Module 2 - Plants & Fungi Flashcards
Plants started evolving to terrestrial how long ago?
475 mya
List the 5 things that plants needed to adapt to…
- Moving water around inside the pant
- Retaining water, avoiding evaporation
- Support, structure to hold plant
- Reproduction, specifically without water
- Adapting with changing environment, wind, heat, ect.
One plant adaption for living on land was lignin. Lignin is important for plants as…
Support.
What plant adaptation helps to reduce water loss?
A waxy cuticle.
Plants originated from what group?
The Green Algae
Vascular plants arrived when?
400 mya
Did vascular plants originally lack seeds?
Yes.
The origin of a seed was how long ago?
360 mya
A seed is meant to provide what two things to an embryo?
Food and Protection
Flowering plants emerged when?
130 mya
Non-vascular plants are called…
Bryophytes
How did plants adapt to land… (5 things)
- Vascular System, transporting water
- Waxy cuticles on leaves, keeps water from evaporating
- Stomata, helps with photosynthesis, allows CO2 to come inside
- Lignin, helps form a structure like skeleton
- Encloses gametes & embryos in plant tissues
Gemmae cups are associated with ___________ reproduction in _________.
Asexual, Liverworts
Bryophytes lack…
Vascular Tissue
In mosses, the antheridia produce…
Male Gametes
Plant spores give rise directly to…
Gametophytes
Ferns belong to what group?
Pterophyta
In vascular plants the xylem is responsible for the transportation of ________. Whereas the phloem is responsible for the transportation of _______.
Water, Food
A heterosporous plant is one that…
Produces microspores and megastores, which give rise to separate male and female gametophytes.
The megasporangia are associated with the production of…
Eggs.
Plants store starch in…
Plastids
In plants, the cell was is made of…
Cellulose.
What are the three divisions of Bryophytes?
- Mosses
- Liverworts
- Hornworts
What are the three divisions of seedless vascular plants?
- Club Mosses
- Horsetails
- Ferns
What are the two main types/groups of vascular plants (with seeds)?
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
What four divisions are listed under gymnosperms?
- Cycads
- Ginkgo
- Gnetales
- Conifers
What division is listed under angiosperms?
Flowering Plants
The whole structure which includes the megasporangium, megaspore, and integuments is called the…
Ovule
Pollen grains are…
Reduced gametophytes
The dominate forest trees during the time of the dinosaurs were…
Gymnosperms
The ancestor off lowering plants was a…
Gnetophyte
The carpel includes what three flower parts?
- Ovary
- Style
- Stigma
What flower part develops into a seed?
An Ovule
What flower part develops into a fruit?
An Ovary
Bryophytes still need _______ for reproduction.
Water
In vascular plants, the roots do what?
Absorb water and minerals.
In vascular plants, the shoots do what?
Perform/Assist with photosynthesis.
The Sphenophyta division is mostly associated with…
Horsetails
The Lycophyta Division is mostly associated with…
Herbaceous club mosses and Lycopods
The Pterophyta division is mostly associated with…
Ferns
The Lycophyta, Sphenophyta, and Pterophyta divisions are categorized as…
Seedless Vascular Plants
What is the purpose of a gametangium?
To protect the gametes
After the origin of plants, what was the order in which the three main evolutionary advances occurred?
- Vascular System
- Seeds
- Flowers
In the alternations of generations, the gametophyte is __________ and produces ___________.
Haploid, Gametes
In mosses, the matured sporophyte is…
Attached to the gametophyte
In the moss life cycle, __________ cells within a sporangium undergo ________ to produce __________ spores.
Diploid, Meiosis, Haploid
What do gymnosperms and angiosperms not have in common?
Ovaries
In a pollen grain _______ sperm cells enter the ovary through the ___________.
2, Micropyle
How do fruits contribute to the success of angiosperms?
By facilitating dispersal of seeds.
Fungi obtain nutrients by ____________ food while animals obtain nutrients by ___________ food.
Absorbing, Ingesting
The body of a fungus is composed of a network of _________. This network is collectively called __________.
Hyphae, Mycelium
In mycorrhizal fungi, the hyphae are specialized to form…
Haustoria
What is the primary role of a mushrooms underground mycelium?
Absorbing nutrients
The coenocytic fungal species lack…
Hyphae divided by septa
The fungal process that involves the union of nuclei is called….
Karyogamy
The ancestor of fungi was an aquatic, single called…
Protist
In fungi, sexual spores are produced by…
Meiosis
Karyogamy produces a…
Diploid zygote
Chytrids are unique among fungi in having…
Flagellated spores