Kingdom Plantae Flashcards
What are three major plant characteristics?
Multicellular
Eukaryotic
Photosynthetic
In seedless plants, what is a cuticle?
A waxy covering to prevent dryness
What do plants store food as?
STARCH
What is a major component of plant cell walls?
CELLULOSE
In plant cells, there is a formation of a ____________________ during mitosis
CELL PLATE
IN plant cells, what is the structure where CO2 is released termed?
A stomata
Mosses and their relatives are considered to be in what group of plants?
NONVASCULAR BRYOPHYTES
Ferns and their allies are considered to be in what group of plants?
SEEDLESS, VASUCLAR
Gymnosperms are considered to be in what group of plants?
SEED, VASCULAR
Angiosperms are considered to be in what group of plants?
SEED, VASCULAR
What phylum do mosses belong to?
Phylum Bryophyta
What is a gametophyte?
The HAPLOID body form
What is a sporophyte?
The DIOPLOID body form
What are rhizoids?
ABSORPTIVE HAIRS
Why are the absorbed hairs termed rhizoids instead of roots?
Because mosses are nonvascular, and to have roots, the organism must be vascular
What is the term for female in plants?
Archegonium
What is the term for male in plants?
Antheridium
What is a protenema?
The first growth out of a spore in MOSSES
What is an example of mosses?
Sphagnum, mnium
Be able to draw the “Moss Life Cycle”
YES SIR MISTER SIR
To what phylum do liverworts belong?
PHYLUM HEPATOPHYTA
What is a thallus?
The first growth from a spore in LIVERWORTS
What is the male termed in liverworts?
ANTHERIDIA
What is the female termed in liverworts?
ARCHEGONIA
What is “gemmae”?
Asexual reproduction by a ball of cells
What is the genus name for liverwort?
MARCHANTIA
To what phylum do hornworts belong?
PHYLUM ANTHOCEROPHYTA
How is the chloroplast in hornworts similar to that of algae?
There is one large chloroplast per cell
Ferns and their allies belong to what phylum?
Phylum Pterdophyta
What are three characteristics of ferns and allies?
Seedless
Have Vascular tissue
They have a dominant SPOROPHYTE generation
True ferns have what five structures?
Rhizomes
True Roots
Fronds
Fiddleheads
Sori
A prothallus
What is a rhizome? (fern)
An underground stem
What are fronds? (fern)
Fronds are the “leaves” of ferns
What are fiddleheads? (fern)
Fiddleheads are immature fern fronds
What are sori? (fern)
Clusters of sporangia
Describe the sori of a fern.
Sori are the brown dots located on the fronds
What is the prothallus?
The first growth from a FERN spore
Describe the prothallus
A flat, heart-shaped gametophyte
Mosses have a dominant ___________ generation
GAMETOPHYTE
Mosses have no _______________ tissue
vascular
Mosses are ____________ in size
RESTRICTED
Do mosses have spores or seed?
SPORES
Do mosses have vascular tissue?
NO
Do mosses have flowers?
NO
Do ferns have seeds or spores?
SPORES
Do ferns have vascular tissue?
YES
Do ferns have flowers?
NO
Do gymnosperms have spores or seeds?
NAKED SEED
Do gymnosperms have vascular tissue?
YES
Do gymnosperms have flowers?
NO
Do angiosperms have seeds or spores?
Seed in a fruit
Do angiosperms have vascular tissue?
YES
Do angiosperms have flowers?
YES
Whisk Ferns belong to what phylum?
Phylum Psilophyta
What is the scientific name to whisk ferns?
Psilotum
Dichotomous branching is a characteristic of what phylum?
Phylum Psilophyta
Horsetails belong to which phylum?
Phylum Sphenophyta
Hollow jointed stems is a characteristic of what phylum?
Phylum Sphenophyta
Horsetails have a stem impregnated with __________________
SILICA
What is a strobilus? (sphenophyta)
A cone like structure bearing sporangia
Club Mosses and Gorund Pines belong to what phylum?
Phylum Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodium is a type of _______________
GROUND PINE
Selaginella is a type of ___________________
CLUB MOSS
