Plants Flashcards

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1
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These plants produce horn like structures

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Hornworts

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2
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The most common group of come bearing plants , have needle like leaves

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Conifers

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3
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This tissue conducts water and nutrients up from roots

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Xylem

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4
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These plants produce seeds in cones

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Gymnosperms

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5
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When a moss germinates, it grows into tiny multi-cellular structures called

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Protonema

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6
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Colourful leaves that attract insects to a flower are called

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Petals

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7
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There is only one species in this group of cone bearing plants

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Ginkgoes

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8
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the tiny plant contained within a seed

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Embryo

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9
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these organisms are the most common pollinators of flowers

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Insects

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10
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the male structure in a moss or fern

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Antheridium

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11
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the cell walls of all plants are make up of this carbohydrate

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Cellulose

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12
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the red dots on the underside of a mature fern sporophyte are made up of numerous produce spores

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Pollen grains

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13
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the evolution of this structrue eliminated the need for swimming sperm

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Spores

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14
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the structure in a flower which contains the ovules

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Ovary

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15
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  1. the heart-shaped structure that is the gametophyte of a fern
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Prothallus

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16
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as opposed to roots, moss have these structures which anchor them to a substrate

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Rhizoids

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17
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the entire male portion of a flower

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Stamen

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18
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these reproductive structures are produced asexually by moss and ferns

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Spores

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19
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  1. the part of a seed which nourishes the embryo
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Endosperm

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20
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the protective outer layer of a seed

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Seed coat

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21
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these structures look like reddish dots on the underside of a mature fern sporophyte

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Sori

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22
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structure which supports an anther in a flower

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Filament

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23
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the long tube which leads to the ovary in flowers

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Style (Harry styles)

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24
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the structure which produced pollen grains in a flower

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Anther

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25
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cone-bearing plants produce seeds which are not enclosed or

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Naked

26
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A structure found in gymnosperms which houses seeds

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Cones

27
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the openings, found on the underside of leaves in some plants, where gas exchange takes place

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Stomata

28
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  1. this tissue transports nutrients and the products of photosynthesis from the leaves to the rest of the plant
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Phloem

29
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  1. a waxy coating on the surface of leaves which prevents the evaporation of water
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Cuticle

30
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the entire female part of the flower

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Carpel

31
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in gymnosperms, the leaves are modified into this shape to prevent water loss

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Needles

32
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the phylum to which the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts belong

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Bryophyta

33
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structures found below ground which conduct water and nutrients from the ground up into the plant

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Roots

34
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  1. the phylum to which the vascular plants belong
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Tracheophyta

35
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  1. the sticky part of a flower to which pollen grains adhere
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Stigma

36
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the scarcity of this resource is the number one factor in limiting the growth of plants on land

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Water

37
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the generation of plants which is diploid

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Sporophyte

38
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the female structure in a moss or fern

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Archegonium

39
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these are among the most ancient of the cone bearing plants - there is a specimen from this group growing at the
Maple Ridge hospital

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Cycads

40
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the “flowering plants”

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Angiosperms

41
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pollen spreads from male cones to female cones in gymnosperms via the

A

Wind

42
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the reproductive structure on an angiosperm( trick question)

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Flower

43
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these non-vascular plants reproduce asexually using structures called gemmae

A

Liverworts

44
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  1. organisms belonging to genus Equisetum, related to ferns, sometimes called “scouring rushes”
A

Horsetails

45
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specialized structures for conducting photosynthesis

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Leaves

46
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  1. a rolled up fern frond which has just emerged from underground
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Fiddle head

47
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  1. name given to the leaf-like portion of a fern which grows above ground
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Frond

48
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  1. the underground stem of a fern
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Rhizome

49
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  1. mosses and ferns are confined to wet or seasonally wet environments because this structure must swim to fertilize an egg
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Sperm

50
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  1. the green leaves which surround a flower before it opens
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Sepals

51
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  1. the seeds of an angiosperm are enclosed in a structure called a
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Fruit

52
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a structure which connects the roots to the leaves and allows plants to grow taller

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Stem

53
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  1. an angiosperm with flower parts in multiples of 3
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Monocot

54
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An angiosperm with flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5

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Dicot

55
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3 major groups of seedless vascular plants

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Ferns, horsetails, club mosses

56
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Club losses come from the genus :

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Lycopodium

57
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Horsetails come from the genus:

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Equisetum

58
Q

Parallel veins means the plant is

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Monocot

59
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Net-like veins means the plant is

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Dicot

60
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Vascular tissue is randomly arranged means that the plant is

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Monocot

61
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Vascular tissue is arranged in bundles means the plant is

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Dicot