Bio

Question 0

Cladogram of plant evolution

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Charophytes, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Question 1

Lignin

Answer 1

Strengthens cell wall

Question 2

Charophytes

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Algae (first form of plant)

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bryophytes

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Mosses

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pteridophytes

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Ferns

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gymnosperms

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Conifers

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angiosperms

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Flowering plants

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Nectar

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Used by the plant to lure in pollinators

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Gamete

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Sex cells such as an egg or sperm

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Tube nucleus

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Creates a tube through the style to the ovary (24-48 hours)

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Rhizomes

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Stem below ground that can make baby plants

Example: fern and ginger

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Runner

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Stem with baby attached above ground

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Cuttings

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Cut off a leaf and put it in dirt and roots will grow

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Grafting

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Joining 2 different parts from 2 different plants to make one
Example: miniature rose bush

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Tissue Culture

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Each plant cell can create a whole new plant, cells can be placed in sterile nutrient agar and new plants will grow

Question 15

Annual plants

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Lives for 1 year

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Biannual plant

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Lives for 2 years

Question 17

Perennial plants

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Live for many years

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Mitosis

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Division of the nucleus in cells that aren’t gametes

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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Chromatid

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One of two identical parts of of a duplicated chromosome

Question 21

Centromere

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Where the two sister chromatids meet and are held together

Question 22

Chromosome

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Genetic information bundled into packages of DNA

Makes it possible to separate DNA precisely durning cell division

Question 23

Chromatin

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Unwound DNA and proteins called histones.

Found in the nucleus of non-dividing cells