Kingdom Plantae Flashcards

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What are three major plant characteristics?

A

Multicellular

Eukaryotic

Photosynthetic

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2
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In seedless plants, what is a cuticle?

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A waxy covering to prevent dryness

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3
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What do plants store food as?

A

STARCH

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4
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What is a major component of plant cell walls?

A

CELLULOSE

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5
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In plant cells, there is a formation of a ____________________ during mitosis

A

CELL PLATE

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6
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IN plant cells, what is the structure where CO2 is released termed?

A

A stomata

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7
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Mosses and their relatives are considered to be in what group of plants?

A

NONVASCULAR BRYOPHYTES

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8
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Ferns and their allies are considered to be in what group of plants?

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SEEDLESS, VASUCLAR

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9
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Gymnosperms are considered to be in what group of plants?

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SEED, VASCULAR

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Angiosperms are considered to be in what group of plants?

A

SEED, VASCULAR

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11
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What phylum do mosses belong to?

A

Phylum Bryophyta

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12
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What is a gametophyte?

A

The HAPLOID body form

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13
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What is a sporophyte?

A

The DIOPLOID body form

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14
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What are rhizoids?

A

ABSORPTIVE HAIRS

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15
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Why are the absorbed hairs termed rhizoids instead of roots?

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Because mosses are nonvascular, and to have roots, the organism must be vascular

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16
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What is the term for female in plants?

A

Archegonium

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17
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What is the term for male in plants?

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Antheridium

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18
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What is a protenema?

A

The first growth out of a spore in MOSSES

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19
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What is an example of mosses?

A

Sphagnum, mnium

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20
Q

Be able to draw the “Moss Life Cycle”

A

YES SIR MISTER SIR

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21
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To what phylum do liverworts belong?

A

PHYLUM HEPATOPHYTA

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22
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What is a thallus?

A

The first growth from a spore in LIVERWORTS

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23
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What is the male termed in liverworts?

A

ANTHERIDIA

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24
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What is the female termed in liverworts?

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ARCHEGONIA

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What is "gemmae"?
Asexual reproduction by a ball of cells
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What is the genus name for liverwort?
MARCHANTIA
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To what phylum do hornworts belong?
PHYLUM ANTHOCEROPHYTA
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How is the chloroplast in hornworts similar to that of algae?
There is one large chloroplast per cell
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Ferns and their allies belong to what phylum?
Phylum Pterdophyta
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What are three characteristics of ferns and allies?
Seedless Have Vascular tissue They have a dominant SPOROPHYTE generation
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True ferns have what five structures?
Rhizomes True Roots Fronds Fiddleheads Sori A prothallus
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What is a rhizome? (fern)
An underground stem
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What are fronds? (fern)
Fronds are the "leaves" of ferns
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What are fiddleheads? (fern)
Fiddleheads are immature fern fronds
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What are sori? (fern)
Clusters of sporangia
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Describe the sori of a fern.
Sori are the brown dots located on the fronds
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What is the prothallus?
The first growth from a FERN spore
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Describe the prothallus
A flat, heart-shaped gametophyte
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Mosses have a dominant ___________ generation
GAMETOPHYTE
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Mosses have no _______________ tissue
vascular
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Mosses are ____________ in size
RESTRICTED
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Do mosses have spores or seed?
SPORES
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Do mosses have vascular tissue?
NO
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Do mosses have flowers?
NO
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Do ferns have seeds or spores?
SPORES
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Do ferns have vascular tissue?
YES
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Do ferns have flowers?
NO
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Do gymnosperms have spores or seeds?
NAKED SEED
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Do gymnosperms have vascular tissue?
YES
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Do gymnosperms have flowers?
NO
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Do angiosperms have seeds or spores?
Seed in a fruit
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Do angiosperms have vascular tissue?
YES
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Do angiosperms have flowers?
YES
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Whisk Ferns belong to what phylum?
Phylum Psilophyta
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What is the scientific name to whisk ferns?
Psilotum
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Dichotomous branching is a characteristic of what phylum?
Phylum Psilophyta
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Horsetails belong to which phylum?
Phylum Sphenophyta
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Hollow jointed stems is a characteristic of what phylum?
Phylum Sphenophyta
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Horsetails have a stem impregnated with __________________
SILICA
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What is a strobilus? (sphenophyta)
A cone like structure bearing sporangia
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Club Mosses and Gorund Pines belong to what phylum?
Phylum Lycopodiophyta
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Lycopodium is a type of _______________
GROUND PINE
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Selaginella is a type of ___________________
CLUB MOSS