Chapter 29: Plant Diversity Flashcards
________ evolved from _______ algae
Plants; green
What are the 3 types of diversity of plants that evolved?
Nonvascular, seedless vascular, and seed
How manny known plant species are there? Where do most of them live?
325,000; on land
What 3 things do plants supply?
Oxygen, food sources, and habitat
What are the closest relatives of plants?
Charophytes
Plants and some algae are ____________
Multicellular
Some algae, like plants have __________ in their cell walls and __________ containing chlorophyll ___ and __
Cellulose; chloroplasts; a; b
What is the first trait that plants share with Charophytes?
Cellulose-synthesizing membrane proteins are arranged in rings, rather than linear sets
What is the second trait that plants share with Charophytes?
Structure of flagellated sperm
What is the third trait that plants share with Charophytes?
Sequence similarities in nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA
What clade of Charophytes are the closest living relatives to plants?
Zygnematophyceae
T/F: plants are descended from modern Charophytes
F: Plants are NOT descended from modern charophytes, but share a common ancestor with them
An alga closely related to plants
Zygnema
Charophytes have coating of _____________
Sporopollenin
A polymer that prevents zygotes from drying out
Sporopollenin
Found in plant spore walls
Sporopollenin
What are the 3 benefits of having plants on land?
Undiluted sunlight, more, and nutrient-rich soil
What are the two challenges of living on land
Scarcity of water and lack of structural support against gravity
What allowed plants to thrive on land
Adaptations evolved
Plants with embryos
Embryophytes
Three possible “plant” kingdoms
Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, and Plantae
3 key traits in nearly all plants, but are absent in the charophytes
Alternation of generations, walled spores produced in sporangia, and apical meristems
Type of plant life cycle consisting of multicellular forms that gives rise to each other in turn
Alternation of generations
The process by which the life cycles of plants alternate between two generations of multicellular organisms: ___________ and ___________
Alternation of Generations; gametophytes; sporophytes
The ________ haploid ___________ produces haploid ___________ (sperm and eggs) by _________
Multicellular; gametophyte; gametes; mitosis
The multicellular __________ sporophyte produces _________ spores by _________
Diploid; haploid; meiosis
__________ develop into gametophytes and fertilized eggs (______) develop into __________
Spores; zygotes; sporophytes
Embryos in Alternation of Generation is
Multicellular, dependent
The _______ embryo is retained and protected within the ________ of the female _____________
Diploid; tissue; gametophyte
What is transferred from parent to embryo through placental transfer cells
Nutrients
Plants are called ___________ because of this dependency of the ________ on the parent
Embryophytes; embryo
What are produced in sporangia?
Walled spores
The sporophyte produces spores in multicellular organs called ___________
Sporangia