Test 3 Flashcards
Are plants producers/autotrophic or consumers/heterotrophic?
Producers/autotrophic
Organisms within Kingdom Plantae are _______, _________, ________, and they lack ______.
Multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotic, and they lack mobility
Plants’ cell walls are made of _______.
Cellulose
How old are plants?
Almost 500 million years old
What are the three main parts of plants?
Stem, roots, leaves
What is the role of roots in plants?
Penetrate the soil and anchor the plant to the ground
Absorb water and minerals from the soil to be used in photosynthesis
What do the leaves do for the plant?
Provide a large surface area for the absorption of sunlight
Photosynthesis occurs inside the chloroplasts of the cells of the leaves
What are stems and what are they used for?
Are composed of rigid tissue that raise and support the leaves
Transport substances from the roots to leaves and the leaves to the roots
Plants are divided into four main groups based on two major characteristics:
The presence or absence of vascular tissue and seeds
What are vascular tissues?
Transport substances such as water, minerals, and sugars throughout the plant
What are seeds?
Structures that contain an embryo, stored food, and a protective outer coat
Nonvascular land plants, no seeds
Bryophytes- include mosses and liverworts
Seedless vascular plants
Pterophytes- ferns, club mosses, horsetails
Seeded vascular plants
Tracheophytes- most plants
- divided into angiosperms and gymnosperms
Non-flowering plants with seeds that do not develop within an enclosed structure (naked seeds)
Gymnosperms
Flowering plants with seeds that develop within an enclosed structure
Angiosperms (hidden seeds)
More plant structures (not the main three)
Rhizoids, xylem, phloem, cuticle, and stomata
Small hair-like structures that transport materials and anchor the plant
Rhizoids
Hollow tubes made of dead cells that transport water from roots to leaves
Xylem
Hollow tubes made of living cells that transport glucose made during photosynthesis from the leaves to the rest of the plant
Phloem
Waxy covering on stems and leaves of plants
Prevents water loss
Cuticle
Microscopic opening or pores in leaves
Pores through which the exchange of gases occurs in plants
Some water is also lost through these in a process known as transpiration
Stomata
Characteristics of fungi:
Eukaryotic
Non-photosynthetic (heterotrophic)
Most are multicellular
Most are microscopic molds or yeasts
The study of fungi is known as ______.
Mycology