Bio Exam 3 Class 4 (Green Algae and Plants Cont.) Flashcards
gymnosperms
- seed plants
- live in dry fields and forests
- sporophyte dominant life cycle
-heterosporous - ex.) conifers, pine trees, etc.
traechids and vessel elements
allowed plants to more efficiently transport water
- allowed seed plants to grow taller in drier environemtns
xylem moves
up
phloem move
down
non vacular plants do not have
traechids, xylem, or phloeam
what does phloeam do>
transprots sugars from the rest of the leaves down to the rest of the plant
what is wood
when tracheid’s and vessel elements form extremely strong support materials called wood
(diagram in the powerpoint)
nonvascular plants are
homosporous
vascular plants are
hetersporous
hetrospory
aka kdifferent sporangia
-evolution in seed plants
microsporangia produce
microspores
microspores produce
male gametophytes
male gametophytes produce
sperm
megasorangia produce
megaspores
megasores produce
female gametophytes
female gametophytes produce
eggs
what is the male gametophyte?
pollen grain
heterospory led to the evolution of
pollen
what is pollen
male gametophytes encased in sporopollenin