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Seed Plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do seed plants require water to reproduce? | No |
| Key adaptations of seed plants | reduced, dependent gametophyte, heterospory, ovules, pollen, and seeds |
| Homosporous | produce one kind of spore |
| heterosporous | produce tow kinds of spores--separate male and female gametophytes |
| What role does pollen play for seedless plants? | eliminates need for a film of water and can be dispersed far by wind |
| Advantages of the seed | nourishes and protects growing embryo, mobile womb, transported long distances by wind/animals, seed stays viable for longer period of time |
| A flower is a.... | reproductive organ |
| Male gametophytes are produced by | microsporangia inside the anthers |
| Female gametophytes, or embryo sac, develop | within an ovule contained within an ovary |