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What does eukaryotic mean?
What type of sugar is with in the cell wall?
a cell that contains a nucleus
cellulose
What is the term when egg and sperm fuse together and produce a zygote?
Fertilization
1st land plant was known as ?
Ancestors of land plants were water dwelling organisms similar to ________
Cooksonia
green algae
What were the first GROUP of land plants?
BRYOPHYTES
What is the transfer of pollen from the male to female reproductive structure?
pollination
Complete the following statement: Gymnosperms bear their seed in ______ and Angiosperms bear their seeds in __________.
cones; flowers
3 characteristics all plants have
eukaryotic
cells walls
carry out photosynthesis
_______ provide food and protection from drying out the developing embryos.
Seeds
What are carried to the female reproductive structure by wind or animals like bees?
pollen grain
Monocots mean ______ seed leaf and Dicots mean ______ seed leaves
one; two
What type of plants are made primarily of cells with thick walls that support the plant body?
woody
water conducting tissue
What is the outermost portion of the flower called?
sepals
What is a seedless plant that grows close to the ground and have a waxy coating?
mosses
What is a single or several fused carpels?
xylem ; phloem
What are hollow tubelike cells with thick cell walls that are strengthened by lignin?
tracheids
What are 4 things plants depend on?
sunlight, gas exchange, water, and minerals
______________ is a spore producing plant and ______________ is a gamete producing plant.
sporophyte; gametophyte
What are the most common types of tracheophytes
ferns
What is the difference in annuals, biennials, and perennials?
annual- life cycle through one growing season
biennials- life cycle in two seasons
perennials-- grow back year after year
What are the large leaves of the ferns?
What is the underground stem of ferns called?
fronds
rhizomes
What is the male part of the flower? ________
What is the stalk portion of the flower? _______
What is the tip of the filament? ____________
stamens; filament; anther
What is the difference in a style and stigma?
What is the female part of a flower?
style-- stalk of the carpel
stigma-- top part of the style
carpel
Name 3 of the 5 characteristics of monocots and dicots.
monocots: single cotyledons, parallel veins in leaves, has floral parts in multiples of 3, contains vascular bundles scattered about the stem, fibrous roots-- branch out.
dicots: two cotyledons, branched out veins, floral parts in 4's or 5's, has a tap root, vascular bundles arranged in a ring