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Nonvascular Plants Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the Latin name for nonvascular plants?

A

Bryophyte

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2
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List the nonvascular plants.

A

Mosses, hornworts, liverworts

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3
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What is the phylum of moss?

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Bryophyta

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4
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What is the phylum of hornworts?

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Anthoceraphyta

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5
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What is the phylum of liverworts?

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Marchantiophyta, Hepatophyta

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6
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What is the dominant life cycle for nonvascular plants?

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Gametophyte (n)

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7
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What is the function of rhizoids?

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Provides anchorage for gametophyte, pseudo-root

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8
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Why are nonvascular plants generally short?

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Lack of true vascular tissues

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9
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Where is the sperm produced?

A

Antheridia

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10
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Where are the eggs produced?

A

Archegonia

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11
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Where does meiosis occur?

A

Sporangium

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12
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What replaces the ovule in nonvascular plants?

A

Venter

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13
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What is the gametophyte precursor?

A

Protonema

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14
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What is the calyptra and what is its function?

A

Maternal structure protecting sporophyte

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15
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What is the gemma cup?

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Receptacle on bryophyte surface

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16
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What is the function of gemma cups?

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Asexual reproduction via fragmentation

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17
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What is the most advanced nonvascular plant?

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Mosses

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18
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What replaces the phloem in nonvascular plants?

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Leptoids

19
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What replaces the xylem in nonvascular plants?

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Hydroids

20
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What makes up the sporophyte?

A

Foot, seta, sporangium, and stomata

21
Q

What is the most primitive nonvascular plant?

A

Liverworts

22
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What is the characteristics of the sporophyte

A

Dependent on gametophyte, very temporary

23
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How do rhizoids work

A

osmosis

24
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What kind of sperm do nonvascular plants have

A

flagellated

25
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what does the antheridia need to fertilize

A

water for sperm

26
Q

Where does the sperm fertilize the egg in the nv plant

A

Venter

27
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3 components of the sporophyte

A

capsule, seta, foot (placenta)

28
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ploidy of protonema

A

haploid

29
Q

What is a plant with separate male and female plants

A

diecious

30
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What plants have male and female structure on same plant

A

monoecious

31
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Mosses latin name

A

bryophyta

32
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most advanced nonvascular plant

A

mosses/bryophyta

33
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feature of moss spores

A

homosporous can develop into male or female

34
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What features make mosses so advanced

A

hydroid and leptoids presence

35
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Where would the sporophyte grow

A

On top of female gametophyte

36
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What is a unique feature of the bryophyta and anthocerophyta

A

Presence of stomata

37
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Types of mosses

A

Polytrichum (haircaps) and sphagnum (peat moss)

38
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Haircaps latin name

A

Polytrichum

39
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Peat moss latin name

A

sphagnum

40
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Function of peat moss

A

Abundant global reservoir of organic carbon

41
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Liverworts

A

Marchantiophyta or hepatophyta

42
Q

What is the oldest nonvascular plant

A

liverworts

43
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