Exam 2 Flashcards
green algal sister clade to land plants
stoneworts
how are stoneworts different from other green algae
- prominent, multicellular gametangia
- calcium carbonate crusts
- dominated by multicellular haploid individuals
- 5-15cm in length
- food for fish/geese
angiosperms include
monocots and eudicots
problems had to be overcome living on land
- desiccation
- structural support
- move h20 and nutrients
- disseminate gametes
land plants are distinguished from gleen plants by:
- terrestrial
- cuticle w/ pores ( most have stomata)
- alt. of generations
- retention of embryos
- thick-walled spores
- complex gametangia
Desiccation land vs water
- water-larger leaves=more photosynthesis
- land-larger leaves=more evaporation
cuticle w/ pores/stomata does:
regulates water and gas exchange in terrestrial environments
Evolutionary changes in the water conducting cells of the vascular tissue enabled plants to:
- grow larger
- be farther from water
sporopollenin
water tight material covering pollen/spores
problems w/ land plat reproduction
- getting gametes together
- protecting and disseminating
- Protecting embryo
what land plants have swimming sperm
mosses and ferns
gametangia
protected structures that produce gametes
gametangia for sperm
antheridium
gametangia for eggs
archegonium
what do gametangia do
protect gametes from desiccation and damage
2 critical innovations for land plant reproduction
- offspring retention
- gametangia
gametophyte dominant
- (n)
- bryophytes (moss)
sporophyte dominant
- 2n
- pteridophytes (ferns)
- Gymnosperms (conifers)
- Anthophyta (flowering plts)
body plan
describes an organism’s architecture
Meristem
- role in growth
- divide rapidly by mitosis
- undifferentiated
Parenchyma
- versatile and abundant
- living when mature
- totipotent
- sites of
- photosynthesis (leaves)
- carbohydrate storage (roots)
- nutrient transport (phloem)
- important for wound repair and some growth
callus
undifferentiated cells
collenchyma & sclerenchyma ____________
provide support
Collenchyma
- living when mature
- thickened cell walls–bend and stretch
- support young stems and leaves
sclerenchyma
- support after growth ceases
- dead when mature (no cytoplasm)
- hollow cells
- in mature plants–2º cell walls w/ lignin
- xylem: tracheids & vessel elements
Tissue
group of simillar cells functioning together as a unit
4 plant tissues
- meristem
- epidermis
- ground tissue (mesophyll)
- vascular tissue
meristem
Initially meristematic, differentiates into parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma
epidermis
- covers entire plant
- protects
- control flow in/ out of plant
- composed of parenchyma
- stomates: guard cells
- secretes cuticle
- trichomes
trichomes
- defense
- temperature regulation
mesophyll
- plant ‘bulk’
- parenchyma
- collenchyma
- sclerenchyma
- functions:
- photosynthesis
- carbohydrate storage
- support
- make/release
- hormones
- pigments
- defensive toxins
vascular tissue: _________
xylem and phloem
vascular tissue
- localized conducting tissue
- transport water& nutrients (root to shoot)
- support structure:
- vessel elements
- tracheids
- dead at maturity” no membranes & conduct fluid
tracheids
- pits-holes in 2°cell wall
- h2O moves vertically and laterally through pits
vessel elements
- perforations- lack 1° and 2° cell wall
- less resistance: width and perforation
phloem structure
- sieve-tube members and companion cells
- parenchyma, some sclerenchyma for support
- sieve tube: few organelles
- companion cells-many organelles
phloem structure
transport sugar, hormones, amino acids, toxins
the root system _________
stabilizes plants and aquires nutrients
root structure
- modular
- high surface area:volume ratio
- long
- rhizods _______ vascular tissue
- true roots_______ vascular tissue
- no
- have
- cacti have _________roots
- pines have ________ roots
- shallow, wide-spreading
- deep
storage root function
carbs: carrot- fuels reproduction
prop roots function
anchorage: corn-adventitious- stem origin
aerial roots function
gas exchange: mangrove
phenotypic plasticity
change phenotype depending on environment
indeterminate growth
grow throughout life
dynamic growth
growth to areas of high nutrients (roots)
Root

- Eudicot
- oak, maple, roses
Root

- Monocot
- Grass, wheat
shoot system provides ______ & ________
support and circulation
rhizome
- continuously growing horizontal underground stem
- pterophyta
node
point where plant branches
internode
segment between two nodes
axillary bud
bud that grows from axil of a leaf ( where branches out)
types of modified stems
- water-storage structure
- stolons
- rhizomes
- tubers
- thorns
stolons
stems growing horizontally along soil surface, creating new plants at each node
tuber
underground, swollen rhizomes that store carbs
thorns
protect plants from large herbivores
stem

eudicot
stem

monocot
monkey face
lateral bud
- forms leaves
- off branch
petiole
stalk that connects to blade of a leaf
function of compound leaves
(doubly compound) large but rarely damaged by wind/rain
needle function
adapted to v hot/cold climates


parallel veins
monocot
branching veins
eudicot
growth direction and shape via
direction of cell vision and direction of cell enlargement
Apical meristems
- root and shoot tips
- lengthens plant
- herbaceous growth
lateral meristems
- rings along roots and shoots
- widens plant
- woody growth
primary growth
increased length
primary root growth
ensures access to water and nutrients
root cap
- protects root meristem
- contionously sloughed off
- secretes mucigel
- senses gravity
mucigel
- slimy polysaccharide that covers the root cap
- protects, prevents desiccation
modular architecture of stems
- terminal bud
- bud scale
- bud scale scars
- nodes
- internodes
min plant age determined by
counting bud scale scars
xylem ray
lateral transport (parenchyma)
cork
bark (protection)
cork cambium
adds cells to outside
vascular cambium
adds some cells to ouside and many to inside
secondary growth
increases plant width
vascular cambium and cork cambium produce _______ and _______
wood and bark
lateral meristems
- cork cambium
- bark
- vascular cambium
- wood
heartwood
old secondary xylem
sapwood
secondary xylem transporting water
dormancy
when vascular cambium stops growing
growth rings
hanges in secondary xylem cell size and wall thickness
water & nutrients abundant →
thin cell walls/big cells
water & nutrients decrease →
thick cell walls/small cells
phenology
study of the ways in which aspects of biological events such as reproduction, growth are affected by climate
osmosis
a.diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
transpiration
- water loss from aerial plant parts
- water replaced from roots in passive process
water potential
tendency of water to move by osmosis
solute potential
tendency for h2o to move as a result of different solute concentrations
Pressure potential (ψp)
- tendency of water to move in response to pressure
- turgor (+)
- wall(-)
Water potentials are ______
- dynamic
- weather (temp&humidity)
- soil conditions
- highest in soil, lowest in atmosphere
Turgor
- provides structure
- presence of wasll pressure
- sells resist continued influx of water due to osmosis
plasmolysis
- extreme wilting
- loss of water due to osmosis
symplastic route
water enter via plasmodesmata
transmembrane route
water enters via water channels
apoplastic route
water enters w/in porous cell walls
endodermal role in root pressure
- night: stomates close
- epidermal cell actively pumps ions into xylem
- xylem water potential decreases
- root pressure not sufficient to account for movement of water from roots to leaf crown
capillarity
short distance transport
surface tension
pulls water up to minimize air-water interface
adhesion
water attracted to glass is pulled up
cohesion
holds water molecules tight together
cohesion tension theory
- 1.ψ leaf > ψ air
- transpiration
- cohesion pulls h2o up xylem
adaptations to prevent water loss
- close stomata and limit co2 intake
- photosynthesis-transpiration compromise
- increase co2 in leaves to limit when stomata are open
- cam/c4
morphological traits to prevent water loss
- stomata on underside of leaf
- sunken stomata w/ hairs
- thick cuticle
- decrease leaf surface area
Translocation
sugar transport
sources
- summer: leaves
- spring: root storage
sinks
- summer:
- meristems
- seeds
- fruit
- root storage
- spring
- developing leaves
sugars move through cells in
phloem tissue
pressure-flow hypothesis
- sugars transported by turgor pressure gradient
- companion cells move sugars into sieve tube members
phloem loading is a(n) ___________
- active process
- invloves proton pumps
- pumps concentrated sugar in campanion cell
proton-sucrose symporter
pumps sucrose and protons inside companion cell
phloem unloading
- active into roots
- secondary active transport across tonoplast requires proton gradient
- into vacuole
- passive into leaves
Living on land requires changes in:
- control water transport and retention
- reproduction
embryophytes
early development supported by parent
antheridia→
sperm
archegonia→
eggs
gametes develop within and are protected by _________
gametangia
all plants except angiosperms
homosporous
- single type of spore develop
- nonvascular plants (mosses)
gemma cups
cuplike structures holding gametes
pollen
- reduced male gametophyte
- surrounded by sporopollenin
- sperm no longer need water to be disperesed
seeds
- nourish and protect the embryo
- facilitate embryo dispersion
microsporangia→_______→__________→_______
microspores→male gametophyte→sperm
megasporangia→_______→__________→_______
megaspores→female gametophyte→eggs
archegonia (gametangia) in gymnosperms
produce egg cells and sites of fertilization
pollen grain
flowers found on
angiosperms
flower function
- reproductive organ
- promote pollination by animal vectors (pollinators)
- flower shapes
- colors
- taste
adaptive radiation
rapid evolutionary diversification
angiospersm underwent __________
adaptive radiation
monocots have ______ cotyledon
1
dicots have __ cotyledon
2
cotyledon
embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants
vascular tissue _______ throughout monocot stem
scattered
vascular tissue ______ throughout dicot stem
circular
monocot vein
parallel
dicot vein
branching
angiosperm reproduction
- asexual
- mitosis
- produces genetic clones
angiosperm reproductive structure
- rhizomes
- corms
- plantlets
corm
rounded underground storage organ
plantlet
young or small plants
sexual reproduction in angiospersm resembles gymnosperms except
- flower facilitate pollination
- double fertilization
- embryo (2n) and endosperm (3n)
flower
modified leaves that promote fertilization
petal
- colorful whorl
- signal to pollunator
- may contain nector
sepal
- outermost whorl
- protection
stamen
- male reproductive structure
anther
contans microsporangia
male gametophyte
pollen
filament
holds anther in place
tube cell
produces pollen tube
generative cell
produce sperm
carpel
contains female reproductive structures


monoecious
on same plant
dioecious
on separate plants
Pollination
gametophytes are brought together
vectors
- transport pollen
- abiotic-wind/water
- biotic-birds/bees
Pollination syndromes
groups of flower characteristics associated w/ certain pollinators
self-incompatibility purpose
promote out-crossing and prevent self-fertilization
germination
- pollen tube delivers sperm to the ovule
- generative cell (n) to 2 sperm nucleu (n)
- sperm released into embryo sac (female gametophyte)
female gametophyte
embryo sac
fertilization
- embryo sac contains:
- 1 egg
- 2 polar nuclei
double fertilization
- sperm + egg=zygote
- sperm+ polar nuclei = cell (3n) -> endosperm (starch)
fruit is ______
- ovary tissue
- protection
- dispersal
- develops from flower ovary
essential nutrients
- required for growth&reproduction
- cannot be made by plant
- role: specific structural or metabolic function
- ID and studied using hydroponic cultures
macronutrients
- building blocks
- large quantities
- C,O,H
- chlorophyl
- activates enzymes
micronutrients
- small quantities
- Cl,Fe,Mn
- enzyme cofactors
Limiting nutrient
growth/development controlled by availability
N,P,K
Essential nutrients come from
- Soil
- Decomposition
- organic (humus)
- weathering
- inorganic component (rock)
soil characteristics affect:
- root penetration
- nutrient availability
- oxygen and water availability
cation-exchange
positively charged minerals become available after being displaced by H+ in soil
mycorrhizal fungi
collect nutrients and supply to plants
roots (nutrient uptake)
absorption occurs at zone of maturation
transport proteins/ions
proton gradient operates w/in roots
- proton pumps establish electrochemical gradient
- cations enter root hairs via channels
- anions enter root hairs via cotransporters
nitrogen fixation
atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds by microbes (rhizobium)
adaptations for nutrient uptake
- epiphytes
- parasite
- carnivores
Tropism
turning of all or part of an org in particular direction in response to an external stimulus
Signal transduction
- converts external signal into an internal signal
- characteristics
- energy conversion
- involves phosphorylation
- results in amplified affect
internal signal forms
- transcription
- ion flow
- translation
light detection
plants detect diff wavelengths resulting in diff responses
Phototropism
movement in response to light
plants positively phototrophic toward _______ light
blue
what part of plant detects light
tip
phototropins
- detect blue light and afect phototropism
- located in shoot tip
- pigment receptor coded by PHOT1 gene
hormone involved in phototropic response
auxin
auxin characteristics
- small, diffusible compound
- amplified effect
- critical role in plant responses
. Redistribution hypothesis
auxin causes stem elongation,
distributed to outer side of plant
Acid-Growth Hypothesis
- proton pumps acidify cell wall
- cell wall loosens and ions move into cell, [solute] up
- water enters by osmosis & turgor pressure up
Gravitropism
- movement in response to gravity
- sensor: root cap
- receptors detect changes in position
- respond w/ changes in auxin concentrations
statolith hypothesis
- starch-storing amyloplasts respond to gravity and provide positional info to root tip
- amyloplasts pulled to bottom of cells by gravity and avtivate pressure receptors
Auxin has _____ effect in roots
opposite

Apical dominance
- growth pattern restricted to main stems
- lateral buds dormant
- absense of apical bud, lateral bud grow
auxin in apical dominance
continuous polar flow from the tips of growing shoots to the tissues below signals the direction of growth
Two hormones initiate growth in changing environmental conditions
- gibberellins
- ABA
ABA
- inhibits seed germination
gibberellins
- turn on growth and embryo development
- activate a-amylase (digestive enztme that releases sugar to developming embryo)
ABA does what w/ stomata
- closes guard cells
- transported to leaf and overrides signal of blue light
how does ABA close guard cells
stops proton pumps, h2o and ions exit
Senescence
regulated aging process
ethylene
- associated w/
- fruit ripening
- flower fading
- leaf abscission
ethylene does what for ripening process
- induces production of enzymes required for
- starch converted to sugar
- cell walls degraded
- chlorophyll broken down
- pigments/aromas produced
constitutive defenses
- constantly produced
- cuticle
- secondary compounds
bioprospecting
- discover new uses for plants
- ex malaria
- is lab and field endeavor
- hydroponic growth
- ethnobotanists
Induced defenses
produced in response to threat
hypersensitive response
- fast, localized response to infection
- infected cells self-destruct
- phytoalexin produced to fight pathogen
- cell walls change to seal off infection
- methyl salicylate produced
SAR
- systematic aquired resistance
- hypothesized role of methyl salicylate
- long rage, aquired signal for plant to protect itself
proteinase inhibitors
interfere w/ digestion
army worm
- signal transduction pathyway
- jasmonic acid signals proteinase inhibitors and volatiles to be made
latex
- effect heart function in vertebrates
- catarpillars eat and make butterflies toxic
casparian strip
- waxy layer containing suberin
- a water repellant substance that prevents movement of water and ions into vascular tissue