Lab 5 - seedless plants Flashcards
traits shared by charophytes and land plants
- possession of chlorophylls a +b, carotenoids and xanthophylls
- cell wall of cellulose
- photosynthate stored as starch
derived traits of land plants
- apical meristems
- walled spores in sporangia
- multicellular gametangia
- dependent embryos
all land plants reproduce through
sporic meiosis (alternation of generation)
diploid stages in sporic meiosis
- sporophyte
- zyogte
haploid stages in sporic meiosis
- spores
- gametophyte
- gamtetes
gametes under ____ to produce zygote
syngamy
the zygote undergoes _____ to produce the sporophyte
mitosis
sporophyte undergoes _____ to produce spores
meiosis
spores undergo ____ to produce gametophyte
mitosis
gametophyte undergoes ____ to produce gametes
mitosis
two types of alternation of generations
- heteromorphic and isomorphic
heteromorphic alternation of generation
gametophyte and sporophyte stages are distinct from each other
isomorphic alternation of generations
gametophyte and sporophyte are identical
example of heteromorphic alternation of generation
ferns
example of isomorphic alternation of generation
Ulva
cell wall of plants is ____
rigid
two parts of the cell wall
- primary cell wall
- secondary cell wall
primary cell wall is made from
cellulose and somewhat flexible
the secondary cell wall is made from
cellulose and lignin = not flexible
what cell wall is always present
primary cell wall
what cell wall is sometimes present
secondary cell wall
protoplast reflects
all the living contents of cell
(plasma membrane, cytosol, nucelus and other organelles)
3 types of plant cells
- parenchyma cells
- collenchyma cells
- sclerenchyma cells
sclerenchyma cell characteristics
- secondary cell walls
- support in areas that are done growing
- no protoplast at maturity
collenchyma cells
- primary cell wall
- support/growth
- living
parenchyma cells
- primary cell walls
- unspecialized
- metabolically active
what plant type cells are primary cell walls
- parenchyma
- collenchyma
meiocytes are found in the
multicellular sporophyte
meiocytes function
to undergo meiosis and produce spores
what surrounds the protoplast
the rigid cell wall
where is the secondary cell wall found
inside the primary cell wall
what renders the secondary cell wall inflexible
lignin
function of collenchyma
give the plant mechanical support and elasticity
where would collenchyma cells be found
young stems, leaves
major function of cells with a secondary cell wall
provides strength and rigidity to the plant body
why are sclerenchyma cells dead at maturity
they have thickened walls with lignin that do not elongate during cell growth and the cell wall becomes hard/impermeable to water
two types of tissues
simple and complex
simple tissues
single cell type where the name reflects the cell type
complex tissue
more than one type of cell that are defined by function and location
three types of complex tissues
- xylem, phloem and epidermal
xylem
the principal water-conducting tissue in vascular plants
phloem
the conducting tissue for photosynthate (food)
xylem are made up of MOSTLY ______ and some _____
sclerenchyma and parenchyma
phloem are made up of MOSTLY ______ and some _____
parenchyma and sclerenchyma
in celery the phloem is more towards the ____ and the xylem is more towards the _____
outside and inside
what makes up the cap outside each vascular bundle in celery petiole
collenchyma tissue
phylum hepatophyta
liverworts
phylum Bryophyta
mosses
what phylum make up the seedless nonvascular plants
- phylum hepatophyta
- phylum bryophyta
what is the body called in seedless nonvascular plants
thallus
is the thallus of bryophytes differentiated into stems, leaves and roots
NO
seedless nonvascular plants have _____ alternation of generations
heteromorphic
what is the dominant stage in bryophytes
gametophyte
pores on the surface of Marchantia (liverwort) allow what
air chambers beneath the surface of the thallus
bryophytes depend on ___ to complete life cycle
water
seedless vascular plants phylum
- phylum Lycophyta
- phylum monilophyta
rhizoid function
to anchor the thallus to the substrate and a little bit of absorption of water and nutrients from soil
what is the asexual life cycle of Marchantia
gemmae cups form into the surface of the thallus and produce cells called gemmae that are dispersed by rain
what is the sexual life cycle of Marchantia
antheridia and archegonia with fertilization resulting in a sporophyte
_____ produce a protonema
moss
protonema
the first stage after spore germination
what will develop into the leafy gametophytes of protonema (moss)
buds
bryophte gametophyte is attached to substrate by thin filaments of ______ cells
rhizoids
a mature leafy gametophyte will produce ____ in bryophytes
gametangia
archegonia
female reproductive structure
antheridia
male reproductive structure
the egg is _____(haploid or diploid)
haploid
sperm are produced by
mitosis
are the sperm haploid or diploid
haploid
what kind of environment is needed for bryophytes
moist with a film of water for sperm to swim to the egg
the bryophyte sporophyte is the result from
mitotic divisions of the fertilized egg in the archegonium
3 characteristics of seedless vascular plants
- sporophyte generation is dominant
- lignified cell wall for support
- specialized conduction system
homosporous
the plant produces only one size of spore in its sporgangia
homosporous gametophytes have
both antheridia and archegonia
homosporous plants are called
bisexual or prothallus
example of homosporous
phylum monilophyta
heterosporous
the plant produces two types of sporangia and two types of spores
types of spores in heterospory
- megaspores
- microspores
heterosporous plants are
unisexual
megaspores germinate in _______ and produce _____
megagametophytes and female gametes
microspores germinate in _______ and produce _____
micro gametangia and male gametes
microphyll leaves
unbranched
phylum with microphyll leaves
phylum lycophyta
megaphyll leaves
branched leaves
phylum with megaphyll leaves
phylum monilophyta
parts of ferns
- underground stem (rhizome)
- fronds(leaves)
- pinnae (leaf-like segments of fronds)
the frond of a fern is a ____
megaphyll (has complex vascular trace)
where are sporangia found on ferns (monilophyta)
in clusters called sori under the fronds
in ferns, each sori(sorus) is covered by a
flap of pinna tissue (indusium)
function of prothallus
part of the gametophyte plant that makes gametes (males AND females)
why do antheridia and archegonia in ferns develop at different times
to increase the chances of cross-fertilization and genetic variation
in ferns, what happens to the gametophyte after the sporophyte becomes free-living
it dies
which gametophyte produces sperm (lycophyte)
microgametophyte
which gametophyte produces eggs (lycophyta)
megagametophyte
fertilization of lycophyte takes place on the _____
megagametophyte
microsporangium ploidy
2n
megasporangium ploidy
2n
megaspore ploidy
n
microspore ploidy
n
microsporophyll ploidy
2n
megasporophyll ploidy
2n
stem function
- support leaves
- conduct H20 and minerals to leaves
leaf function
photosynthesis
root function
anchor the plant
absorb water and minerals to conduct to the stem
root cap function
protect the roots from environmental stresses
epidermis function
form a cuticle
vascular bundle function
connects all the organs together
be a long-distance communication for the transport of water and other materials
root hair function
uptake of water and nutrients from rhizomes
protonema ploidy
n
rhizoids ploidy
n
antheridium ploidy
n
archegonium ploidy
n
zygote ploidy
2n
capsule ploidy
2n
peristome ploidy
2n
operculum ploidy
2n
protonema function
first tissue to emerge from germinating spore
rhizoids function
adhere to surfaces
archegonium function
produce female gametes
antheridium function
produce male gametes
capsule function
site of meiosis
peristome function
teeth sued in gradual spore release (moss)
open and closes with changes in humidity
operculum function
cap-like lid that prevents premature release of spores and pops off when spores and ready
characteristics of seedless vascular plants that enable them to survive on land
- roots
- development of vascular tissue (phloem and xylem)
what gametangia is this
archegonia
what gametangia is this
antheridium
calyptra in bryophytes is remnant of ____ tissue
gametophyte
what is this
Bryophyte capsule/sporangium
what is this
Selaginella strobilus
male or female fern gametophyte
female
male or female fern gametophyte
male
1
calyptra
2
operculum
3
peristome
4
capsule
5
seta
A
pinna
B
frond = megaphyll
A
one sorus
B
multiple sporangia
zygote function
beginning of sporophyte generation
1
microsporangium
2
microspore
3
microsporophyll
4
megasporangium
5
megaspores
6
megasporophyll
2
new sporophyte
1
prothallus/gametophyte
3
frond
4
annulus
5
sporangium
6
rhizome
7
germinating spore
8
prothallus/gametophyte
9
archegonium
10
antheridium
11
sperm
12
egg
13
zygote
1
antheridium
2
sperm
3
archegonium
4
sporophyte
5
operculum
6
capsule/sporangium
7
spores
8
protonemata
9
gametophyte with female gametangia
10
gametophyte with male gametangia