Lab 6 Flashcards
What is this group of green algae called that is the most closely related group to land plants?
The charophytes
What are the two main groups of plants?
Vasular plant and non-vascular plants
Fill in the Alternation of Generations cycle.
Spore- Gametophyte- Sperm-Fertilization- sporophyte- meiosis
Meiosis is also known as
reduction division
What is the plant phylum and common name of this nonvascular plant
Hepatophyta (LiverWorts)
What is the yellow capsule called at the apex of the moss sporophyte (model on the font desk)?
sporangium
What is the plant phylum and common name of this nonvascular plant?
Anthocerophyta (HornWorts)
The dominant generation of the non-vascular plants is this the GAMETOPHYTE or the SPOROPHYTE? (CIRCLE ONE)
Gametophyte
The dominant generation of the vascular plants is this the GAMETOPHYTE or the SPOROPHYTE? (CIRCLE ONE)
Sporophyte
What is the plant phylum and common name of this seedless vascular plant?
Lycopodiophyta (Club Mosses)
What is the plant phylum and common name of this seedless vascular plant?
Lycopodiophyta (Spike Mosses)
Label one of these strobili homosporous and the other, heterosporous
(Large red cirlces = Heterosporous )
( Green circles = Homosporous)
. What is the plant phylum and common name of this seedless vascular plant?
Pteridophyta (True ferns)
What is required for fertilization in the non-vascular plants and the seedless vascular plants?
water
What does the word gymnosperm translate to?
Naked Seed