Plants and Fungi

Question 1

Structural Adaption of plants include: (5)

Answer 1

a. Reproductive structure
b. Leaf
c. Cuticle
d. Vascular tissue (sheath)
e. Roots
- Mycorrhizae

Question 2

Reproductive structure is thecontainer that holds

Answer 2

gametes ex. flower or pine cone

Question 3

The purpose of the leaf is?

Answer 3

photosynthesis

Question 4

Cuticle is a waxy coat that______.

Answer 4

surrounds or protects the leaf. (prevents water loss)

Question 5

Vascular tissue transports______.

Answer 5

sugar and water

Question 6

What do roots do?

Answer 6

They anchor the plant and used to absorb water and mineral

Question 7

What is Mycorrhize

Answer 7

symbiosis between plant roots and fungi

Question 8

The two types of vascular tissue?

Answer 8

Phoem and Xylem

Question 9

Phloem

Answer 9

bundle that transports sugar

Question 10

Xylem

Answer 10

bundle that transports water

Question 11

Gametangia

Answer 11

reproductive organ of the plant (container that holds the gametes or spores)

Question 12

Plant diversity – What are the four different types of plant classifications

Answer 12

Bryophytes – seedless
Ferns – seedless
Gymnosperms – seed bearing
Angiosperms – seed bearing

Question 13

What are the Major Plant Phyla? (4)

Answer 13

• Bryophyta (nonvascular plants)
• Pterophyta (seedless vascular plants)
• Coniferophyta (Gymnosperms)
• Anthophyta (Flowering plants)

Question 14

Mosses 2 characteristics

Answer 14

Body of moss is a thallu

Lack vascular tissue

Question 15

2 key adaptions of Phylum Bryophyta

Answer 15

Flagellated sperm (requires water in order to fertilize)
Sporophyte depends on gametophyte

Question 16

Sporophyte

Answer 16

diploid, multicellular plant-to release spores

Question 17

Gametophyte

Answer 17

haploid, multicellular plant- is the one that performs photosynthesis

Question 18

Phylum Pterophyta (Ferns) characteristics?

Answer 18

Vascular plants, Fossil Fuels, Gametophyte depends on the sporophyte

Question 19

Gymnosperms characteristics?

Answer 19

Reduction of gametophyte
Evolution of pollen (1st plants to evolve pollen)
The advent of the seed (1st plants to evolve the seed)

Question 20

Seed is a?

Answer 20

a plant embryo with its packaging

Question 21

A fruit is

Answer 21

a. Is a ripened ovary.
b. Helps protect the seed and increase seed dispersal.
c. Is a major food source for animals.

Question 22

What is a fungus?

Answer 22

Eukaryotes

a. heterotrophs
b. absorption

Question 23

Fungal structure

Answer 23

a. Cell wall
b. hyphae
c. mycelium

Question 24

Fungal Reproduction

Answer 24

1. Spores

2. Mushroom

Question 25

The Ecological Impact of Fungi

Answer 25

Decomposers Parasites (pathogens) Commercial uses

Question 26

Major Fungal Classification

Answer 26

Oomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota (sac fungi) 4. Basidiomycota (Club fungi)