Origin and Evolution of Plants
Characteristics of Plants
Classifying Plants
Vocab Check!
Miscellanious
100
If we looked back to the first plants that lived on land they could probably only survive in these areas.
What is damp?
100
Plants are protected and supported by _______, which is a waxy, protective layer that slows loss of water.
What is a Cuticle?
100
The plant kingdom is classified into major groups called these, similar to the phylum in other kingdoms.
What is Division?
100
__________ makes plants green and it is located in a cell structure called a ___________
What is Chlorophyll and Chloroplast?
100
Scientists group plants into 2 groups called....
What are Vascular and Nonvascular
200
Plants usually __________ before they become fossilized.
What is decay?
200
Through these processes that happen naturally overtime, plants developed the structures they need to distribute water, nutrients and food to all their cells.
What are Adaptations?
200
__________plants have tube like structures that carry water, nutrients and other substances throughout the plant, so they usually grow big and tall!
What are Vascular?
200
Define cellulose in plants. (where is it found and what is the function)
What is a chemical compound found in the cell wall that plants can make out of sugar to help provide structure and support.
200
Name one way you can connect this chapter to Islam (morals, beliefs, etc).
(various answers okay)
300
The evolution of plants that live on land contributed to our atmosphere by increasing this element.
What is oxygen?
300
Cell walls in plants contain this, which is a chemical compound that plants can make out of sugar.
What is Cellulose?
300
This Swedish botanist created the binomial nomenclature system which helped to classify plants.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
300
This is the waxy, protective layer secreted by cells onto the surface of the plant to reduce loss of water.
What is Cuticle?
300
Name 3 regions where you can find plants.
various answers okay
400
The oldest fossil plants are about this many years old!
What is 420 million years old?
400
Long chains of cellulose molecules which form tangled fibers in plant cell walls provide these two things for a plant.
What are structure and support?
400
These type of plants will most likely grow near water or moist lands, do not have stems and leaves and will usually be smaller in size.
What are Nonvascular plants?
400
Under this system, every plant is given a unique name like, "Chrysanthemum maximum"
What is Binomial Nomenclature
400
Fossil records for plants and animals differ because most animals have ______ that can fossilize and plants do not, and thus decay before fossilization.
What are bones?
500
These are pigments used for photosynthesis that are still found in the green algae cells we have today.
What are Carotenoids?
500
In order for plants to survive on land they have to make changes to their reproduction. Name one of these adaptations to reproduction (two are mentioned).
What are water-resistant spores or water-resistant seeds.
500
Plants like Sunflowers are these type of plants, which have structures to provide nutrients or water.
What are Vascular plants?
500
The difference between Vascular and Nonvascular plants is.....
What is Vascular plants have tubelike structures that carry water, nutrients and other substances throughout the plant but Nonvascular plants do not, so they use other ways to move water and substances.
500
As a Muslim,why do you think we need plants in the world?
various answers okay