plant evolution parT1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 3 phyla of bryophytes | Bryophyta, Hepatophyta and Arthocesophyta |
| bryophyte | Moss-plant: non-vascular; small, SES; primitive Live in swamps, no roots, no flowers, no seeds no fruits, no stems, no leaves. |
| Phylum-Moss (bryophta) | look like shag carpet |
| Phylum-Liverwort (Hepatophyta) | look like liver |
| Phylum-Hornwort (Anthocerophyta) | look like liverwort with horns |
| SES Tracheophytes (tube plant) | vascular plants that evolved in Silurian ferns w/ no seeds, no fruits, no flowers reproduce by SES |
| Phylum- Psilotum (Psilophyta) | Simplest tracheophyle on Earth! UGLY slem w/ no roots ,no leaves, |
| Phylum-Club Mosses (Lycophyta) | many evtinct ones grew to the size of the trees |
| what is the photosynthesis organelle in eukaryotic cells called? | Chloroplasts |
| From what did Chloroplasts evolve? | Prokaryotes Cyanobacteria |
| What is the chemical reaction for photosynthesis? | CO2 + H2O ==> C6H12O6 + O2 |
| The oxygen gas in our atmosphere was part of what molecule before plants split it off in photosynthesis? | H2O |
| Plants make all their amino, nucleotides and vitamins from glucose produced in photosynthesis and what else? | P,K,N |
| What 3 elements are the main ingredients in fertilizer? | P,K,N |
| What phylum of algae is found in the deepest ocean | Red Algae |
| what phylum of algae is found in fresh water? | Green Algea- chlorophyta-green slime |
| What percentage of the earth's atmosphere oxygen is due to algea ? | 50-75% |
| what are agar, CARAGEENAN and sodium alginate? | products derived from seaweeds |
| what are the advantage does sexual reproduction have for algae when environment changes? | speed up evolution |
| what are the 3 phylaq of photosynthesis protists known as seaweed? | Green, Brown, Red |
| Name one filamentous fresh water Chorophyta? | chaetophoa or spirogyra |
| WHEN DID plantsfirst start living on land ?? | 430 MYA |
| the very first land palnts had what 3 problems? | Didn't not have supportof cellulose, SES reproduction, dissication |
| what present day plants resembles the earliest known land plants? | Psilotum |
| what 2 reproductive cells are are most susceptible to desiccation? | sperm, egg |
| Giant horsetails, Giant club mosses, and tree ferns dominated the: | Paleozoic |
| where do palebotanists find many of their specialmente? | road cuts |
| Psilotum, club mosses, horsetails and fern are: | SES Fracherphytes |
| what is main stage of bryophytes? | .. |
| what is main stage of tracheophytes? | sporophyte |
| what tissue aid the first land palnts intransporting water from the ground to the airborne part of the plant? | vascular tissue |
| what bryophyta makes makes up peat bogs? | Capsules |
| Whole bodies of human beings have been found preseved them?? | High acid , low oxygen, low PH ==> bacteria don't like this |
| what are 4 noteworthy items dealing with liverworts, hornworts, and mosses or leaves? | non-vascular, SES, need lots of water, 16,600 species |
| Do mosses have roots, stems or leaves, stems or leaves? | No |
| what are the 3 reason that green algea are thought b to be the ancestors of the land plant?? | ??? |
| All the bed rock in Ohio is from which Era? | Paleozoic |
| The seedless vascular plants were the the main terrestrial plant form what era? | Paleozoic |
| In which Era did ferns first evolve? | Paleozoic |
| Psilotum, club mosses, horsetails and ferns reproduce? | SES |
| horsetails have fedrtile shoots that have cone-like stuchtures (strobili) which contain: | Spores |
| Coal deposits are largely comosed of what 3 palnts phyla? | club mosses, horsetails and ferns |
| what 2 geologic period make up the carboniferous? | Mississippian, Pennsylvanian |
| the tallest fens in the world today are: | tree ferns |
| what are clusters of sporangia on the bottom of the fern leaves? | SPORM |
| what is the underground stem of a fern? | rhizome |
| what are fern leaves called? | fronds |
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