Plant Anatomy Flashcards
Land plants evolved from _____ _____.
green algae
nonvascular plants
small, simple plants that live in moist areas, no vascular tissue to move water around so water is absorbed by diffusion which means plants are close to ground (bryophytes)
rhizoids
root like structures that hold onto soil and all gametophytes together, not true roots because no vascular tissue, prevent erosion (water washing away soil)
vascular tissue
xylem- carries water up from roots to perform photosynthesis
phloem- carries sugar made in leaves and nutrients both up and down
plants without seeds
ferns, no flowers, make spores
naked seeds
gymnosperms- any plant with pinecones which contain seeds (pines, cyprus, hemlock - all conifers)
normal/true seeds
angiosperms- flowering (reproductive organs) plants
Describe alternation of generations
the diploid sporophyte generation producing haploid spores through meiosis, spores grow by mitosis, these give rise to the haploid gametophyte generation which produces gametes which grow by mitosis, fertilization occurs, creating a zygote and this gives rise to the diploid sporophyte generation again
Life cycle of Moss
gametophyte dominant, male and female gametophyte, male = antheridia producing sperm, female = archegonia producing eggs, sperm travels through water to fertilize the egg within the archegonium, diploid zygote, embryo, young sporophyte, mature sporophyte with stalk/seta and capsule/sporangium, sporangium develop spores through meiosis, capsule dries out, spores released through wind, develops into protonema (young gametophyte, haploid), mature male and female gametophyte….
life cycle of fern
mature sporophyte has clusters of sporangium called sorus on its underside, produces spores, capsule dries out and spores are released into wind, find water and germinate, young then mature gametophyte, antheridia and archegonia on underside of mature gametophyte, rhizoids, sperm travel through water to fertilize egg in archegonia and develop a diploid zygote which develops into a sporophyte and fiddlehead
economic uses of mosses
- peat (found in bogs, cut, burned, used as fuel)
- producers
- rhizoids prevent erosion
- live in symbiotic relationships with bacteria and fungus: help plants absorb enough nitrogen to survive (help synthesize DNA - nitrogenous bases and proteins (amino acids)
- fertilizer
_____ and _________ are key adaptations for life on land.
Seeds and pollen grains
seed
contain three parts: embryonic plant, stored food (starch), protective coating called seed coat
adaptations of how seeds grow
reduced gametophytes, heterospory, ovules and egg production, pollen and production of sperm
reduced gametophytes
microscopic, increased protection for the gametes
heterospory
homosporous- same spores (ferns and mosses)
heterosporous- different male and female spores:
-microspores- male gametes, macrospores- female gametes
ovules and egg production
ovule- contains egg, 2 parts: megaspore and integument (outer covering of ovule, becomes seed coat if fertilized)
pollen and production of sperm
pollen grain- tough container that protects and carries the sperm, carried by wind, and by bumble bees
pollination
carrying of pollen grain to female parts of plant
life cycle of pine
pollen and ovulate cone, wind used to blow pollen to ovulate cone to fertilize egg
flowers and fruit
- contain reproductive organs
- ripened ovary
life cycle of flowering plants
pollen has to hit stigma (sticky, middle part of female organs) in order for pollination to occur
self-pollenation
gametes fertilize each other on same flower
cross-pollenation
gametes from two different plants fertilize each other
2 groups of angiosperms
monocots and dicots
cotyledon
seed-leaf / embryo leaf inside seed that will become a mature leaf when it germinates