Plants

Question 1

how do ferns reproduce?

Answer 1

brown dots on the leaves mean that the plant is reproducing (dots are spores)

the plant undergoes meiosis to produce these spores

Question 2

What phylum to angiosperms belong to?

Answer 2

Anthophyta

Question 3

what is a common name for flowering plants?

Answer 3

angiosperms

Question 4

what is the haploid stage called?

Answer 4

gamephyte

Question 5

what is the name of horn worts?

Answer 5

anthocerophyta

Question 6

what is the main pigment in plants?

Answer 6

chlorophyll

Question 7

what is a cuticle

Answer 7

a waxy skin that waterproofs bryophytes

Question 8

what were the first plants?

Answer 8

green algae

Question 9

what stage do bryophytes spend most of their time in?

Answer 9

gametophyte stage

Question 10

What is the nickname for vascular plants?

Answer 10

Tracheophytes

Question 11

what polysaccharide do plants have?

Answer 11

cellulose

Question 12

what purpose does a seed serve?

Answer 12

protective shell with food inside that lies dormant until environmental conditions are right for germination

Question 13

what is a living fossil?

Answer 13

can be found in the fossil record for millions of years and have not changed much since then

ex: gynkophyta

Question 14

What are cotyledons?

Answer 14

Part of the seed that eventually becomes a leaf

Question 15

why to plants have fruits?

Answer 15

attract animals that will spread a plants seeds

Question 16

how do gymnosperms differ from angiosperms?

Answer 16

they have seeds but no fruits or flowers

Question 17

What is endosperm?

Answer 17

Nutrition for the plants embryo in the seed

Question 18

what is the main example of pterophyta?

Answer 18

ferns

Question 19

what are the 3 phyla that make up bryophytes?

Answer 19

hepaticophyta
anthocerophyta
bryophyta

Question 20

what are gemmae?

Answer 20

the cells within gemmae cups that splash out and grow new plants when it rains

Question 21

in bryophytes, how to the egg and sperm come into contact?

Answer 21

when it rains, water carries the sperm to the waiting egg

Question 22

what are cotyledons?

Answer 22

leaf-like structures in seeds

Question 23

What is the receptacle?

Answer 23

The base of a flower

Question 24

what are female pine cones called?

Answer 24

ovulate

generally larger

Question 25

what is the most common type of plant?

Answer 25

flowering plants (angiosperms)

Question 26

what is special about the seeds on pines?

Answer 26

have a wing hanging off to help it travel farther

Question 27

what is the male part of a flower called?

Answer 27

stamen

Question 28

what are gemmae cups?

Answer 28

cup-like structures in liverworts that hold gemmae

Question 29

what are the 3 types of plant tissue?

Answer 29

dermal, ground, and vascular

Question 30

why do flowers have petals?

Answer 30

to attract a pollinator

Question 31

what are ovules?

Answer 31

compartments within the ovary, each ovule produces an egg

Question 32

name some examples of fleshy fruits

Answer 32

tomatoes, strawberries, apples

Question 33

what makes something a dicot?

Answer 33

2 cotyledons net-like pattern of veins vascular tissues form a ring

Question 34

what does the anther do?

Answer 34

undergoes meiosis and produces sperm and pollen

Question 35

what is the name of female parts in bryophytes?

Answer 35

archegonia

Question 36

what purpose does the leaf serve?

Answer 36

photosynthesis

Question 37

what is the name of mosses?

Answer 37

bryophyta

Question 38

What are the male parts of flowers called?

Answer 38

Stamen

Question 39

what are coniferophyta?

Answer 39

conifers

Question 40

what is the stigma?

Answer 40

a sticky pollen catcher in the female part of the flower

Question 41

what purpose do stems serve?

Answer 41

supportive, gets it off the ground

Question 42

what are lycophytes?

Answer 42

look like mosses but are closer related to ferns have vascular tissue

Question 43

Name the 4 major plant groups

Answer 43

Nonvascular land plants, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Question 44

What are male pine cones called?

Answer 44

Staminate

Question 45

what makes something a monocot?

Answer 45

embryo has 1 cotyledon veins are parallel to the leaf vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem

Question 46

what are some examples of bryophytes?

Answer 46

mosses, liverworts, horn worts

Question 47

what does vascular tissue provide a plant?

Answer 47

provides efficient transportation and allows the plant to be larger

Question 48

what is the diploid stage called?

Answer 48

sporophyte

Question 49

what purpose do roots serve?

Answer 49

anchor and absorption

Question 50

What are the needles on pine trees?

Answer 50

Modified leaves

Question 51

what is the name of the water storage unit in plant cells?

Answer 51

central vacuole

Question 52

what were the first land plants?

Answer 52

bryophytes

Question 53

what phylum do angiosperms belong to?

Answer 53

anthophyta

Question 54

what are the parts of the stamen?

Answer 54

filament and anther

Question 55

What is a female pine cone called?

Answer 55

Ovulate

Question 56

what did bryophytes evolve that allowed them to move onto land?

Answer 56

a waxy cuticle that waterproofs their skin

Question 57

what is the name of liverworts?

Answer 57

hepaticophyta

Question 58

what phylum had the first vascular tissue?

Answer 58

pterophyta

Question 59

what is the kingdom that plants are in?

Answer 59

plantae

Question 60

what are the parts of the carpel?

Answer 60

ovary, style, and stigma

Question 61

what are the 2 types of angiosperms?

Answer 61

monocots and dicots

Question 62

Where are the seeds in conifers?

Answer 62

In the cones

Question 63

name some examples of dry fruits

Answer 63

beans, peas, sunflower seeds, nuts

Question 64

what is the female part of the flower called?

Answer 64

carpel

Question 65

what is the name of male parts in bryophytes?

Answer 65

antheridia

Question 66

about how many plant species have been identified?

Answer 66

~300,000

Question 67

What purpose does the staminate serve in conifers?

Answer 67

Produces sperm; packages sperm in pollen for protection

Question 68

name the genus's within gymnosperms

Answer 68

coniferophyta gynkophyta cycadophyta gnetophyta

Question 69

what are the two types of fruits?

Answer 69

fleshy fruits and dry fruits

Question 70

what is the recepticle?

Answer 70

the base of the flower

Question 71

what are male pine cones called?

Answer 71

staminate | generally smaller

Question 72

what is endosperm?

Answer 72

nutrition within a seed