Exam #2 Material Flashcards
(36 cards)
What contains multiple gymnosperm ovules?
Ovulate Cone
What is found inside a pollen grain?
The male gametophyte
What are the main components of a mature gymnosperm speed?
Seed coat, food supply, embryo
The megaspore is _____.
Haploid
The sporophyte generation is _____.
Diploid
The gametophyte generation is ______.
Haploid
The embryo is ______.
Diploid
After fertilization of the ovule, the ______ develops into the food supply of the mature seed.
megaspore
After fertilization of the ovule, the ______ develops into the seed coat.
integument
After fertilization of the ovule, the ______ develops into the seed coat.
fertilized egg
Ovules are found within structure ___.
B
What is unique to flowering plants?
Double Fertilization
The male gametophytes of flowering plants are also referred to as _____.
Pollen Grains
In flowering plants the integuments of the ovule develop into a(n) _____.
Seed coat
A carpel is composed of _____.
Stigma, style, and ovary
A stamen consists of _____.
Anther and filament
In angiosperms, pollination is the transfer of pollen grain to the _____ of a flower on the same plant or another plant of the same species.
Stigma
Cycads have leaves that resemble those of _____.
Palms
You are trying to determine whether the green organism that you found in a pond sample is a charophyte or simple plant. Finding what characteristic would be most helpful in doing so?
Sporic life cycle
What is NOT in the same supergroup as land plants?
Brown algae
What adaptation would be most helpful in allowing a plant to grow taller than its competitors?
Vascularization
What is a distinctive feature shared by all land plants?
Growth from apical meristems
You find a plant with four basic plant adaptations. What adaptation would most directly indicate that the plant is able to tolerate very desert habitats?
Seeds
____ are heterotrophic protists, _____ are photoautotrophic protists
Protozoans, algae
