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Bio_Topic5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the earliest land plant lineage? | Bryophytes |
| what are the small pores called on the outer leaf surface? | Stomata |
| What do the gaurd cells regulate? | Passage of water and atmospheric gasses |
| Explain the life cycle of a plant. | Sporophyte makes haploid spores by meiosis, haploid spore develops into haploid gametophyte through mitosis, gametophyte makes gametes, fertilization occurs forming zygote that develops into a new sphorophyte |
| what are characteristics of bryophytes? | -low growing to ground -reproduce sexually with presence of water -flagellated sperm cell -No vascular tissue (limits size) |
| Whar is the dominant stage of a bryophyte life cycle? | Gametophytes |
| What does the haploid gametophyte produce? | Egg and sperm cells |
| Where does the developing sporophyte form? | Within the archegonium. |
| What are the three lineages of bryophytes? | Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses |
| In vascular plants what does designed tissues do? | Carry materials through body and provide structural support. |