Vascular Plants
What type of plant directly translates to "Naked Seed"?
Gymnosperm
Non-vascular plants are commonly sporophyte-dominant or gametophyte-dominant plants?
Gametophyte-dominant
Surface Area
Early Diversitification form algal ancestors gave rise to seedless, non-vascular plants?
Bryophytes
What is the result of fertilization?
Zygote
What type of plant blooms flower and develops fruits?
Angiosperm
What do non-vascular plants need for fertilization?
Water
What is the plant covered in that prevents water loss?
What extinct group of green algae gave rise to land plants?
Charophytes
Haploid gametophytes produce gametes through what process?
Mitosis
Ferns and Mosses depend on what for fertilization?
Water
2. True Roots
3. Leaves
Phloem
What were the first vascular seeded plants?
Spermatophytes
Sporophyte plants produce spores through what process?
Meiosis
What group of vascular seeded plants are heterosporous?
Gymnosperms
What is an example of a non-vascular plant?
Mosses, liverworts, or hornworts.
What type of tissue covers leaves, stems, and roots and consists of thin layer of cells and secretes waxy cuticle to protect?
Dermal Tissue
What provides the ability for plants to grow taller versus wider?
Lignified tissue (xylem and phloem).
What does the zygote eventually become after the gametophyte generation?
A Sporophyte
What seedless vascular plant has simple leaves (microphylls)?
Lycopodiophytes OR Club Mosses
Non-vascular plants resemble other land plants in that they have ______ and _______ retained on the parent plant?
apical meristems
embryos
What plant organ is a NET producer of sugar?
Sugar Source
These four things were crucial to the ability to reproduce without water.
Spores, Pollen, Seeds, Fruits.
What do sporophyte spores germinate into?
Gametophytes