Plants Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
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This tissue conducts water and nutrients through the plant

A

Vascular tissue

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2
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Makes up the cell walls of plant cells

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Cellulose

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3
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Structures found below ground which conduct water and nutrients from the ground up into the plant

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Roots

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4
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The scarcity of this resource is the number one factor in limiting the growth of plants on land

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Water

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5
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Pollen is spread by this

A

Wind and insects

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6
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This allows land plants to grow tall

A

Vascular tissue - “piping system”

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7
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Cell organelle for conducting photosynthesis

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Chloroplast

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8
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Male gamete which eliminated the need for swimming sperm

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Pollen or angiosperm or gymnosperm

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9
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A plant which does not have a “piping” system

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Non-vascular ; moss ; bryophyte

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10
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Plants which have a transport system to carry water and nutrients

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Vascular; T

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11
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The phylum to which the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts belong

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Bryophyte

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12
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The male structure in a moss, and it’s gamete

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Antheridia; sperm

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13
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The female structure in a moss, and it’s Gametes

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Archegonia; egg

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14
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Multicellular thread that grows when a moss spore germinates

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Protenema

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15
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As opposed to roots, moss have these structures when anchor them in the ground

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Rhizoids

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16
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These reproductive structures are produced asexually by moss and ferns

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Spores

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17
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Mosses and ferns are confined to wet or seasonally wet environments because this structure must swim to fertilize an egg

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Sperm (must swim to egg)

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18
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The phylum to which all vascular ants belong

19
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The male structure Ina fern, and it’s gamete

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Antheridia - sperm

20
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The female structure In a fern and it’s gamete

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Archegonia - egg

21
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“Dots” on the underside of a mature fern sporophyte

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Spores (asexual)

22
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The heart-shaped structure that is the gametophyte of a fern

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Prothallus (gametophyte)

23
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The underground stem of a fern

24
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name for the large, leafy “branch” of a fern

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Frond or sporophyte

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Means “naked-seeds”
Gymnosperm
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A general term referring to a tree with needles/scales instead of leaves
Conifer
27
The reproductive structure of gymnosperms
Cone
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In gymnosperms, the leaves are modified into the shape to prevent water loss
Needles ; (scales)
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This group is among the most ancient of the cone bearing plants
Cycads
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This group contains gymnosperms with leaves instead of needles
Ginkoes
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Means “enclosed-seeds” In a “vessel” or fruit
Angiosperm
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Flower parts which attract pollinators
Petals
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The tiny plant contained within a seed
Embryo
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These organisms are the most common pollinators of flowers
Bees or insects
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The structure in a flower which contains the ovules
Ovary
36
The entire male portion of a flower
Stamen
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Structure which supports an anther in a flower
Filament
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The long tube which leads to the ovary in flowers
Style
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The structure which produces pollen grains in a flower
Anther
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The “flowering plants”
Angiosperms
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The entire female part of the flower
Pistol
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The sticky part of a flower to which pollen grains adhere
Stigma
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The reproductive structure on an angiosperm
Flower
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The seeds of an angiosperm are enclosed In a structure called a
Fruit