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Kingdom Plantae Flashcards

1
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What are three major plant characteristics?

A

Multicellular

Eukaryotic

Photosynthetic

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2
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In seedless plants, what is a cuticle?

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A waxy covering to prevent dryness

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3
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What do plants store food as?

A

STARCH

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4
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What is a major component of plant cell walls?

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CELLULOSE

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5
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In plant cells, there is a formation of a ____________________ during mitosis

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CELL PLATE

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6
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IN plant cells, what is the structure where CO2 is released termed?

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A stomata

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7
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Mosses and their relatives are considered to be in what group of plants?

A

NONVASCULAR BRYOPHYTES

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8
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Ferns and their allies are considered to be in what group of plants?

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SEEDLESS, VASUCLAR

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9
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Gymnosperms are considered to be in what group of plants?

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SEED, VASCULAR

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10
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Angiosperms are considered to be in what group of plants?

A

SEED, VASCULAR

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11
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What phylum do mosses belong to?

A

Phylum Bryophyta

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12
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What is a gametophyte?

A

The HAPLOID body form

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13
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What is a sporophyte?

A

The DIOPLOID body form

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14
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What are rhizoids?

A

ABSORPTIVE HAIRS

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15
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Why are the absorbed hairs termed rhizoids instead of roots?

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Because mosses are nonvascular, and to have roots, the organism must be vascular

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16
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What is the term for female in plants?

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Archegonium

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17
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What is the term for male in plants?

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Antheridium

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18
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What is a protenema?

A

The first growth out of a spore in MOSSES

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19
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What is an example of mosses?

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Sphagnum, mnium

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20
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Be able to draw the “Moss Life Cycle”

A

YES SIR MISTER SIR

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21
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To what phylum do liverworts belong?

A

PHYLUM HEPATOPHYTA

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22
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What is a thallus?

A

The first growth from a spore in LIVERWORTS

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23
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What is the male termed in liverworts?

A

ANTHERIDIA

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24
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What is the female termed in liverworts?

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ARCHEGONIA

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25
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What is “gemmae”?

A

Asexual reproduction by a ball of cells

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26
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What is the genus name for liverwort?

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MARCHANTIA

27
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To what phylum do hornworts belong?

A

PHYLUM ANTHOCEROPHYTA

28
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How is the chloroplast in hornworts similar to that of algae?

A

There is one large chloroplast per cell

29
Q

Ferns and their allies belong to what phylum?

A

Phylum Pterdophyta

30
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What are three characteristics of ferns and allies?

A

Seedless

Have Vascular tissue

They have a dominant SPOROPHYTE generation

31
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True ferns have what five structures?

A

Rhizomes

True Roots

Fronds

Fiddleheads

Sori

A prothallus

32
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What is a rhizome? (fern)

A

An underground stem

33
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What are fronds? (fern)

A

Fronds are the “leaves” of ferns

34
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What are fiddleheads? (fern)

A

Fiddleheads are immature fern fronds

35
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What are sori? (fern)

A

Clusters of sporangia

36
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Describe the sori of a fern.

A

Sori are the brown dots located on the fronds

37
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What is the prothallus?

A

The first growth from a FERN spore

38
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Describe the prothallus

A

A flat, heart-shaped gametophyte

39
Q

Mosses have a dominant ___________ generation

A

GAMETOPHYTE

40
Q

Mosses have no _______________ tissue

A

vascular

41
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Mosses are ____________ in size

A

RESTRICTED

42
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Do mosses have spores or seed?

A

SPORES

43
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Do mosses have vascular tissue?

A

NO

44
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Do mosses have flowers?

A

NO

45
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Do ferns have seeds or spores?

A

SPORES

46
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Do ferns have vascular tissue?

A

YES

47
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Do ferns have flowers?

A

NO

48
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Do gymnosperms have spores or seeds?

A

NAKED SEED

49
Q

Do gymnosperms have vascular tissue?

A

YES

50
Q

Do gymnosperms have flowers?

A

NO

51
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Do angiosperms have seeds or spores?

A

Seed in a fruit

52
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Do angiosperms have vascular tissue?

A

YES

53
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Do angiosperms have flowers?

A

YES

54
Q

Whisk Ferns belong to what phylum?

A

Phylum Psilophyta

55
Q

What is the scientific name to whisk ferns?

A

Psilotum

56
Q

Dichotomous branching is a characteristic of what phylum?

A

Phylum Psilophyta

57
Q

Horsetails belong to which phylum?

A

Phylum Sphenophyta

58
Q

Hollow jointed stems is a characteristic of what phylum?

A

Phylum Sphenophyta

59
Q

Horsetails have a stem impregnated with __________________

A

SILICA

60
Q

What is a strobilus? (sphenophyta)

A

A cone like structure bearing sporangia

61
Q

Club Mosses and Gorund Pines belong to what phylum?

A

Phylum Lycopodiophyta

62
Q

Lycopodium is a type of _______________

A

GROUND PINE

63
Q

Selaginella is a type of ___________________

A

CLUB MOSS

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