Mini Exam 4 Flashcards
Mosses
low lying plants, no vasc system, grow in moist surfaces, lack roots, rhizoids anchor plant
moss in prison program
do experiments to learn how to commercially grow moss
ferns
first to have vasc system, grow in moist environments, no seeds or flowers, sperm swims to egg
fronds
ferns leaves, unfurl as they grow
fiddleheads
ferns leaves look like fiddlehead as they grow (unfurl)
sori
ferns: sperm on underside of frond
resurrection fern
epiphyte, can lose 75% of water, shrivels to grayish/brown clump of leaves
gymnosperms
1st to have pollen and seeds, pollen contains sperm cells (prevents drying out), evergreen
“gymno”
naked
“sperm”
seed
giant redwood tree
gymnosperm, branched up to 5 ft. in diameter, bark up to 12 in. thick, live 2,000 years
angiosperms
flowering plants, drop leaves in winter (deciduous), produce flowers, pack seeds into fruit
female parts (flower)
ovary (develops into fruit), carpel
male parts (flower)
stamen w/ anther (houses pollen)
support structures (flower)
petal, sepals
petals
advertise location of rewards to pollinators
sepals
protect delicate petals (usually green)
bird
see RED, blue, and green
bees
DONT see red, see yellow and UV
moths
blue green, WHITE GOOD AT NIGHT
bats
green, blue, red, WHITE GOOD AT NIGHT
butterflies
green, blue, violet
nectar
sugary fluid, at base (must reach for it)
smell (flower)
most are sweet, some mimic rotting flesh (for flies)
prokaryotes
most ancient, single celled
eukaryotes
have nucleus and organelles
plants
cells w walls, chloroplasts, roots stems and leaves
root system (plants)
anchor plant, bring water + nutrients, root hair increase surface area
shoot systems (plants)
stems structural (upright), leaves exchanges gasses (photosynthesis)
dermal tissue
outer layer, protects plant
ground tissue
middle layer, bulk of plant, carries out most functions
vascular tissue
central layer, “circ system”, tubes distribute water + nutrients through body