Quiz Four Flashcards
Plants use _________ for food. Therefore, they are ______trophs.
photosynthesis; autotrophs
Chlorophyll have _ and _ pigments.
“a” and “b”
cell wall
cellulose surrounding of plant that provides structure
cellulose
insoluble carbohydrate
Define alternation of generations
The life cycle of plants in which organisms have a diploid and haploid stage.
sporophyte
diploid body of plant
gametophyte
haploid body of plant
Sporophytes produce
spores
Spores develop into
the gametophyte
The gametophyte produce
gametes
The gametes fuse to produce
the sporophyte
Non-vascular plants belong to what phylum?
Phylum Bryophyta
Non-vascular plants include:
- ) mosses
- ) liverworts
- ) hornworts
Non-vascular plants must live
in moist habitats
The sperm cells of non-vascular plants move through _____ with _____.
Non-vascular plants move through moisture with flagella.
Bryophytes are the only plants in which the ______ is the dominant body form.
The gametophyte is the dominant form of bryophytes.
As plants get bigger, _______ get smaller.
Gametophytes get smaller as plants get bigger.
With bryophytes, what remains attached to the gametophytes even through maturity?
Sporophytes remain attached to bryophyte’s gametophytes.
Tracheophytes
Vascular plants
What phyla produce no seeds?
- ) Psilophyta (whisk ferns)
- ) Lycophyta (club moss)
- ) Sphenophyta (horsetails)
- ) Pterophyta (ferns)
Psi Ly Sphe Ptero
What phyla produce exposed seeds?
- ) Cycadophyta (sago palm, Zamia)
- ) Ginkgophyta (ginkgo tree)
- ) Coniferophyta (conifers)
Cyca Gink Conifer
What clades produce enclosed seeds?
- ) Monocots (orchids, palms, lilies, grasses, rye, corn, rice, wheat)
- ) Eudicots (daises, tulips, flowering shrubs, trees, water lilies, cacti)
Monocots are easily remembered as
grain crops
Eudicots are easily remembered as
fruits
fronds
above ground portion of ferns
stripe
stalk
pinnae
photosynthetic “leaves”
fiddlehead
unfurled frond
What might you find underneath the fronds of a fern?
spores
antheridia
male, resembles a ball with an opening to release said ball
archegonium
female, represents a catcher/pincher receptacle
Mitosis in ferns creates
the gametes