Unit 3: Plants Flashcards
meristems
only places where growth occurs within plants- stem, branch and root tips. meristems create undifferentiated and unspecialized cells that make new cells through mitosis
includes cork cambium- produces bark and increases the width
vascular cambium- produces new vascular tissue
in stems it increases in length
specialized tissues
- meristematic tissue
- surface tissue- epidermal tissue
- storage cells- large vacuoles that store the products of photosynthesis. in the leaves they are full of chloroplasts. pith is the centre of the stem that stores things
- support tissue- supports plants
- vascular tissue- transports nutrients
vascular tissue
transports nutrients throughout the plant. xylem -transports water. phloem- transports sugars
types of flowering plants
monocots which have scattered vascular bundles and dicots which have vascular bundles in rings
plantae
multicellular eukaryotes, cell wall made of cellulose, photosynthetic, develop from multicellular embryos
diploid vs haploid
diploid- sporophyte generation
haploid gametophyte generation (sperm and egg cells)
plants need
sunlight
water and materials
gas exchange
movement of water and nutrients
evolution of plants
plants evolved from green algae into mosses and mosses evolved the derived characteristic; vascular tissue. which evolved into ferns, that developed the derived characteristic seeds which gave way to coniferous plants and the seed eventually become enclosed which made flowering plants.
mosses
no vascular tissue
no seeds
moss and ferns
flowers
have enclosed seeds
seeds
gymnosperm- which have naked seeds and angiosperm which bear seeds in layers of protective tissue
seed plants do not require water because..
they have flowers and cones
the sperm is transferred by pollination
The embryos are protected
conifers
very common gymnosperm plants so they have naked seeds. conifer leaves are so good at surviving because the leaves on needles have a small surface area so water can’t evaporate, they have a waxy layer so water can’t escape and gas exchange cavities are below the surface
angiosperm
have enclosed seeds and flowers which are the reproductive organs (ovaries). after flowers are pollinated they turn into fruits and animals consume them carrying seeds far distances.
monocots
single cotyledon (first leaf produced by the plant) parallel veins floral parts in multiples of 3 vascular bundles scattered fibrous roots
dicots
doble cotyledon (First two leafs produced by plant) branched veins Floral parts in multiples of 4 or 5 vascular bundles are in rings taproot
monocot stem
encloses a series of vascular bundles dispersed randomly around the stem. the phloem is on the outside and the xylem faces the inside and has larger cells
dicot stems
vascular bundles arranged and organized in like a ringlike pattern. the pith is the centre of the stem on the outside of the vascular bundles is the cortex. again the xylem is facing the centre and the phloem is facing the cortex. between the phloem and xylem is vascular cambium which produces more vascular tissue
apical meristem
occurs at the end of the root/ stem/ branches produces unspecialized, undifferentiated cells and increases in the length. PRIMARY GROWTH