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10
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Flowers may have __________ or _________

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Radial or bilateral symmetry

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For flowers with _______, an imaginary line through the central axis divides the flower into two equal parts

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Radial symmetry

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12
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In ___________, a flower can only be divided into two equal parts by a single imaginary line

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Bilateral symmetry

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13
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Most species have flowers with both functional_______ and _______

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Stamens and carpels

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14
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Some species have both reproductive parts but one may not be __________

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Functional

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15
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Some species reproductive parts occurs on ________

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Separate flowers

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16
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A ________ is formed when the ovary wall thickens and matures

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Fruit

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17
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Fruits protect seeds and aid in their ______

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Dispersal

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18
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Mature fruits can be either _____ or _____

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Fleshy or dry

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19
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3 ways of seed dispersal

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Wind ( explosion) (wings)
Dispersed in animal feces
Hitchhikes on animals

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20
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Parts of the flower (male)

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Anther and filament

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21
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Flower parts (Female)

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Stigma, style, ovary, ovule

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22
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Non reproductive parts of the flower

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Petal, receptacle, speak

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23
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The stamen contains ________

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Pollen grains

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24
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The carpel contains the _______

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Ovules

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Ovule contains the ________
Embryo sac
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Most flowers have a mechanism to ensure __________ between flowers from different plants of the same species
Cross-pollination
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A pollen grain that has landed on a stigma _________ and the ______ grows down to the ovary
Germinates and pollen tube
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The sperm enters the ovule through the _________
Micropyle
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________________ occurs when the pollen tube discharges two sperm nuclei into the female gametophyte called _________
Double fertilization ,triploid endosperm
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One sperm nuclei fertilizes the egg, while the other combines with two polar Nuclei to form a food storing ___________
Endosperm
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The ____________ nourishes the developing embryo (food for the baby)
Triploid endosperm
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With tin the seed, the embryo consist of a _______ and one or two seed leaves called _________
Root , cotyledons
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Radicle
Root
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Hyptycol
Stem
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Epicotyl
Stem
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Angiosperms have more than ________ living species
250000
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Previously angiosperms were divided into two main groups
Monocots (one cotyledon) | Dicots (two dicots)
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DNA studies suggest that dicots are ________
Polyphyletic
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Classification based on the # ________ was used until late 1990's
Cotyledons
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Current classification uses ___ groups
Four
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The clade eudicot (true dicots) includes most ______
Dicots
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__________________ are the oldest lineages
Basal angiosperms
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Three types of basal angiosperms
Amborella trichopida , nymphaea (water lily) , (illicium) star anise
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Amborella trichophida is the only _________________
Surviving species
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______________ share some traits with basal angiosperms but evolved much later
Magnoliids
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Magnolias include
Magnolias, laurels, and black Pepper plants
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Magnoliids are more closely related to _________ and ___________ than basal angiosperms
Monocots and eudicots
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More than one quarter of angiosperm species are ____________
Monocots
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Monocots include
Orchids, grasses, palms
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More than two-thirds of the angiosperm species are __________
Eudicots
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Eudicots include the large ______ family and the economically important ______
Legume, rose
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Our reliance on seed plants makes preservation of plant diversity ________
Critical
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Most of our food comes from _______
Angiosperms
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Six crops ___________ yield 80% of the calories consumed by humans
Wheat, rice, maize, potatoes, cassava, and sweet potatoes
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____________ crops are products of relatively recent genetic change resulting from_________
Artificial selection
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Many seed plants provide ______
Wood
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Secondary compounds of seed plants are used in ___________
Medicines
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Loss of plant __________ is often accompanied by loss of the animal species that plant supports
Habitat
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At the current rate of habitat loss ____ of earths species will become extinct within the next _______years
50% , 100-200
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The tropical rain forest may contain undiscovered ____________
Medicinal compounds
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Three examples of eudicots
``` Snow pea ( pisum sativum) a legume Dog rose (rosa canina) a wild rose Pyrenean oak ( Quercia pyrenaica) ```
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Three examples of monocots
Orchid (lemboglossumrossil) Pygmy date palm ( Phoenix roebelenil) Barley (hordeum vulgave) a grass
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Three examples of magnoliids
Southern magnolia (magnolia grandiflora) Laurels Black pepper
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Three examples of basal angiosperms
``` Water lily ( nymphaea "Rene Gerard") Star anise (illicium) Amborella (trichopida) ```