LAST EXAM WOOOO Flashcards
Plant Kingdom characteristics
Autotrophs, cellulose cell wall, multicellular
Importance of Plants
main source of organic compounds, turn carbon dioxide into carbs, proteins, and fats, primary producers
Nonvascular plant habitats
moist environments
Mosses and Liverworts
Bryophytes, nonvascular, no seeds, no flowers, ex. sheet moss
Club Mosses
Lycophyta, vascular, no seeds, no flowers
ferns and horsetails
Pterophyta, vascular, no seeds, no flowers
Conifers
Coniferophyta, Vascular, yes seeds, no flowers
Flowering Plants or Angiosperms
Vascular, seeds, flowers
Ginkgophyta
vascular, yes seeds, on species (Ginko tree)
Asexual reproduction
Duckweed and Rivercane
Advantages: faster, less time energy and risk, one individual can fill a new area
Disadvantages: less genetic diversity
Sexual Reproduction
Mixing genetic material
females=large gametes
males=small gametes (usually mobile)