Ch31 Plant Evolution Flashcards
Photosynthesis Achiotes
Cyanobacteria mats- 1st oxygen producing critters
Archean Eon
Formation of first oceans- shift from Chem to Bio evolution
Banded iron formations tell us
Amounts of oxidization
Primary Endosymbiosis
Joining of a prokaryote to another prokaryote
Secondary Endosymbiosis
One eukaryotic cell engulfs/eats another eukaryote
Brown Algae (Kelp) characteristics (4)
Large structures, hold fast root system, photosynthetic blades, and stipes- an organ of defense
Red algae (Rhodophyte)-(2)
Chemically defended, multicellular
Which algae is closest to terrestrial plants??
Green Algae
Pros (5) and cons (1) of aquatic plants
Water, motile sperm that swim, density (less gravity), and nutrients
Light
Con-predator exposure
Pros (2) and Cons (6) of terrestrial plants
Pros:Pollination, more space
Light and predation (in between)
Cons: nutrients, predator exposure, tissue support, more gravity pull, water loss, and reproduction
Charophytes, Stoneworts, Colueochacts (5)
Algae relative to terrestrial plants, produce cellulose, tough structure(calcium carbonate structure), multicellular, and photosynthetic
Struggles to overcome from aquatic to terrestrial (6)
Water loss, nutrient transport, tissue support, reproduction, UV exposure, access to nutrients
Evolutionary development as result of water loss (2)
Cuticle and stomata
Developments for nutrient transport (2)
Vascular tissues known as tracheids and vessel elements (xylem and phloem)
Developments for Tissue Support (2)
Tracheids and vessel elements
Developments for reproduction
Production of pollen (gymno and angiosperms)
Production of SEED- due to lack of embryonic structure
Developments for UV exposure
Flavonoids
Developments for access to nutrients
Soil and mycorrhiza
Cuticle
Waxy layer around the plant- lipid material-hydrophobic polymer
Stomata (3)
Formed by two cells, seals up with release of h2o, opens/puckers with water to allow gas exchange
Two challenges of taller plants
Getting water to elevated tissues and to stabilize and not fall down
Tracheids (4)
All vascular plants, long/tall, die at maturity, pits lined with lignin
Vessel Elements (3)
More efficient, barrel like, xylem (h2o transport, dies) + phloem (nutrient transport, alive)
Angiosperms and ghenophyte
homosporus plant meaning (1) and examples (2)
Only one type of spore
Mosses and ferns