Section 22-3

Question 1

What is vascular tissue

Answer 1

A type of plant tissue specialized to conduct water and nutrients throughput a plant

Question 2

What kind of cells did the first vascular plants have that were specializes to conduct water

Answer 2

Tracheids

Question 3

What is true about tracheids
A. They are hollow cells
B. They are connected end to end
C. Their thick cell walls resist pressure
D. They are the key cells of phloem

Answer 3

A b c

Question 4

What is the function of xylem

Answer 4

It carries water upward from the roots to every part of a plant

Question 5

what is the function of phloem?

Answer 5

transports solutions of nutrients and carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis

Question 6

is the following sentence true or false, phloem and xylem cannot move water and nutrients against the force of gravity

Answer 6

false

Question 7

what is lignin

Answer 7

a substance that makes the cell walls rigid

Question 8

roots

Answer 8

underground organs that absorb water and minerals

Question 9

leaves

Answer 9

photosynthetic organs that contain one or more bundles of vascular tissue

Question 10

stems

Answer 10

supporting structures that connect roots and leaves, carrying water and nutrients between them

Question 11

spore bearing vascular plants include what three types of plants

Answer 11

club mosses, horsetails and ferns

Question 12

is the following sentence true or false, vascular plants have true roots and stems

Answer 12

true

Question 13

the fossilized remains of ancient forests of club mosses exist today as huge beds of

Answer 13

coal

Question 14

circle the letter of each structure a horsetail has
A. stems
B. cones
C. leaves
D. roots

Answer 14

a c d

Question 15

ferns are members of phylum

Answer 15

pterophyta

Question 16

what are rhizomes

Answer 16

underground stems

Question 17

the large leaves of ferns are called

Answer 17

fronds

Question 18

fronds grow from what fern structure

Answer 18

rhizome

Question 19

in what kind of habitat are ferns most abundant

Answer 19

wet or seasonally wet habitats. they are found in the shadows of forests

Question 20

what is the dominate stage in the life cycle of ferns and other spore bearing vascular plants

Answer 20

the diploid sporophyte

Question 21

fern sporophytes produce haploid spores on the underside of their fronds in tiny containers called

Answer 21

sprorangia

Question 22

what are sori

Answer 22

clusters of sprorangia

Question 23

are the spores of ferns haploid or diploid

Answer 23

haploid

Question 24

study photo

Question 25

where are the antheridia and archegonia found in ferns

Answer 25

on the underside of the gametophyte

Question 26

why does the fertilazation in ferns require at least a thin film of water

Answer 26

to allow the sperm to swim to eggs

Question 27

circle the letter of each sentence that is true about the life cycle of ferns
A. the zygote grows into a new gametophyte
B. the sporophyte is a heart shaped, green structure.
C. fern sporophytes often live several years
D. when spores germinate they grow into haploid gametophytes

Answer 27

c and d