test 2 Flashcards
About how long ago did both fungi and plants evolve on land
about 500 million years ago
about how much of the earths history was just fungi and plants
14% of earths history
which Eukaryote supergroup is Kingdom Fungi in
Unikonta
which protists group are fungi most closely related to
nucleariids
Are fungi more closely related to plants or animals
animals
what did land plants most likely evolve from
multicellular green algae
what are the benefits of living in water as a multicellular photoautotroph
Support, Dissolves nutrients are easier to pick up, sex is easy, photosynthesis requires water, and drying out is unlikely
What are the benefits of plants who come onto land
- co2 is more readily available
- soil contains more nutrients on land
- direct sunlight (not reflected away by the water)
- lots of open space
What are the challenges for plants who come onto land
- desiccation (drying out)
- gravity
- reproduction
What is mychorrizae?
this is the early relationship between plants and fungi. Plants get nutrients (specifically phosphorus and nitrogen) from the fungi that they wouldn’t be able to get themselves and fungi get food from the sugars that plants are making from the dying plants. Specialized hyphae that can exchange nutrients with plant root cells penetrate the plant cell walls (not the cytoplasm) to absorb the sugars.
What are hypae
long thin strands that absorb food
What is the independent variable in the Mycorhizzae plant growth experiment
the addition of fungicide
What variables were controlled in the Mycorhizzae plant growth experiment
Same aged plants and same environmental conditions
What were the results of the Mycorhizzae plant growth experiment
plants grow better when fungi is present.
What is a food that fungi have a role in producing
truffle
What is the structure of most multicellular fungi
Cell walls are composed of chitin that are strong, flexible, that prevent cells from bursting
Branching structure maximizes surface area to volume ratio
Secretion of hydrolytic enzymes to predigest then absorb food
what are fungi walls made of
chitin
what is a fair ring
a ring of mushrooms around the spores
what are the 5 major phylogenetic groups of fungi
chytrids, zygomycetes, glomeromycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes
what is the genetic diversity of fungi
some can cause disease and others are simple unicellular organisms
What is the definition of a spore?
Spores are haploid single cells that can germinate into multicellular organisms, in this case fungal mycelium
What are all spores produces by
meiosis
what eukaryotic supergroup are plants in
archaeaplestid
which protists group are plants most closely related to
charophytes
What are the characteristics that all plants share
photoautotrophic, Eukaryotic, multicellular, cellulose cell walls, chlorophylls a + b, sporopollenin, Enbyros, Walled spores produces in sporangia, apical meristems, alternation of generations
what is the general evolutionary trait for plants regarding the size dominance of the sporophyte compared to the gametophyte
originally the gametophyte generation was dominant but now the sporophyte generation is dominant
What groups out of
- green algae
- moss
- fern
- pine tree
- rose bush
have the trait: chlorophylls a + b
all
What groups out of
- green algae
- moss
- fern
- pine tree
- rose bush
have the trait: embryo
moss, fern, pine tree, rose bush
What groups out of
- green algae
- moss
- fern
- pine tree
- rose bush
have the trait: vascular tissue
fern, pine tree, rose bush
What groups out of
- green algae
- moss
- fern
- pine tree
- rose bush
have the trait: seeds
pine tree and rose bush
What groups out of
- green algae
- moss
- fern
- pine tree
- rose bush
have the trait: pollen
pine tree and rose bush
What groups out of
- green algae
- moss
- fern
- pine tree
- rose bush
have the trait: flowers and fruits
rose bush
what is the difference between a spore and a gamete
Spores are for asexual reproduction and gametes are for sexual reproduction
Which one (spore or gamete) grows into a new gametophyte generation?
Spores grow into the new gametophyte generation
Which single cell grows into a new sporophyte generation?
Gametophytes grow into the new gamete generation
Gymnosperm seeds are “naked” in that they are not enclosed in a fruit. It is very difficult for gymnosperm naked seeds to disperse away from the “grandma” sporophyte plant. Why is dispersal important?
for genetic diversity
What is the most common arrangement of female and male cones on a conifer tree?
males are at the bottom, females are at the top
flowers
the reproductive structures
fruits
the mature flower ovaries that only develop if fertilization has occurred inside the ovary
double fertilization
results in a zygote and triploid endosperm
life cycle of an angiosperms that are similar to a gymnosperms
the dominant sporophyte generation, microsporangia, megasporangia, pollen, female gametophyte, egg, sperm, zygote, embryo.
what is the closest living protist group to plants
Most evidence points to Charophytes as the closest living Protist group to Plants. They shared traits like cellulose synthesizing proteins, flagellated sperm , sporopollenin
Name a unicellular Fungus that can perform the process known as alcohol fermentation.
yeast
what are the four major plant groups
non-vascular plants
vascular, seedless plants
gymnosperms
angiosperms
what is the process where you go from haploid to diploid
fertilization
what is the process where you go from diploid to haploid
meiosis
what does n + n represent
fungi
What are the two key products of alcohol fermentation
ethanol and carbon dioxide