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Lab 3 and 4 Flashcards

1
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What are fungi composed of

A

Strands of cells called hyphae

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2
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What are fungi known to be

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Major decomposers

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3
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Four main Phyla of Fungi

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Chydridiomycota
Zygomycota
Asomycota
Basidomycota

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4
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A group of hyphae

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Mycelium

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5
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Is fungi Motile

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With the exception of phylum chytridomyta, fungi have non motile reproductive cells

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6
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Major Habitat of fungi

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Terrestrial ( a few are aquatic)

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7
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Are fungi uni or multi
Autotrophs or Heterotrophs?

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Most are multicellular
Heterotrophic

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8
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What are cell walls of fungi made of

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Chitin

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9
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What are fungi in terms of eating yum yums

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Saprobes

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10
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Saprobes

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Fungi use extracellular digestion to breakdown food

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11
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What can fungi degrade

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Cellulose and lignin

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12
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How do fungi live

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In symbionts

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Symbiont

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Those that live in association with other another organism where 2 of them benifit (Like a relationship)

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14
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Lichens

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Assosiation of fungi and algae

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15
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mycorrhizae

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Developing associations with the roots of plants

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16
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What do fungi do when their enviroment dries out

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Quickly produce spores which are waterproof and can be dormant for years

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17
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Sexual Reproduction is fungi

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Two gametes fuse to produce gametangia

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18
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Without septa

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Multinucleate

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19
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With septa

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Uninucleate

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20
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Allomyces

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Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Chytridiomycota

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Habitat of Allomyces

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Small bodies of freshwater

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22
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Reproductive structures of allomyces

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Gametangia and Sporangia

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23
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What specialized structure of hyphae do allomyces have

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Rhizoids

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24
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What do rhizoids do

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Are used to attach to allomyces to its food source in water

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25
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How does allomyces get yum yums

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Saprotroph
Secretes enzymes from its rhizoids to break down its food

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26
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Enlarges round cells in allomyces

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Gametangia

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27
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Male gametagnium

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Light orange in colour

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28
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Female gametangium

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Gray or colourless

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29
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Discharged Papillae

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Opening on the gametangia through which male and female gametes are released

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30
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Is allomyces motile

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Has motile gametes

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31
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How do motile gametes move

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They are flagellated

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32
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How can allomyces reproduce

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Sexually: Gametangia
Sexually: Thick walled sporangia
Asexually: Thin walled sporangia

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33
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Difference between Sporangia and gametangia

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Sporangia are single structures
Gametangia are double wall structured

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34
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How does thin walled sporangia do its thing

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Asexual
Elongate gray or colourless
Have discharged papillae through which DIPLOID SPORES (flagellated) are released for asexual reproduction

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35
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What do thick walled sporangia do

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Reddish brown in colour
can withstand severe envirnomental conditions
Sporangia goes through meiosos to produce hapoloid zoospores

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36
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Friends of Allomyces

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Neocallimastix, Batrachochytrium

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37
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Rhizopus

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Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Zygomycoya

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38
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Habitat of rhizopus

A

bread mold
Found in any kitchen and grows on baked goods whenever it has the oppurtunity

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39
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3 types of hyphae in rhizopus

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Stolons, Rhizoids and Sporangiopores

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40
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Stolons

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Form a horizontal branching network which spreads the fungus over the surface of the food source

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41
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Rhizoids

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Short, branched hyphae that penetrate the surface of bread, achoring rizopus to its food source

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42
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How does rhizopus use eat yum yums

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Uses extracellular digestion
Starch molecules too big for rhizopus to digest
Rhizopus secretes enzyme called amylase which breaks down starch into sugar

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43
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What do stolons produce

A

Rhizoids
Sporangiospres (Asexual Production)

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44
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Sporangiopores

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Each sporangiospore bears a single reproductive structure called a sporangium.
Numerous spores develop asexually through mitosis within each sporangium

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45
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Adaptation of Rhizopus

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The elongated sporangiospores elevate the sporangium above the surface of the food surface
Allows spores to be exposed to air currents for dispersal

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46
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How does rhizopus reproduce sexually

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Conjugation

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47
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Conjugation in Rhizopus

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Two different mating stains must be pressent growing near each other

Two gametangia fuse

48
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What does each stain produce during conjugation

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Produces short side branches from its haploid hyphae which will become a single called gametangia

49
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Two gametangia fuse to

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become zygosporangium

50
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What does the zygosporangium Produce

51
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Friends of Rhizopus

A

Phycomyces, Entomophthora

52
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Ascomycota

A

Largest Fungal Phyla

53
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Reproductive structure of ascomycota

54
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What is ascus protected by

55
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How is ascocarp formed

A

During sexual reproduction when the haploid hyphae of two mathing strains come into contact

56
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What does each ascus produce

A

Haploid ascospores through meiosis

57
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Sordaria

A

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota

58
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Habitat of Sodaria

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Dung and decaying plant matter

59
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Asocarp in sodaria

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formed from sexual reproduction
brown and flask shaped

60
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Adaptation of Sodaria

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flask shaped asocsarp grows towards sunlight directing asci and ascospores up through the gaps in the surrounding vegetation.
Enables the spores to be ingested and dispersed by herbivores

61
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Friends of sodaria

A

Morels (Morchella), claviceps, ophiostoma

62
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Basidomycota reproduction

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Basidiocarp - basidia - basidospores

63
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Agarius Bisporus

A

Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota

64
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What does agarius bisporus consists of

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Vast network of haploid branching hyphae

65
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Agarius bisporus habitat

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underground, buried within their food source

66
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oogamous Reproduction

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Large non motile egg that is fertilized by small, usually motile, sperm

67
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Polytrichum

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Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Bryophyta

68
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Dominant Life cycle of polytrichum

A

Gametophyte

69
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What is immature sporangium protected by

A

calyptra (hairy cap)

70
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what protects the entering of the spore producing region

71
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antheridia

72
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Rhizoids

A

Anchor the plant and absorb water

73
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Whats unique about minium

A

Has antheredia and archegonia is seperate gameotophytes
Unisexual

74
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What do sterile hairs do

A

Retain water

75
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Archegonia

A

Multicellular
Long flask shaped

76
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How can polutrichum reproduce

A

Sexually: Alternation of generation
Asexually fragmentation

77
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Friends of polytrichum

A

Minium, sphagnum, marchantia

78
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How do vascular plants prevent water loss

A

With the cuticle

79
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Cuticle

A

Prevents the gas exchnage necessary for photosynthesis from occuring

80
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Xylem

A

Transports water

81
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phloem

A

Transports sugar

82
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lignin

A

Supports the plant body

83
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What are spores protected by

A

sporopollenin

84
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What does vascular tissue contain for water conducting

85
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Tracheids

A

Water conducting cells
Part of xylem

86
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what are vascular plants also called

A

Tracheophytes

87
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What does vascular tissue contain for food conducting

A

sieve elements

88
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sieve elements

A

part of phloem

89
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two groups of vascular plants

A

Seed
Seedless

90
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Seedless vascular plants

A

Poscess vascular tissue and are better suited for terrestrial enviroments

91
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Lycopodium

A

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Lycopodiophyta

92
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Habitat of lycopodium

A

Part of the undergrowth on forested areas of north america

93
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How does lycopodium reproduce sexually

A

Alternation of generations

94
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Whats the dominant phase

A

Sporophyte phase

95
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the gametophytes of lycopodium can be

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Photosynthetic above ground or non photosynthetic and subterranean

96
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Two stems of lycopodium

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Aerial Upright stem
Horizontal Rhizome stem

97
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What does the rhizome do

A

The rhizome functions in asexual reproduction by producing new aerial stems at regular intervals, allowing the plant to spread horizontally across the forest floor

98
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microphylls

A

leaves of the aerial stem

99
Q

Cones or strobilus

A

Apex of the leaf (microphylls)

100
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Roots of lycopodium

A

Beared by rhizome

101
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Each cone is composed of

A

Sporophylls

102
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each sporophyl has

A

a single round sporangium

103
Q

fertilization results in

A

diploid zygote

104
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plants that produce spores of only one size

A

homosporous

105
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Large spores

A

megaspores

106
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Small spores

A

Microspores

107
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Phylum Lycopodiophyta has 2 kinds of spores

A

Homospores and Heterospores

108
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Friends of Lycopodium

A

Selaginella

109
Q

Pteridophytes

A

Seedless vascular plants
Sporophyte dominant phase
both homosporous and heterosporous

110
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megaphylls

A

leaves with vasuclar tissue in form of extensively branched veins

111
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Polypodium

A

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Plantae
phylum Pteridophyta

112
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Habitat of polypodium

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Tropical forests

113
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Rhizomes in polypodium

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Grow horizontally or underneath the ground
only large leaves grow upright

114
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Asexual reproduction is achieved by

115
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Sexual reproduction in polypodium

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Alternation of generations
Sporophyte is the dominant stage

116
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Gametphytes in polypodium

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Photosynthetic

117
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Friends of polypodium

A

Salvinia, Psilotum, Equisetum

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