Non-Vascular Plants

Question 1

Non-Vascular Plants

What is the synapomorphy for Kingdom Plantae?

Cellularity?

Alternation of ___

Answer 1

Specialized tissues for photosynthesis, conduction, support, anchoring and protection/

Multicellular

Alternation of generations

Question 2

Non-Vascular Plants

Is “non-vascular plants” taxonomic?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

Non-Vascular Plants

1st plants: ____ years ago

Answer 3

400,000,000

Four hundred million

Question 4

Non-Vascular Plants

What is a Symplesiomorphy?

Answer 4

Shared ancestral characteristic

Question 5

Non-Vascular Plants

What is their symplesiomorphy?

Answer 5

Lack xylem and phloem

Question 6

Non-Vascular Plants

Land adaptations (3)

Answer 6

Fatty acid cuticle

Multicellular gametangia and sporangia

Zygote develops within parrental tissue

Question 7

Non-Vascular Plants

Water dependencies (3)

Answer 7

Depend on water for sperm to swim

Water moves without vascular tissue

Spores are water or wind dispersed

Question 8

Non-Vascular Plants

What does not having vascular tissue limit?

Answer 8

Limits the height of the plant