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Green Plants Flashcards

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ecosystem services

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all benefits that humans derive, directly or indirectly, from ecosystem fcns

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nonvascular plant

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paraphyletic group of land plants

  • lack vascular tissue
  • reproduce using spore

(ie) bryphytes

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seedless vascular plant

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have vascular tissue

  • no produce seeds
  • make microscopic spores that are carried by wind to new habitats

(ie) ferns

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seed plant

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have vascular tissue
- embryo w/ store of nutritive tissue surrounded by tough protective layer

(ie) angiosperm

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vascular tissue

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tissue that transports H2O, nutrients & sugars

  • plants only
  • made of complex tissues of xylem & phloem
  • aka vascular tissue system
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seed

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plant reproductive system consisting of embryo, nutritive tissue (endosperm) & outer protective layer (seed coat)

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angiosperm

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flowering vascular plant that produces seeds w/in mature ovaries (fruit)
- form a single lineage

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sporangia

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spore-producing structure found in seed plants, some protists & some fungi

(ie) chytrids

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gymnosperm

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vascular plant that makes seeds but does not produce flowers

- 5 lineages: cycads, ginkgoes, conifers, redwoods, & gnetophytes

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green algae

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paraphyletic group of photosynthetic orgs

  • contain chloroplasts similar to green plants
  • often classified as protists
  • closest living relatives of land plants
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lichen

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symbiotic association of a fungus

- a photosynthetic alga + cyanobacterium

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peat

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semi-decayed organic matter

- accumulates in moist, low-oxygen environments

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rhizoid

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hairlike structure that anchors nonvascular plant to substrate

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roots

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underground part of plant (anchors plants, absorbs H2O & nutrients)
- most ancestral branch in phylogenetic tree

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rhizome

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modified stem

  • runs horizontally underground
  • produces new plants @ nodes (sexual reproduction)
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Types of green plants

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(1) green algae

(2) land plants

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Green plant significance to environment

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(1) produce oxygen
(2) create, build, hold soil
(3) holds H2O & moderates climate (shade = low temp/wind)
(4) primary producers

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3 categories of land plants

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(1) nonvascular plants
(2) seedless vascular plants
(3) seed plants

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cuticle

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protective coating secreted by outermost layer of cells of animal/plant
- fcn: decrease water loss/evaporation

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stoma

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pore or opening

  • (plants) microscopic pore surrounded by specialized cells that open pore -> found on surface of leaf/stem
  • fcn: gas exchange
  • pl. stomata
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guard cells

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1 of 2 specialized, crescent-shaped cells forming border of plant stoma
- change shape to open or close stoma

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pore

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(land plants) opening in epithelium

- fcn: gas exchange

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lignin

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substance found secondary cell walls of some plants

  • stiff & strong
  • complex polymer built from 6-carbon rings
  • most abundant in woody plants parts
  • hard to break
  • “rings”
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tracheids

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(vascular plants) long, thin, water conducting cell

  • has pits where lignin-containing secondary cell wall is absent
  • allow H2O movement btwn adjacent cells
  • “holes at top/bottom”
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vessel elements
(vascular plants) short, wide, water conducting cell - gaps through primary/secondary cell walls - allow unimpeded passage of H2O btwn adjacent cells "gaps at top/bottom"
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wood
xylem resulting of secondary growth - forms strong supporting material - aka secondary xylem
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gametangia
gamate forming structure found in all land plants, except angiosperms - parts: antheridium (sperm-produce) & archegonium (egg-produce) - gamate-forming structure of some chytrid fungi - fcn: prevent drying out
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embryophyte
plant that nourishes embryos inside own body
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alternation of generation
(life cycle) alternate multicelluar haploid stage (gametophyte) w/ multicellular diploid stage (sporophyte) - occurs in most plants, some protists
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gametophyte
multicellular haploid form that arises from single haploid spore & produces gamates - org undergoing AoG
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sporophyte
multicellular diploid form that arises from 2 fused gamates to produce haploid spores - org undergoing AoG
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heterospory
(seed plants) production of 2 distinct types: microspores, which becomes male gametophyte & megaspores, which becomes female gametophyte
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homospory
(seedless vascular plants) produce just one type of spore
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microsporangia
(heterosporous plants species) a spore-producing structure | - produces microspores, which go onto develop into male gametophytes
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megasporangia
(heterosporous plant species) a spore-producing structure | - produces microspores, which go onto develop into female gametophytes
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pollen grain
(seed plants) male gametophyte enclosed w/in protective coat of sporopollenin
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flower
(angiosperms) part of plant that contains reproductive structures - includes: calyx, corolla & 1 or more stamens/carpels
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petals
leaf-like organs arranged around reproductive organs of flower - often colored & scented - fcn: attract pollinators
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pollination
process which pollen reaches carpel of flower, transferred from another to stigma, or reaches ovule directly
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fruit
(angiosperm) a mature, ripened plant ovary + seeds + adjacent fused parts - often fcns in seed dispersal
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adaptive radiation
rapid revolutionary diversification w/in 1 lineage, producing many descendant species w/ wide range of adaptive forms
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monocots
any angiosperm w/ single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) upon germination - form monophyletic group - aka monocotyledonous plant
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dicot
any angiosperm w/ 2 cotyledons (embryonic leaves) upon germination - no form monophyletic group - aka dicotyledonous plant
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plant adaptations
(1) water loss prevention (2) UV irradiation protection (3) upright growth - rigid outer layer, resist wind & gravity (4) vascular tissue - lignin (5) elaborate vascular tissue: tracheids & vessels
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evolutionary innovations
(1) gametangium - no dry out (2) land plant embryos - nourished by parent (3) alternation of generation - meiosis (4) gametophyte-dominated life cycle & sporophyte-dominated life cycle (5) heterospory - 2 types of spores by diff. structures (6) pollen - move gamates w/out water aid (7) flowers - heterospory elaboration (8) pollination by insects/animals (9) fruit - part of ovary

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