Gymnospores

Question 1

Seed plants are called

Answer 1

gymnosperms

Question 2

the most dominant producers in most terrestrial ecosystems

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seed-bearing plants

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A seed consists of

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an embryo and nutrients surrounded by a protective coat

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Shared derived traits of seed plants

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1. reduced gametophytes
2. heterospory
3. ovules
4. pollen
5. seeds

Question 5

Gametophytes of seed plants develop by

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they develop within cell walls of spores that are retained within tissues of parent sporophyte

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Sporophyte in non-vascular plants:

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independent, dominant gametophyte; sporophyte dependent on the gametophyte

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Sporophyte in seedless vascular plants

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dominant sporophyte, but gametophyte still independent

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Sporophyte in seed plants

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sporophyte dominant and independent; gametophyte microscopic and dependent on the sporophyte

Question 9

Trend: progressive ___ in size and

independence of the gametophyte, and the ___ role of the sporophyte

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reduction, increasing

Question 10

All seed plants are ___ while most seedless plants are homosporous

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heterosporous

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Heterosporous plants

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produce two sizes of spores

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two sizes of spores

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megaspores and microspores

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Microsporangia produce

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microspores that give rise to male gametophytes

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Megasporangia produce

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megaspores that give rise to female gametophytes

Question 15

Spores are ___ dispersed in seed plants

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not

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Ovule

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consists of a megasporangium (2n), megaspore (1n), and one or more protective integuments (2n). Ovules develop into seeds after fertilization

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The megasporangium (2n) produces a megaspore (1n) via

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meiosis

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Is the megaspore dispersed?

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no

Question 19

Pollination triggers:

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development of female (mega) gametophyte (1n)

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Microspores develop into

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male gametophytes, which are contained

within pollen grains

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Pollen grains are coated with

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sporopollenin (withstands desiccation, damage, UV)

Question 22

Microsporangium (2n) produces microspores (1n) via

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meiosis

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Microspores develop into:

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pollen grain

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Microspores undergo mitosis to

produce

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tiny male gametophytes (1n)

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Pollen grain contains ___ that develops within the spore wall

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male gametophyte

Question 26

Each male gametophyte has:

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a generative cell and a tube cell

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generative cell

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become sperm nuclei after pollination

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tube cell

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becomes sperm pollen tube after pollination

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Pollen eliminates the need for

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water for fertilization

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Pollination

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the transfer of pollen to part of a seed plant containing ovules

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What happens if a pollen grain germinates

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it gives rise to a pollen tube that discharges two sperm nuclei into female gametophyte within the ovule

Question 32

A seed develops from the

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whole ovule

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A fertilized seed develops into

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seed containing next generation sporophyte

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In seed plants, fertilization is ____ of water

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independant

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Male gametophyte transported in
___ through the air to the
female gametophyte (sperm not
released into the environment)

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pollen

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Two living clades of seed plants

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gymnosperms and angiosperms

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Gymnosperms

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“naked seed” plants

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Angiosperms

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flowering plants

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Angiosperms seeds are enclosed in:

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fruits, which are mature ovaries

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first seed plants appear in the fossil

record

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gymnosperms (360 mya)

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Gymnosperms dominated

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Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems (were better adapted to dry conditions)

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Angiosperms began to replace gymnosperms near the end of

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the Mesozoic

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conifers

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cone-bearing gymnosperms which dominate northern altitudes

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4 Phyla of Gymnosperms

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Cycadophyta, gingkophyta, gnetophyta, and coniferophyta

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Living gymnosperms for a ____ group

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monipholetic

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Cycads produce ___ leaves on ____ stems

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large palm-like leaves, stout,

unbranched stems.

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Cycad cones

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They have large cones on separate male and female sporophytes (insect pollinated

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Clades that have flagellated sperm

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cycads and ginkgos

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Living species of Ginkgo

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Ginkgo biloba

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Ginkgo biloba traits

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Distinctive bi-lobed leaves, separate male and female sporophyte trees, wind-pollinated and flagellated sperm,

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3 genera of Gnetophyta phylum

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Gnetum, Ephedra, Welwitschia

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Coniferophyta traits

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• woody shrubs or trees
• wind-pollinated
• evergreens and carry out photosynthesis year-round
• adapt to cold dry habitats

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How conifers are adapt to cold climate

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• Xylem is resistant to collapse following freezing.

− Leaves with thick waxy epidermis; reduced leaf surface area; leaf retention

Question 54

Key features of gymnosperm life cycle

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• The dominance of the sporophyte generation
• development of seeds from fertilized ovules
• the transfer of male gametophyte to ovules by pollen