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Plants chapters 29 & 30 Flashcards

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1
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the Cycle including a gametophyte and a sporophyte

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alternations of generations

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2
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the plant part that contains a plant embryo

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Seed

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3
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These are vascular plants that produce flowers and fruits

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angiosperms

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4
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The dominant stage in the life cycle of non vascular plants

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gametophyte

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5
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the part of the plant that grows downward

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root

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6
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These vascular plants produce seeds in cones

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gymnospores

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7
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Leaf-like structures in ferns

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fronds

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8
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The diploid form in a plants life cycle

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sporophyte

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9
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The haploid form in a plants life cycle

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Gametophyte

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10
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Ancestors of today’s land plants were probably___

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Green algae

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11
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The dominant generation in the life cycle of vascular plants

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sporophyte

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12
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Structure that protects the seed from drying out

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Seed coat

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13
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Have 1 cotyledon

A

Monocots

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14
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mosses, hornworts, and liverworts reproduce by___ structure

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spores

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15
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Parallel Veins

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Monocots

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16
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vascular tissue that caries water and minerals

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Xylem

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17
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Have 2 Cotyledons

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dicots

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18
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Vascular tissue that carries food

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Phloem

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19
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Flower parts in multiples of 3

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monocots

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20
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This structure that contains sperm cell

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Pollen

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21
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net veins

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Dicots

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22
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Fiddleheads are produced by this plant

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fern

23
Q

Most widely cultivated crop in the UD

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corn

24
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Angiosperms are divided into these 2 groups

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Monocots & dicots

25
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The world’s best wheat growing area in the US

A

Great plains

26
Q

Flower parts in multiples of 4 & 5

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Dicots

27
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More than 70% of the worlds cultivated farmland is used for growing __ ___

A

Cereal grains

28
Q

2 plants that are used for medicine

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Asprin & Echinacea

29
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What is Asprin used for

A

Pain killer

30
Q

What is Echinacea used for?

A

immune response

31
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What are tubers

A

Underground stem

32
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Example of tubers

A

white potato

33
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What are 2 examples of non vascular plants

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Livernorts, moss, hornworts

34
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Example of vascular plants

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Conifers, corn (anything you would grow in a garden

35
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4 advantages of seeds

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Reproductive success, period of dormancy, seed coat, store food

36
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How do flowers make plant reproduction more efficient

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they have both sperm & egg

37
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What are the 2 examples of angiosperms

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Monocots (corn) dicots (roses)

38
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What are important uses of gymnosperms (trees)

A

construction, paper,, heat, oxygen

39
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examples of gymnosperms

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Conifers, cyycads, ginkgo, ghetophytes

40
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what are 2 uses of angiosperms

A

Foood (corn, beans)

41
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3 important cereal grains

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Rice, wheat, corn

42
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Why are soybeans an improtant food source

A

Source of protein

43
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How are fruits important for angiosperms

A

They protect the seed & seed dispersal

44
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What is the function of the cuticle

A

prevents water loss

45
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what is an embryo

A

early stage of development

46
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seed plants are

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vascular plants that produce seeds

47
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let’s plants exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide

A

stoma

48
Q

one pair of cells that open and close the stomata

A

guard cell

49
Q

structure that contains a plant embryo

A

seed

50
Q

a tissue made of soft-walled cells that carry organic nutrients

A

phloem

51
Q

tissue made of hard-walled cells that carry water and mineral nutrients

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xylem

52
Q

the part of the plants body that grows mostly upward

A

shoot

53
Q

the zone of actively dividing plant cells

A

meristem

54
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hair like projections that attach a plant to a surface (non vascular plants)

A

rhizoids

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