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| what is the hierarchical classification? |
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domain
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species |
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| the study of branching characteristics |
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| loose term for anything photosynthetic |
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| what are the 3 big characteristics of "plants"? |
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photosynthesis
cell wall
chloroplasts |
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| what are the 3 phyla in kingdom Protista? |
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Rhodophyta (red algae)
Chlorophyta (green algae)
Pheophyta (brown algae) |
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| what environment do Rhodophyta live in? |
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| what is the only "plant" to use an energy storage besides starch, and what is that storage called? |
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Division (phyla) Phaeophyta
uses lammarin and mannitol |
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| what kind of light does Rhodophyta absorb and why? |
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| blue/green spectrum, it has a higher energy level |
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| what environment does phyla Rhodophyta live in? |
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| what is the most economically beneficial algae? |
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Rhodophyta
makeup, toothpaste, sushi, cheese, agar, carageenan (ice cream thickening agent) |
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| dangerous amount of rhodophyta that deoxygenates the water |
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| what environment does pheophyta live in? |
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| genus for seaweed/brown algae |
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| what are the 4 parts of kelp? |
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| holdfast, stype, blade, and floats |
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| why are floats important to kelp? |
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| It keeps them near the surface so they can do more photosynthesis |
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| what kind of algae has a cell wall component and what is it composed of? |
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pheophyta
cellulose and alginic acids |
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| what is special about alginic acids? |
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| what's the real story behind the Bermuda triangle? |
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| the brown algae stuck to the boats and sunk them |
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| what is the latin word for green? |
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| is chorophyta unicellular or multicellular |
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| what is the group that gave rise to plants? (and phyla) |
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| what is a mutualistic relation chlorophyta has? |
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clorophyta and a turtle
chlorophyta goes to the surface for photosynthesis and turtle looks like a rock |
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| what kind of algae did we look at under the microscope? |
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| Ulothrix - genus of chlorophyta, unicellular and spiral shaped |
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| are all plants multicellular? |
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| what makes something a "lower plant"? |
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| no seeds, have flagellated sperm (must be in moist environment) |
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| what are the 3 big groups of lower plants? |
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mosses (bryophytes)
ferns/horsetails(Pteridophytes)
club mosses (Lycophyta) |
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| what is the "sponge of the plants"? |
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| what do bryophyta not have? |
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| seeds, stems, leaves, vascular tissue, roots |
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| why don't bryophyta have a cuticle? |
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| they must live in a moist environment |
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| what do xylem and phloem transport? |
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xylem is water
phloem is minerals |
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| what is interesting about xylem tubes? (2 things) |
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| very large because of such need for water, actually dead cells |
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| what gives xylem structural support? |
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| what do xylem cells stain so red? |
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| what are 2 examples of plants in division Pterophyta? |
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| horsetails (live by streams) and ferns |
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| what is the largest/dominant group of seedless vascular plants? what environment? |
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| how do dormant seeds know when to grow? |
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| signals from water and hormones |
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| what cells inside of seed break down starch into monomers? |
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| what makes seed plants able to live in more environments? |
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| no flagellated sperm, so no need for water to reproduce |
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| what kind of plant has "naked seeds"? |
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| what is the first seed plant? |
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| what kind of plant did the Mesozoic climate allow the evolution of? |
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| what are examples of gymnosperms? |
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| gingko trees, pines, bald cypress, cycads |
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| what division are cone bearing plants in? |
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| what kind of cones are usually on the same plant? |
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| how many species are in division gingkophyta? |
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| what is special about gingkoes? |
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| leaves are fan shaped, females produce seeds with thick fleshy coat and smell in the spring |
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| what do people wrongly say about gingkoes? what do people rightly say about them? |
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it improves memory
it is a vaso dilator (sends more blood to the brain) |
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| what is the division of flowering plants? |
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| what division has "covered seeds"? |
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| what does monoecious mean? |
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| both male and female parts on the same flower |
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| what 3 things count for the success of anthophyta? |
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seed covering
double fertilization
animal fertilized |
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