Test 2 Vocab-Ch.29 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Archegonia:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
- the female gametangium, a moist chamber in which gametes develop.
- in plants
Antheridia:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
- the male gametangium, a moist chamber in which gametes develop.
- in plants
Bryophyta:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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Bryophyte:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
1.a no vascular plant that lives on land but lacks some of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants.
*also name used for moss,liverwort, or hornworts.
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Carophyte:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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Cuticle:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
1.a waxy covering on the surface of stems and leaves that prevents desication in terrestrial plants.
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Gametangia:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
1.multicellular plant structure in which gametes are formed. Female=archegonia male=antheridia.
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Heterosporous:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
1.a plant species that has two kinds of spores:microspores (develop in male gametophytes) and megaspores (develop in female gametophytes)
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Homosporous:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
1.a plant species that has a single kind of spore, which typically develops into a bisexual gametophyte.
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Lycophytes:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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Mycrophylls:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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Pterophytes:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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Rhizoids:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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Sporangia:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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Vascular plants:
- what’s the definition?
- what’s an example?
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