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AP Focus Plant Basic
AP Focus 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All plants are _________ and contain cell walls made of ________, and are ________. | eukaryotic, cellulose, photosynthetic |
| Plants have a specialized waxy covering to prevent dessication called the ________. | cuticle |
| In most plants the dominant generation is the ________ generation. | sporophyte (diploid) |
| The __________ generation is an adaptation to damage (if one chromosome of a pair is mutated, the dominant allele of the 2nd can mask a recessive mutation). | sporophyte |
| (NV) Plant division bryophyte contains the ______, _______, and ______. | mosses, liverworts, hornworts |
| (NV) Plant division bryophyte don't contain ________, ______, or ______. | true stems, leaves, or roots |
| Bryophytes are generally small because... | they don't contain vascular systems to transport nutrients or water. |
| Vascular plants have ______ for water transport. | xylem |
| Vascular plants have ____ for food transport. | phloem |
| Vascular plants have _______, _______, and _________. | true leaves, stems, roots |
| There are ____ major groups of vascular plants. | 5 |
| Major groups of vascular plants: | Lycophyta, Sphenophyta, Pterophyta, Coniferophyta/Gymnosperms, Anthophyta/angiosperms |
| Another name for Lycophyta: | club mosses |
| Many Lycophyta are _____ (plants that live on other plants), and are generally ____ and _________. | epiphytes, small, herbaceous |
| Lycophyta are called club mosses because of their small club-shaped _____ which are spore containing cones. | strobili |
| Another name for Sphenophyta: | horsetails |
| Horsetails have tall, ridged stems that are jointed at _____. | nodes |
| Horsetails were used to scour pans in pioneer days because of their ______ content, which makes them tough. | silica |
| Horsetails have spores contained in ______. | strobili |
| Another name for Pterophyta | ferns |
| Ferns develop ____ (clusters of ______) on the underside of their leaves. | sore, sporangia |
| Sporangia develop spores through ______. | meiosis |
| Ferns are common in ______ enviroments. | moist |
| Coniferophyta means "___________" and Gymnosperms means "__________" (conifers). | cone bearing, naked seeds |
| Conifers, such as pine trees, have separate male and female ______. | cones |
| The seeds of conifers are produced in unprotected female cones after a ___-____ year fertilization process. | 1,3 |
| Another name for Anthophyta or angiosperms: | flowering plants |
| Flowering plants (the most successful and diverse plant group), contains ______ (one seed leaf) and ______ (2 seed leaves). | monocots, dicots |
| Flowering is a major advantage because it attracts _______. | pollinators |
| In flowering plants, _____ are protected inside of _______. | ovules, ovaries |
| Ovaries of flowering plants develop into ____ that can also promote seed dispersal by animals that eat it. | fruit |
| Byrophytes dominant generation is the __________ generation (haploid). | gametophyte |
| Byrophytes reproduction is a multi-stage process dependent on ________. | water |
| Male gametes are produced on gametangia called ___________. with _____ sperm that swim through water to the female gametangia called _______. | antheridia, flagellated, archegonia |
| A diploid zygote forms called a _______, which is supported by the gametophyte. | sporophyte |
| The sporophyte produces ______ spores that are spread by ____ and grow new gametophytes. | haploid, wind |
| Indian pipe plant: | doesn't use photosynthesis and obtains nutrients through roots |
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