plants Flashcards
characteristics of plants
All are many-celled
All are made of tissue and organs
All have cell walls
Almost all contain chlorophyll
nonvascular plants
absorb water
vascular plants
have vascular system, a tissue with tube like structures that can transport water
6 types of plants
Bryophytes
Ferns
Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
Club mosses
Horsetails
Bryophytes
mosses are most common ones
nonvascular
very short
Ferns
vascular
most live in moist areas
Angiosperms
vascular
first flowering plants
all produce seeds enclosed in fruit or pod
evolved 120 million years ago
Gymnosperms
vascular
first plants to evolve seeds
all produce naked seeds, not enclosed in a fruit
adaptations allow them to live in dry places
Club mosses
vascular
one of oldest vascular groups
many species went extinct
Horsetails
vascular
barely changed over millions of years
only 15 species known
hydroponics
method of raising plants without soil
photosynthesis equasion
6(co2)+12(h2o)+light–> c6h12o6+6(h2o)+6(o2)
carbon dioxide and water and light energy become glucose, water, and oxygen
2nd main part of photosynthesis where ATP, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen combine
Calvin cycle
Respiration equation
c6h12o6+6(o2) and enzymes –> 6(co2)+6(h20)+ATP
Glucose and oxygen and enzymes become carbon dioxide, water, and energy