kingdom Plantae 15 Flashcards
plants are:
-cellular
-karyotic
produce how
multicellular
eukaryotic
sexually
what are plant cell walls made of
cellulose
vascular
vascular tissues carry water and minerals throughout the plant
non-vascular
lacks vascular tissue
are non vascular plants usually bigger or smaller
smaller and has a more simple structure
seed bearing plants
reproduce using seeds
non seed bearing plants
reproduce using spores
what are spores
tiny, one celled reproductive structures
what are seeds
an embryo of a plant with dipoid cells surrounded by a food source with a protective covering
how many phyla of plants are there
14
phyum bryophyta
mosses
phylum pterophyta
ferns
phylum coniferophyta
conifers
phylum anthophyta
flowering plants
are mosses vascular or non vascular
non vascular
are mosses seed bearing or spore bearing
spore bearing
what is a moss leafy shoot
a tiny stem with a very tiny leaflike structures
what is a moss rhizoid
a root like structure serving as an anchor
what is the first generation called
gametophyte
what happens in the moss gametophyte generation
a haploid spore is produced by meiosis
what is the second generation called
sporophyte
what happens in the sporophyte generation
begins with a diploid zygote. zygote grows into a mature plant forming spores and starting a new gametophyte generation