Angiosperms (Final Exam)

Question 1

angiosperms aka

Answer 1

anthophyta

Question 2

angiosperms =

Answer 2

flowering plants

Question 3

angiosperm ovules are

Answer 3

in carpels

Question 4

carpels =

Answer 4

(female sporophylls)

carpels = ovary + stigma + style

Question 5

angiosperm fertilization =

Answer 5

double fertilization leading to a zygote (egg + sperm) & triploid endosperm (polar nuclei + sperm)

Question 6

flowers are made of

Answer 6

vegetative leaves & sporophylls on branch w/ determinate growth

Question 7

vegetative leaves =

Answer 7

(petals + sepals) ot tepals

Question 8

sporophylls =

Answer 8

stamens (male) + carpel (female)

Question 9

carpels are often

Answer 9

fused into pistil

Question 10

angiosperm female gametophytes are

Answer 10

extremely reduced

Question 11

angiosperm sperm…

Answer 11

lack flagella (convergent w/ conifers)

Question 12

angiosperm stamen have

Answer 12

2 pollen sacs (male sporophylls)

Question 13

angiosperm phloem have

Answer 13

sieve tubes and companion cells

Question 14

angiosperm ovary becomes

Answer 14

fruit

Question 15

study flower diagram

Answer 15

plzzzzzzz

Question 16

trends in flower evolution: (3)

Answer 16

• # of flower parts (indeterminate –> determinate)
• flower part arrangement (alternate helical –> whorled)
• ovary position (superior {above other parts} –> inferior {below other parts})

Question 17

Amborella trichopoda is the

Answer 17

most basal extant flowering plant (sister to all other flowering plants)

Question 18

Amborella trichopoda is

Answer 18

dioecious

Question 19

Amborella trichopoda parts are

Answer 19

indeterminate (no set #)

Question 20

Amborella trichopoda have no

Answer 20

vessels (only has tracheids for water transport)

Question 21

Nymphaeales =

Answer 21

water lily lineage

Question 22

Nymphaeales # of flowers are

Answer 22

indeterminate (there are many)

Question 23

Nymphaeales are the

Answer 23

2nd oldest lineage of angiosperms

Question 24

Nymphaeales are

Answer 24

herbaceous (non-woody)

Question 25

Monocotyledons lack

Answer 25

true wood & 2* P

Question 26

Monocotyledons leaf venation =

Answer 26

parallel

Question 27

Monocotyledons stele =

Answer 27

atactostele

Question 28

Monocotyledon flower parts are in

Answer 28

multiple of three

Question 29

Monocotyledons # seed leaves =

Answer 29

one cotyledon

Question 30

Eudicots =

Answer 30

derived (everything else is basal)

Question 31

are Eudicots the only group with 2 cotyledons?

Answer 31

no, but all of the major lineages of dittos have 2

Question 32

Eudicots pollen have

Answer 32

3 apertures (openings)
- other groups have 1

Question 33

Eudicots have distinctive

Answer 33

sepals and petals

- monocots do not necessarily have this trait

Question 34

Eudicots flower parts in

Answer 34

multiples of 4 but mostly parts 4