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List the evolution of plants from least to most complex

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Algal mats, multicellular marine/freshwater green algae, terrestrial bryophytes, lycopods and ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

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What did early embryophyte land plants evolve from?

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Green algae

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Charophytes

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Closest common ancestor of land plants

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What traits do plants share only with charophytes?

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*cellulose-synthesizing membrane proteins arranged in rings rather than linear sets
*structure of flagellated sperm
*similarities in all types of DNA
*Sporopollenin

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What is sporopollenin and where is it found?

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It is a polymer that prevents zygotes from drying out. It’s found in plant spore walls, as well as charophyte cell coating

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List the benefits of moving to land.

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Unfiltered sunlight, more plentiful CO2, and nutrient rich soil

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List the challenges of moving to land.

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Scarcity of water, and lack of structural support against gravity

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What are derived traits?

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Traits that arose in the most recent common ancestor and passed on the lineage

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Derived traits in plants

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*Alternation of Generations
*Multicellular, dependent embryos
*Apical meristems
*Cuticle
*Stomata

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What are the characteristics of early land plants?

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*no true roots, stems, or leaves
*formed associations with soil fungi (mycorrhizae)
*require water for fertilization

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What is vascular tissue?

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Cells joined into tubes for the transport of water and nutrients

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What is the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants?

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Vascular plants have a complex vascular tissue system while nonvascular plants lack an extensive transport system

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List the types of nonvascular plants

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Bryophytes, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

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Seedless Vascular Plants

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*have an extensive vascular transport system but don’t produce seeds
*Lycophytes (club mosses and their relatives)
*Monilophytes (ferns and their relatives)

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Seed Plants

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*produce seeds
*have vascular tissues
*Cycad/cardboard palms/Sego palms
*Ginkgo
*Mormon tea
*pines

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Phylum Cycadophyta

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Cycad/cardboard palms/Sego palms

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Phylum Ginkgophya

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Ginkgo only living species

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Phylum Gnetophyta

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Mormon Tea

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Phylum Coniferophyta

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Pines

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Phylum Lycophyta

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Club mosses and their relatives

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Phylum Monilophyta

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Monilophytes are ferns and their relatives

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Phylum Bryophyta

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Mosses

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Phylum Marchantiophyta

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Liverworts

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Phylum Anthoceratophyta

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Hornworts

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For mosses, which generation is dominant?
Gametophyte (1N)
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How does reproduction work in Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts)?
*Male and female reproductive structures are separated **female gametophyte produces archegonia which produces 1N eggs **male gametophyte produces antheridia that produces 1N sperm *Egg and sperm fuse during fertilization producing 2N sporophyte *Sporophyte 2N depends on gametophyte for nutrition **Meiosis occurs in sporangium of sporophyte to produce 1N spores **1N spores germinate into new 1N gametophyte generation **Water still needed for fertilization to occur
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What were the benefits of adaptations leading to seedless vascular plants?
*Vascular tissue allowed plants to grow much taller *taller plants were better able to compete for sunlight and could disperse spores further than shorter plants
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Characteristics of vascular plants
*life cycles with dominant sporophytes *transport in vascular tissues called xylem and phloem *Well-developed roots and leaves *sporophylls *gametophyte is microscopic, sporophyte is dominant
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Sporophyll
Modified leaves with sporangia that bear spores
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Xylem
Vascular tissue in charge of water transport
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Phloem
Vascular tissue in charge of food transport
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What are the two types of true leaves?
Microphylls and Megaphylls
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What three "upgrades" did plants gain after adapting into seedless vascular plants?
True stems, true roots, and true leaves
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Microphylls
Small, often spine-shaped leaves with a single vein, found only in lycophytes
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Megaphylls
Larger leaves with a highly branched vascular system, found in all plant groups except lycophytes
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Strobili
Clumps of sporophylls in cone-like structures
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Are seedless vascular plants homosporous or heterosporous?
Most are homosporous, but some are heterosporous
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Describe homosporous plants
*They have one type of sporophyll and sporangium that produces one type of spore *Microsporophyll-->Microsporangium-->Microspores *Spores usually produce bisexual gametophytes
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Describe heterosporous plants
*All seed plants and some seedless vascular plants *Two types of sporophylls bearing different sporangia that produce different spore types *Mega/microsporophylls produce mega/microsporangia produce mega/microspores which give rise to female/male gametophytes
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Which groups in Phylum Lycophyta are heterosporous vs homosporous?
Spikemosses and quillworts are heterosporous, while clubmosses are homosporous
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What is the fern sporophyte like?
Large megasporophylls (fronds), coiled at the tip (fiddlehead) that unfurls as leaf grows. Most are homosporous
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Sori/Sorus
Fern sporophytes have spores born in clusters, covered by a piece of tissue called an indusium. Found on underside of fern fronds
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Division Pteridophyta
Whisk Ferns and Fern Allies *Sporophytes have branching stems but no roots *3 fused sporangia form a yellow knob on each stem *homosporous with bisexual gametophytes *sporophyte dominance
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Division Polypodiophyta
Horsetails *sporophytes have jointed stems with rings of small leaves or branches *stems contain silica *bisexual gametophytes *sporophyte dominance
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Division Lycopodiophyta
Club Mosses, Spike Mosses, and Quillworts *Not true mosses *Vascular plants
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What adaptations allowed seed plants to make up the majority of plant biodiversity?
*Seeds *Reduced gametophytes *Heterospory *Water not being required for fertilization *Seeds and pollen grains *sporophyte dominance
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Describe the reduced gametophytes of gymnosperms
Ovules (female) Pollen (male)
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What is a seed?
*Consists of an embryo and nutrients surrounded by a protective coat *can disperse over long distances by wind or other means
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What are gymnosperm gametophytes like?
*Microscopic and dependent *Develop from spores within sporangia of sporophyte *Protected from environmental stress, receiving nutrients from parent sporophyte
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What is the gymnosperm female gametophyte like?
Ovule consists of megaspore within megasporangium surrounded by one or more integument (gymnosperms usually have one integument while angiosperms usually have 2)
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What is the gymnosperm male gametophyte like?
Each microspore develops into a microgametophyte within the pollen wall, a pollen grain. Pollen grains germinate when they reach the female reproductive structure, and once germinated they produce a pollen tube. Pollen tube grows into the ovule and discharges sperm into the female gametophyte. If a sperm fertilizes the egg of a seed plant, zygote grows into a sporophyte embryo.
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What are the evolutionary advantages of seeds?
*multicellular while spores are single cells *can remain dormant for years until conditions are favorable for germination (spores are shorter-lived) *stored food to nourish seedlings (spores don't produce nourishment to gametophytes) *can be transported longer distances
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What are the 3 key reproductive adaptations of seeds?
*Miniaturization of gametophytes *Production of the seed as a resistant, dispersible stage in the life cycle *Pollen, an airborne agent bringing gametes together
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What are gymnosperm seeds like?
They have "naked seeds" exposed on sporophylls that usually form cones
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Life cycle of a Pine
*Sporophyte is dominant *Pollen cones/staminate are small, consisting of microsporophylls that bear microsporangia *Microsporocytes undergo meiosis, producing haploid microspores within microsporangia *Each microspore develops into a pollen gran containing a male gametophyte (pollen) *Cones release large amounts of wind-carried pollen *Ovulate cones are larger, consisting of modified stem tissue and megasporophylls bearing megasporangia **within each megasporangium, megasporocytes undergo meiosis to produce haploid megaspores which develop into female gametophytes (megagametophytes in megasporangia) **Scales of each ovulate cone separate at maturity and seeds are dispersed by wind *At germination, sporophyte embryo emerges as a seedling
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What is a cone?
Modified strobilus
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Describe conifers
Largest phylum of the gymnosperms; most have woody cones while some have fleshy cones. Leaves are needlelike in some and scalelike in others Most are evergreens Some deciduous species drop their leaves in autumn
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What phylum do angiosperms belong to?
Anthophyta
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What two key adaptations do angiosperms have?
Flowers and fruit
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Floral Organs
-Modified Leaves -Most flowers have 4 -sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels
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Sepals
Usually green and enclose and protect developing flower bud
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Petals
Often brightly colored to attract pollinators (wind-pollinated flowers aren't usually)
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Stamens
*microsporophyll (male reproductive organ) *consists of a stalk (filament) with a terminal sac (anther) *Microspores produced within anthers and develop into pollen grains containing male gametophytes
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Carpels
Megasporophyll (female reproductive organs) *Carpel consists of ovary at base of a style, leads up to sticky stigma that receives pollen *ovary contains female gametophyte within ovule (fertilized ovules develop into seeds)
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Radial symmetry
Any imaginary line through central axis divides flower into two equal parts
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Bilateral symmetry
Flower can only be divided into two equal parts by a single imaginary line
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What are fruits?
Mature ovaries; they protect seeds and aid in their dispersal
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What types of fruits are there?
Fleshy or dry; fleshy are things like tomatoes, plums, and grapes, while dry include beans, nuts, and grains
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Where are angiosperm male and female gametophytes found?
Male: within pollen grains produced by microsporangia of anthers Female: Within the ovule in the ovary, it's also called an embryo sac (egg within embryo sac)
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Describe the double fertilization process
*Pollen is released from anther and carried to sticky stigma at tip of carpel *Pollen grains germinate on stigma, producing pollen tube that grows down to the ovary *Pollen tube penetrates micropyle, discharging two sperm cells *One sperm fertilizes egg and forms diploid zygote *Other sperm fuses with 2 nuclei in embryo cell, forms triploid cell called endosperm
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Micropyle
A pore in the integuments
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Endosperm
A triploid cell in the embryo sac that provides nutrients for the developing sporophyte
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What are angiosperms divided into?
Monocots and dicots/eudicots
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Monocots
One cotyledon
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Eudicots
Includes most once categorized as dicots (two cotyledons)
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What are the 2 major threats to plant diversity?
Habitat destruction Loss of forests (reduces absorption of CO2, leading to global warming)

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