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1
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Prokaryotic spherical shape

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Coccus

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Prokaryotic rod shape

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bacillus

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3
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Prokaryotic spiral shape

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spirillus

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4
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Prokaryotes in clusters

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staphylo-

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5
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Prokaryotes in chains

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strepto-

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Prokaryotes in pairs

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diplo-

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How do cell walls of Bacteria differ from those of Archaea?

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  • Archaeal wall contain various polysaccharides and proteins

- Bacterial walls contain peptidoglycan

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How do Gram-negative cells differ from Gram-positive cells?

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Gram-positive typically has a thick peptidoglycan layer and is less virulent. Gram-negative typically has a thinner peptidoglycan layer, an outer membrane that is often toxic, and is typically more virulent.

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9
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How and why do Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells stain differently?

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Peptidoglycan traps crystal violet, which masks the safranin dye in Gram-positive cells. In Gram-negative cells, crystal violet is easily washed away, revealing the red safranin dye.

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10
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How do capsules and endospores help protect bacteria cells in harsh environments? How do they differ in structure?

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Capsules are a sticky polysaccharide or protein layer that provide protection and adhesion for the cell. Endospores form in response to stress. The cell packages a copy of its chromosomes, lyses, and allows the endospore to remain dormant.

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11
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  • behavioral response of a cell or an organism to an external stimulus
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taxis

Positive-toward stimulus, Negative-away from stimulus

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12
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How can prokaryotes evolve so quickly when the number of mutations per cell division is actually lower than what is seen in eukaryotes?

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Their rapid reproduction and mutation allow populations of prokaryotes to evolve quikly

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13
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Cells pick up stray pieces of DNA from the environment and new fragments are often inserted into plasmids

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Transformation

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14
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Viruses called bacteriophages transfer DNA from one cell to another.

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Transduction

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15
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Prokaryotic cells can directly transfer DNA via a pillus that pulls the cells together and shares the F factor

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Conjugation (read up on this process)

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16
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Why are transformation, transduction and conjugation all considered mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer?

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They all result in genetic recombination as a result of moving genes from one species to another

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17
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Bacteria that are all Gram-negative, but are otherwise very diverse

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Proteobacteria

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18
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Bacteria that require an animal host

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Chlamydia

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19
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Bacteria that are spirilli and have internal filaments

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Spirochetes

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20
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Bacteria that photosynthesis and may be ancestor to chloroplasts

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Cyanobacteria

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21
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What traits are shared by Archaea that distinguish them from Bacteria?

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Histones present in some Archaea
Methionine initiates protein synthesis
>1 RNA polymerase
Resistant to streptomycin and chloramphenicol

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22
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What traits have led biologists to place the Archaea as sister to the Domain Eukarya?

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I don’t know histones?

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23
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Aside from being pathogens, what other roles do prokaryotes play on the planet?

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  • Decomposition
  • Complete nutrient cycles by converting inorganic molecules into usable forms
  • Symbiosis
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24
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How does the Serial Endosymbiosis Theory (SET) build upon the Endosymbiont Theory that was presented earlier this semester?

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This theory suggests that some organisms experienced more than one episode of endosymbiosis to become the organisms they are today

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25
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What evidence is there to support SET?

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Evidence of a vestigial nucleus called a nucleomorph

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26
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What three groups discussed in class belong to the Excavata supergroup?

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Diplomonads, Parabasalids, and Euglenozoans

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27
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What three main groups discussed in class belong to the SAR clade?

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Stramenopiles, Alveolites, and Rhizarians

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28
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What main group did we discuss in class that belongs to the Archaeplastida supergroup?

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Green Algae

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29
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What two main groups discussed in class belong to the Unikonta supergroup?

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Amoebozoans and Opisthokonts

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30
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What traits unite Diplomonads and Parabasalids?

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Reduced mitochondria and anaerobic (typically)

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31
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What trait unites Stramenopiles?

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Presence of two types of flagella, hairy and smooth

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32
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What trait unites the Alveolites?

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Presence of small sacs just inside the plasma membrane (alveoli)

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33
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What trait unites the Amoebozoans?

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Presence of pseudopodia that are lobed or tubular

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34
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What trait unites the Opisthokonts?

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Flattened mitochondrial cristae and a shared amino acid sequence in elongation factor 1-alpha protein

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35
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What features of fungi have led early biologist to place them in the same taxon as plants?

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multicellular eukaryotes
cell walls
produce spores
can reproduce asexually
grow from the ground
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36
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What features show that fungi are most definitely not very closely related to plants?

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glycogen as a storage polysaccharide
chitin as a structural polymer
chemoheterotroph
zygotic meiosis

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37
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What is a gametic life cycle?

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The gamete is the only cell that is haploid

38
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What kind of organisms use a gametic life cycle?

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Animals, some protists and algae

39
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What is a zygotic life cycle?

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The zygote is the only cell that is diploid

40
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What kind of organisms use a zygotic life cycle?

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Fungi, some algae

41
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What kind of organisms use a sporic life cycle?

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Plants and many algae

42
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What are hyphae and how do they help fungi efficiently absorb nutrients?

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Hyphae are filaments that compose most fungi. They extend into the ground or wherever they’re growing and can absorb or exchange nutrients

43
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What is plasmogamy?

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Fusion of cytoplasm in fungi

44
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What is karyogamy?

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Fusion of nucleus in fungi

45
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What is meant by heterokaryotic?

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Condition where a multinucleate cell contains genetically different nuclei

46
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What are some characteristics of Chytrids?

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  • flagellated zoospores

- protest-like

47
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What are some characteristics of Zygomycetes?

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  • multinucleate structure

- survives harsh conditions

48
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What are some characteristics of Glomeromycetes?

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  • form arbuscular mycorrhizae

- obligate symbionts

49
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What are some characteristics of Ascomcetes?

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  • produce spores inside a sac-like structure called an ascus

- asexually reproduce by budding or with conidiospores

50
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What are some characteristics of Basidiomycetes?

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  • produce spores on the outside of a club-like basidium

- asexually reproduce by budding or with conidiospores

51
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Give an example of mutualism that involves fungi.

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Lichens = fungus + cyanobacteria or green algae

52
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Give an example of parasitism involving fungi.

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Plant rusts or Athletes foot

53
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What kind of plants are in the Archaeplastida supergroup?

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Rhodophytes, Chlorophytes, Charophytes, and Embryophytes

54
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What separates Rhodophytes from the other Archaeplastida?

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Floridian starch, phycoerythins and phycobilins in Rhodophytes. Pressence of chlorophyll a and b, and starch is stored in plastids in the others

55
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What are the stages of alternation of generations?

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  1. ) Sporophyte-produces spores by meiosis

2. ) Gametophyte-produces gametes by mitosis

56
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How did land plants overcome the challenge of maintaining water balance?

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  • Waxy cuticle secreted by the epidermis minimizes water loss to the air.
  • air pores and stomata for gas exchange (and water loss)
  • rhizoids absorb H2O (and minerals) from soil.
57
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How did land plants overcome the challenge of obtaining resources?

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  • apical meristems produce directed growth
  • roots capture H2O and minerals from soil
  • leaves effectively intercept light
  • vascular tissue(xylem and phloem)
58
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What provides land plants with structural support?

A

Lignin

59
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-Areas of active cell division at the growing tips of roots and stems that allow plants to direct growth in response to a stimulus

A

Apical meristems

60
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-allowed plants with rhizoids and small roots to obtain soil resources on land.

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Mycorrhizae

61
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How did land plants overcome the challenge of reproduction and dispersal?

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  • Sterile jacket of cells surrounds the gametes and spores
  • Sporopollenin, a complex biopolymer, prevents desiccation of spores and gametes.
  • The evolution of pollen means that free standing water is no longer needed for sexual reproduction.
  • Seeds = protection and nutrition for embryo; dormancy prevents untimely germination
62
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-produce and nourish the cells that are directly involved in reproduction.

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Sporangia and Gametangia

63
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What were, most likely, the first land plants?

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Liverworts

64
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-conducts water and minerals from the soil to the rest of the plant.

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Xylem tissue

65
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-conducts organic products throughout the plant.

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Phloem tissue

66
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What did plant roots most likely originate from?

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Roots are most likely modified stems

67
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What are some characteristics of microphyll leaves?

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  • small
  • single, unbranched vein
  • no leaf gaps
  • limited to one phylum
68
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What are some characteristics of megaphyll leaves?

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  • large
  • highly branched veins
  • leaf gaps
  • found in nearly all extant plant phyla
69
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How are homospores produced?

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sporangium–>single type of spore–>typically bisexual gametophyte–>egg or sperm

70
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How are heterospores produce?

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megasporangium–>megaspore–>female gametophyte–>egg

microsporangium–>microspore–>male gametophyte–>sperm

71
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What are some characteristics of taproots?

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  • present in all seed plants (except monocots)
  • taproot=primary root
  • deepest roots
  • generally tallest plants
  • can be specialized for storage
72
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What are some characteristics of fibrous roots?

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  • found in monocots
  • primary root dies without forming a taproot
  • adventitious roots emerge from the stem
  • generally shallow, but well anchored
73
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What are some characteristics of root hairs?

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  • extension of epidermal cells

- site where most absorption occurs

74
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What is the function of lateral roots?

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-increase anchorage and absorption

75
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Leaf arrangement with 1 leaf per node

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alternate

76
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Leaf arrangement with 2 leaves per node

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opposite

77
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Leaf arrangement with 3 or more leaves per node

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whorled

78
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What are the three main types of tissue?

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Dermal, Vascular, and Ground

79
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What are characteristics and functions of parenchyma cells?

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  • alive at maturity
  • thin 1°wall only
  • storage, absorption, secretion (active metabolism)
80
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What are characteristics and functions of collenchyma cells?

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  • alive at maturity
  • irregular, non-ligified 1° wall
  • flexible support
81
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What are characteristics and functions of sclerenchyma cells?

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  • dead at maturity
  • lignified 2°wall
  • support defense
82
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What are characteristics and functions of the tracheary elements?

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  • conduct water and minerals
  • ± elongated
  • thickened 2°walls with pits
  • dead at maturity
83
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What are characteristics and functions of tracheids?

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  • narrow, less specialized

- overlapping, tapered ends

84
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What are characteristics and functions of vessel elements?

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  • wide, limited to angiosperms

- ± stacked on end

85
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What are characteristics and functions of sieve elements?

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-conduct sugar and other compounds
- ± elongated
-Living at maturity but the protoplast is limited
(no nucleus, ribosomes, or cytoskeleton)
-Companion cells support the sieve-tube elements.

86
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What are characteristics of primary growth?

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  • takes place in apical meristems
  • increases stem/root length
  • located in the shoot tips, root tips, and axillary buds
  • occurs in all plants
87
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What are characteristics of secondary growth?

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  • takes place in lateral meristems
  • Increases stem/root diameter
  • Vascular cambium produces secondary vascular tissue
  • Cork cambium replaces the epidermis with a thicker periderm
  • occurs in seed plants but lost in many clades
88
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What are three functions of the root cap?

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  • Secretes mucilage (hyperhydrated polysaccharide)
  • Exudes proteins into the rhizosphere
  • Detect gravity (stratoliths)
89
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What does the protoderm produce?

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epidermis

90
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What does the procambium produce?

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primary vascular tissue

91
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What does the ground meristem produce?

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ground tissue

92
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How does an angiosperm seed differ from a gymnosperm seed?

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Angiosperm seeds are enclosed within an ovary (fruit) while gymnosperm seeds are unenclosed on the surface of scales or leaves