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plants and their environment and build

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The first habitat for plants on earth was _____   protists  
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Which algal group is most related to early land plants?   green algae  
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List 5 similarities between algae and terrestrial plants   a. chlorophyll a and b b. choloroplats with stacks of thylakoids c. starch in plastids d. cellulose in cell wall e. go through alteration of generations life cycle  
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List 5 helpful adaptations aquatic plants have by being surrounded by water   a. don't dry out b. sperm swims to egg c. water supports plant d. plants sty in upper surface near light e. absorb nutrients from the H2O  
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Plant adaptations to land need minerals gravity increase in height to get light adaptations for drier environment reproduction   Roots absorb H2O and minerals Lignin and cellulose in cell walls vascular transport system waxy cuticle and stomata with guard cells pollen containing sperm  
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All plants are _____   muticellular  
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Plants can make their own food by a process called_______   photosynthesis  
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Since plants make their own food they are called   autotrophic  
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Plants contain what type of chlorophyll?   A and B  
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Where is chlorophyll located in plants   in photosynthetic thylakoid membranes  
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What surrounds the outside of all plant cells and what is it composed of?   cellulose ( polysaccharides made of glucose)  
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How do plants store their reserve food?   stores reserve food as amylose (starch)  
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The life cycle of plants is known as ________ of _______   alteration of generation  
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The dominant stage of the plant is the diploid (2n) ______ stage   sporophyte  
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The eggs and sperm are produced during the haploid (1n) _____   gametophyte  
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The gametophyte stage produces a multicellular plant _____ that is protected inside and _____ _____   embryo... egg sac  
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The sporophyte stage produces ____ by meiosis   haploid spores by meiosis  
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Haploid spores undergo ____ to produce the _____ stage   mitosis, gametophyte  
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The gametophyte stage makes ____ called the _____ and _____   gametes egg and sperm  
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Plants are divided into ____ groups based on the presence or absence of an _____ ______ _____ for carrying water and dissolved _____   2, internal transport system, materials  
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What is the transport system for water and minerals called?   vascular system  
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______ plants lack vascular tissue and are called ______   nonvascular, bryophyte  
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In what type of environment must nonvascular plants live?   moist environment  
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Give an example of a bryophyte   mosses, hornworts  
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Nonvascular plants can't grow as tall as vascular plants. Explain why.   Non stem system... has to be low enough in water for sperm to swim to eggs  
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The cells of nonvascular plants must be in _____ contact with water because water moves by _____ from cell to cell   direct, diffusion  
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How does the sperm get to the egg in nonvascular plants   swims to egg through water droplets  
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Vascular plants are also called ______   tracheophytes  
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What are the 2 subdivisions of vascular plants?   Seedless and seed bearing  
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Name 4 divisions of seedless vascular plants   club moss, horsetails, whisk ferns, ferns  
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Name the 2 groups of seed-bearing vascualr plants   gymnosperm and angiosperm  
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Gymnosperms have _____ seeds found inside cones.   unprotected  
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Angiosperms have ____ to attract ____ so seeds can be produced   flowers.... pollinators  
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name the division known as conifers and tell several plants in this group   pine, cedar, spruce, fir  
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Name 2 other divisons of gymnosperms and tell a plant in each group   Cycads, Ginko  
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Name the oldest living plant   Bristle Cone Pine  
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Name the tallest living plant   Sequoia  
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What group are these 2 plants   gymnosperm  
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Angiosperms are called _____ plants   flowering  
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How are seeds formed in angiosperms?   Flower makes male and female seeds  
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Where is the ovary found?   within the flower  
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Name the male and female parts of a flower.   Stamen and ovaries  
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How are fruits formed?   Produced from ripened ovaries  
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Angiosperms are the division   Anthophyta  
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What are the 2 subgroups of anthophyta   monocots and dicots  
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Describe the characteristics of monocots   Flower petals in mutiples of 3 Parallel venation, single seed cotyledon shoot (one leaf)  
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Describe the characteristics of dicots   Flower petals in multiples of 4 or 5, net venation 2 seed cotyledons (shoots)  
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What are some importance of the gymnosperms   provide food and habitat for wildlife, forests prevent erosion, reduce greenhouse gases, lumber for wood and paper and furniture and ornamental plants  
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What are the dominant plants on the Earth today?   angiosperms  
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How many species have been identified?   260,000 species  
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The male part of the flower is the ______   stamen  
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What do the stamens produce?   Sperm (pollen)  
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The female part of the flower is called the pistil or _____   ovary carpel  
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What does the ovary produce?   egg ovules  
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Where do the pollen grains land on the carpel   stigma  
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What two parts of the flower are not a direct part of reproduction?   sepals... outermost whorl of leaf-like bracts Petals.... inner whorl of leaf-like bracts  
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What do we mean by double fertilization?   Pollen lands on stigma and grows on a pollen tube to travel to ovary 2 sperm nuclei, one fertilizes egg, or helps endosperm  
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One sperm cell fertilizes the ___ to make the seed.   egg  
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What happens to the other sperm cell?   helps form endosperm  
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What is the endosperm?   food for the embryo (seed)  
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How are the roots of a monocot and dicot different?   monocot has fibrious root dicot has tap  
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how are the stems of monocots and dicots different?   monocots dont have wood dicots might or might not  
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What is the main function of leaves in a plant?   Captures the sun's energy for photosynthesis  
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Name the five main parts of a leaf.   upper surface cells cholorplasts veins with xylem and phloem under side surface area stomata  
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