Chapter 29-30 Flashcards
________________ multicellular autotrophic terrestrial eukaryotes
plants
plants move to land occurred
488 mya years ago
benefits of plant movement to terrestrials
- unfiltered sunlight
- more CO2
- lack of support
challenges of plant movement to land
- scarcity of water
- lack of support
______________ are above ground structures that obtain light and CO2 from atmosphere
shoots
shoots consist of ______________
leaves and stems
leaves contain lignin and cell walls to keep shoot supported
leaves are photosynthetic organs elevated by stems
leaves possess ___________ to take in CO2
stomata
leaves are cover by a _________________ to prevent dehydration
waxy cuticle
_____________ below ground structures obtain water and inorganic nutrients from soil
roots
roots are symbiotically associated with _______________________________
fungi, mycorrhizae
roots anchor plants to their
substrate
_____________ located at the tips of shoots and roots
-regions of cell division that enables the plant to continually grow upward into the air or downward into the soil
apical meristems
___________ conducting tubes that run throughout the shoots and roots connecting them internally
vascular tissue
__________ transports water and minerals up from roots
Xylem
___________ transports photosynthates or sugars from the leaves to the rest of plant
phloem
all plants possess ____________________ sexual life cycle
alternations of generations
plants alternated between two multicellular generations
sporophyte and gametophyte
________________ diploid generations
sporophytes
____________________ haploid generations
gametophyte
sporocytes and spores are produced and protected with the ______________
sporangia
spore cells are surrounded by a wall of _________________ to prevent desiccation
sporopollenin
there are separate _____________________
male and female gametangia and gametes
female gametangia are called ____________ they produce female gametes, _____________
archegonia
egg