Plant Evolution & Adaptations
These are the common characteristics shared by plants and some algae.
What is chlorophyll, cell walls made of cellulose, and photosynthesis?
These plants, such as mosses, have a dominant gametophyte stage in their life cycle.
What are bryophytes?
These vascular tissues transport water, nutrients, and food throughout the plant.
What are xylem and phloem?
This phylum includes mosses, a group of bryophytes with tiny leaves and gametophyte dominance.
What is the Bryophyta?
This type of ______ is significant for its role in carbon sequestration in peatlands.
What is moss?
This group of algae is considered the closest living relatives of land plants.
What are charophytes?
In bryophytes, this is required for reproduction because sperm need water to reach eggs.
What is water?
DAILY DOUBLE!! These vascular plants have the ability to grow taller due to the development of vascular tissue.
What are living vascular plants?
DAILY DOUBLE!! This phylum of bryophytes is known for its liver-shaped gametophyte.
What is the Marchantiophyta?
This advent of vascular tissue allowed plants to access resources from a greater height and spread more widely.
What is the ability to grow taller?
This key adaptation allows plants to conserve water and survive on land.
What is the cuticle?
This type of vascular plant has a dominant sporophyte stage in its life cycle.
What are seedless vascular plants?
This is the main function of roots in vascular plants.
What is anchoring the plant and absorbing water and nutrients?
This group of seedless vascular plants has sori that produce spores.
What are ferns?
These are the main challenges land plants face that aquatic plants do not.
What are water conservation, support for upright growth, and reproduction without water?
This adaptation helps plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, crucial for photosynthesis.
What are stomata?
This type of spore production involves the production of both male and female spores.
What is heterosporous?
The ability of vascular plants to grow taller gave rise to these types of structures.
What are leaves and stems?
These vascular plants are characterized by the presence of strobili, which produce spores.
What are lycophytes?
These environments are crucial for storing carbon, especially in the context of climate change.
What are peatlands?
DAILY DOUBLE!! These symbiotic relationships helped plants obtain nutrients from the soil as they adapted to land environments.
What are mycorrhizae?
These structures in seedless vascular plants are responsible for holding spores.
What are sporangia?
These are the types of leaves found in seedless vascular plants and differ in size and structure.
What are microphylls and megaphylls?
This group of vascular plants, which includes horsetails, is known for its jointed stems.
What are sphenophytes?
The need for conservation of plant diversity is important for maintaining these two essential elements in ecosystems.
What are biodiversity and ecosystem stability?