Practical Flashcards

Spherical (Cocci)

Bocillus

Spirlilla

Nostoc: Photosynthetic cyanobacterium. Filamentous colonies of sperical bacteria.
structurally the simplest organisms, and consist of single cells or chains of cells
Prokaryotes
defined by being eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular or have a simple body with little or no differentiation of the cells that make it up (they do not have different tissues).
Protists
What were 5 adaptations primitive plants needed to survive on land?
Roots, Cuticle layer (waterproofing), rigid structural support, Vascular tissue, volved sperm cells protected within pollen grains, seeds
In sequence what are the four major groups that evolved in the tersterical world.
Bryophytes, Seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, Angiosperms.
Monocots
A subdivition of Angiosperms. They have flower parts (petals, Stamen) in multiples of three. They have leaf veins that run parallel to the long acis of the left. They do not prduce wood or bark
Dicots
A subdivition of Angiosperms. They have flower parts (petals , stamen) in multiples of four or five. They have auxilary veins that go between the major veins. They are able to produce wood and bark.


Marchantia Antheridia

Marchantia Archegonia

Moss Antheridia

Moss Archegonia

1:Sporophyte 2:Gametophore of female gametophyte. 3:Gemma Cups 4:Male Gametophyte 5:Thallus.

Fern Prothallia

Fern Sporangia

Sporophylls
modified leaves with sporangia
Sori
Clusters of sporangia on the undersides of sporophylls
Strobili
Cone-like structures formed from groups of sporophylls
Enclosure in which spores are formed
Sporangium
Thread like chain of cells forming haploid phase of bryophyte life cycle
protonema
Structure of gametophyte phase containing male gametes
archegonium
Gametophyte stage of a fern/pteridophyte
Prothallium
Sporophyte
Diploid stage in life cycle of a plant
What is a Fern/pteridophyte dominant stage?
gametophyte and sporophyte are independent
What is a Bryophytes dominant stage?
Sporophyte is dependent of the gametophye.
Conducts most of the water and minerals and includes dead cells called Tracheids
Xylem
Consists of living cells and distributes sugars, amino acids, and other organic products
Phleom
Water conducting cells are strengthened by
Lignin
Leaves with a single vein
Microphylls
Leaves with a highly branched vascular system
megaphylls
Plants producing one type of spore that develops into a bisexual gametophyte
Homosporous
All seed plants and some seedless plants are?
Heterosporous
A heterosporous that gives rise to female gametophytes is?
Megaspores
A heterosporous that gives rise to male gametophytes is?
Microspores
Why have seedproducing plants been so successful?
The plant can remain dormant as a seeduntil conditions favorable to growth occur; this may be the following spring, or for some desert plants, years later.
● Seed plants also broke the dependence on external water in reproduction; the sperm do not swim through external water but rather are within the pollen grainsthat travel through the air.
● Both pollen and seeds can be dispersed more efficientlythan spores, and can withstand harsher conditions. The seed is a rugged package for dispersal; within the tough seed coat is a dormant plant embryo as well as stored food for the embryo to use in resuming growth and getting established.
In seed plants the gametophyte is reduced to two microscopic structures:
A pollengrain – a tiny male gametophyte containing sperm.
A small portion inside an ovule– a tiny female gametophyte containing an egg cell.
After pollination, an ovule develops into a seed.
What phylum?

Gymnosperm, Phylum Cycadophyta
Cycas revoluta native to southern Japan, not closely related to true palms
What Phylum?

Gymnosperm, Phylum Coniferophyta.
Southern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana native to eastern North America, dense and slowgrowing tree with needlelike juvenile leaves and scalelike adult leaves

Gymnosperm, Phylum Coniferophyta.
Southern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana native to eastern North America, dense and slowgrowing tree with needlelike juvenile leaves and scalelike adult leaves.
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda– native to SE United States, often found in lowlands
What major seed plant type is a “True flowering plant”?
Angiosperms
What major seed plant type produce “naked seeds”? (Ovule not complete enclosed in sporophyte tissue)
Gymnosperms