Chapter 4 Test Flashcards
How do vascular plants differ from non vascular plants?
How they transport water and nutrients
What part of the leaf must strike for photosynthesis to begin.
Chlorophyll
What does the leafs cuticle do?
Reduces evaporation
What do today’s plants share with algae
The same form of chlorophyll
In what plant cell structure is water stored
Vacuole
All plants are
Autotrophs
What will absorb the most light?
Dark objects
What are a ferns frond called
Leaves
What produces the egg and sperm cells during the life cycle of plants?
Zygotes
What part of moss absorbs water and nutrients from the soil
Rhizoids
What are groups of similar cells that perform a specific function are called
Tissues
What does photosynthesis in plants produce
Sugar and oxygen
Why do ferns live in moist environments?
So the egg and Sperm cells can join
Where do ferns produce spores
On the underside of fronds
What is the most abundant pigment in leaves
Reflects green light
What are the reactants of photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide and water
Where does the energy that powers photosynthesis come from
The sun
All plants are eukaryotes that contain cells
True
True or false:
In plants, sexual reproduction occurrs when a sperm cell and an egg cell unit in a zygote
True
True or false:
During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water combine to produce sugar and oxygen.
True
When light reflects a plants leaves, most of the green part of the spectrum is absorbed
False
A miss is a type of vascular plant
True or false
False
What are plants cells mainly made up of
Cellulose
Sperm cells and egg cells are two kinds of sex cells or
Gametes
In a plants life cycle, a spore develops into a stage known as the
Gametophyte
The leaves of most plants appear green because they contain
Chlorophyll
The orange, red, and yellow colors of many leaves during the fall are cause by
Accessory pigments
Ferns and plants differ because
Ferns have vascular tissue
