practical 2 study guide Flashcards
general traits of fungi:
- chemoheterotrophs (by absorption)
- decomposers & symbiotic
- use enzymes to breakdown complex molecules
5 major fungal groups
- chytrids (chytridiomycota)
- zoo-pago-mycota
- mucoro-mycota
- ascomycota
- basidiomycota
______ is the mass of _____
mycelium, hyphae
(fungus/mold) penicillium looks like….
microscopic asparagus w/ small balls on the ends
(fungus) Rhizopus looks like…
tiny long skinny Japanese mushrooms
3 lichen forms and how they look:
- crustose: crusty
- foliose: frilly/lettuce
- fruticose: looks like dry moss
gametophyte is the ____ stage
haploid
sporophyte is the ____ stage
diploid
gametophyte produced via ____
meiosis
sporophyte produced via
mitosis
gametophytes made by _____ of gametes
fertilization
sporophytes made by ____ of spores
germination
vascular plants
- not water dependent
- have an internal transport system
- ferns, shrubs, trees, flowering plants
non-vascular plants
- NEED water
- no internal trans. system
- moss, liverworts, hornworts
closest relative to land plants is
charophyte
plants overcame challenge to become land plants via
adaptive radiation
hepatophyta
liverwort
gymnosperms: cycadophyta
looks like a palm tree
- big seed on top
gymnosperms: ginkgophyta
aquared-heart shaped leaves
- only one species left
gymosperms: coniferophyta
pine tree w needles and cones
angiosperms: basal angio.
primitive flowering plants
lily pad flowers
angiosperms: magnoliids
southern magnolia
angio: eudicot
- 2 cotyledon
- veins are weblike
- vasc. tissue is arranged in ring
- flowers in multiples of 4/5
angio: monocot
- 1 cotyledon
- veins run parallel
- vasc. tissue is scattered
- flowers in multiples of 3