Ch. 12 Plants Flashcards
The life cycle of plants is characterized by
Alternation of generations. - 1) Gametophyte generation : all the cells of the plant body are haploid (n).
2) Sporophyte generation : the cells of the plant body are diploid.
Plants with no transport vessels - Non-vascular plants
Bryophytes ex) Mosses, liverworts, hornworts
Plants with transport vessels - Vascular plants
Tracheophytes
Vascular plants - Seedless plants
Like Ferns. reproduce by spores
Vascular plants - Seed plants
- Gymnosperms
2. Angiosperms (Flowering plants)
Gymnosperms
Cone-bearing. ex) cedars, sequoias, redwoods, pines, yews and junipers.
Angiosperms
Flowering plants. ex) roses, daisies, apples and lemons.
1) Monocotyledon (monocots)
2) Dicotyledon (dicots)
Monocotyledon
Ex) grasses such as corn, wheat, rye and oats
Dicotyledon
peanuts
Bryophytes
- Lack transport vessels ( xylem and phloem) and absorb water by diffusion from the air.
- Their flagellated sperm must swim through water to fertilize an egg.
- Also lack any lignin-fortified tissue that supports a tall plant.
- Restricted to moist habitats and are tiny.
- Grow on rocks, soil and trees.
- Sphagnum or peat moss is used as fuel in much of the world.
Tracheophytes
- With vascular tissue.
- Xylem and phloem for transport
- Lignified transport vessels to support the plant
- Roots to absorb water while also anchoring and supporting the plant
- Leaves that increase the photosynthetic surface
- Life cycle with a dominant sporophyte generation.
1) Gymnosperms
2) Angiosperms
Ferns - Seedless plants
- Seedless tracheophytes. Primitive plants.
- Reproduce by spores instead of by seeds.
- Homosporous - they produce only one type of spore which then develops into a bisexual gametophyte.
- restricted to moist habitats.
- Their sperm are flagellated and must swim from the antheridium to the archegonium to fertilize the egg.
Seed plants
Heterosporous. produce two kinds of spores.- Megaspores and microspores.
Megaspores- develop into female gametophytes.
Microspores - develop into male gametophytes.
Teh sperm of seed plants have no flagella and do not require a watery environment in order for fertilization to occur. Two types of seed plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Gymnosperms : Conifers
First seed plants to appear on Earth. The seed of gymnosperm - naked, because they are not enclosed inside a fruit as are seed in angiosperms.- form cones.
- Dry environment.: needle- shaped leaves. have a thick, protective cuticle and a relatively small surface area.
- Depend on wind for pollination.
- Ex) gymnosperms are pines, firs, redwoods, junipers and sequoia.
Cotyledons (seed leaves)- Monocots and Dicots
Monocots: one
Dicots : two