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botany test 2
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
03/07/2011

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Bryophyte sex organs
Definition
antheridia (males) Archegonia (female)
Term
Bryophyte vascular tissue
Definition
no vascular tissue, therefore restricted to wet areas
Term
what to bryophytes rely on?
Definition
capilary action, diffusion, cytoplasmic streaming
Term
________ for anchorage, not __________
Definition
Rhizoids, absorption
Term
Hepaticophyta are...
Definition
Liverworts
Term
liverworts reproduce asexually via ________
Definition
gemmae cups
Term
male hepaticophyta are
Definition
anteridiophores
Term
female hepaticophyta
Definition
archegoniophores
Term
sporophytes of liverworts are
Definition
elators
Term
where do mosses or bryophyta grow?
Definition
shaded side of tree
Term
Psilotophyta (6)
Definition
whisk ferns
sporangia are three lobbed
no difference between root and shoot
dichotomous branching
motile sperm
sporophyte dominates
Term
Lycophyta
Definition
Club mosses
motile sperm
sporophyte dominates
spores produced in strobili
Term
lycopodium
Definition
ground pine
Term
selaginella in phylum lycophyta
Definition
spike moss
Term
carboniferous forest
Lycophyta
Definition
calanites
lepidodendron
Term
phylum equisetophyta
Definition
horsetails
Term
genus equisetum
Definition
motile sperm
spores produced in strobili
Term
phylum polypodiophyta (5)
Definition
ferns
11,000 spc
motile sperm
sporophyte dominates
separate gametophyte stage
Term
leaves of fern
Definition
frond
Term
frond divided into _______ and _______
Definition
pinnak and pinnules
Term
top of fern is..
Definition
adaxial leaf
Term
underneath fern is called...
Definition
abaxial
Term
spores of fern are...
Definition
dust like
Term
central midrib of fern is called
Definition
rachis
Term
sporangia of fern may be found...
Definition
on separate fertile fronds
Term
when egg and sperm unite in fertilization what is the result?
Definition
zygote
Term
sporangia of fern is protected by what?
Definition
indusium
Term
node
Definition
knots where leaves form
Term
apical bud
Definition
top forming bud
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lateral bud
Definition
forms under leaves on the node
Term
petiole
Definition
where the stem is
Term
tissues of plants are either _____ or _____
Definition
simple or complex
Term
three ways to classify plant
Definition
amount of wood
duration of life
growth form
Term
woody
Definition
deciduous
evergreen
Term
herbaceous
Definition
annual (one year lifecycle)
Biennial (2 year lifecycle)
Perennial (like the hastas in our front yard, come back every year)
Term
growth form
Definition
caulescent
acaulescent (cosette of leaves)
Term
plant tissue types
Definition
dermal, fundamental, vascular
Term
dermail
Definition
dermal, epidermis, periderm
Term
fundamental
Definition
parenchyma
collenchyma
sclerenchyma
Term
sclerenchyma
Definition
fibers
sclerids
Term
vascular
Definition
xylem
phloem
Term
epidermis function
Definition
protection, aeration, restrict transpiration
Term
pore=
Definition
stomate, stomata
Term
periderm
Definition
bark, cork
phelloderm
Term
cork tissue
Definition
phellem
Term
cork cambium
Definition
phellogen
Term
lenticel
Definition
let gasses in and out
Term
parenchyma
Definition
lots of hexagons
living at maturity
primary cell wall only
Term
parenchyma function
Definition
photosythesis
storage
wound healing
orihin of adventitous structures
Term
parenchyma occurs
Definition
cortex of stem and root
leaf mesophyll
vertical strands and rays in vascular tissue
Term
Collenchyma structure
Definition
elongated
unevenly thickened primary walls
living at maturity
Term
collenchyma function
Definition
support younger of growing organs
Term
collenchyma occurs
Definition
near surface of cortex in stems and petioles
along veins of foliage leaves
Term
sclerenchyma structures
Definition
thickened secondary walls which contain lignin
dead at maturity
Term
sclerenchyma function
Definition
strengthening of mature plant parts
Term
sclerenchyma types
Definition
fibers- long and slender form strands
sclerids- variables shape, stone cells in pears
Term
Xylem
Definition
complex tissue
function- water conduction, storage, support
Term
phloem function
Definition
function- conduction and storage of food, support complex tissue
Term
female cycad cone
Definition
strobilus cone
bract- woody leaf
naked seed
Term
gymnosperms
Definition
seeds are exposed on woody bracts (sporophylls)
which are spirally arranged on a strobilus (cone)
Term
male cones
Definition
microstrobili produce pollen
non-motile sperm
Term
female cones
Definition
megastrobili- produce eggs
Term
seed...
Definition
embryonic plant+nutritive tissue
Term
advantages to seeds opposed to spores
Definition
-protective seed coat (comes from integument of ovule)
-predeveloped embryonic plant in a state of suspended animation (dormancy)
-endosperm provides temporary food source to germinating embryo
Term
female gametophyte
Definition
is parasitic inside the ovule
Term
inside of tree
Definition
zylum
Term
phylum pinophtya
Definition
conifers
Term
phylum ginkgophyta
Definition
ginkgo
Term
phylum cycadophyta
Definition
cycads
Term
phylum gnetophyta
Definition
welwitschia, gnetum
Term
angiosperm
angion=vessel
sperm=seed
Definition
-seeds are contained in carpels-- a vessel derived oringinally from an inrolled leaf
-carpels may fuse to form pistils (stigma, sty, ovary)
-seeds develop from ovules in the ovary
Term
a rippend ovary is a ______
Definition
fruit
Term
Characteristics of angiosperms
Definition
ancestors are seed ferns
-seed forming
-non-motile sperm
- flowering plants co-evolved with insects because of thier need for a pollinating vector
Term
oldest angiosperm fossils
Definition
142 mya, 125 mya
Term
angiosperm phylum
Definition
magnoliopsida (dicots)
2 groups within dicots
Term
monocots
Definition
multiples of 3s
parallel leaf veins
vascular bundles throughout stems ground tissue
Term
dicots
Definition
two cotyledons
-floral parts in 4's and 5's
-netted leaf veins
-stems vascular bundles arranged in a circle
Term
petals
Definition
corolla
Term
pistils
Definition
gynoecium
Term
stamen
Definition
androecium
Term
sepals
Definition
calyx
Term
Primitive flowers
Definition
-radial symmetry
-many parts
-non-fused parts
-spiral arrangement
- superior ovary
Term
advanced flowers
Definition
-bilateral symmetry
-fewer parts
-fused parts
-whoral arrangement
-inferior ovary
Term
Complete
Definition
All whorls (floral organs) are present
Term
incomplete
Definition
one or more floral organs are absent
Term
asepalous, apetalous
Definition
without sepals and petals
Term
dogwoods are...
Definition
apetalous flowers ("petals" are actually bracts")
Term
apetalous and asepalous flowers
Definition
cimicifuga
Term
perfect
Definition
contains both male and female parts
Term
imperfect
Definition
contains parts of only one sex
Term
pistillate
Definition
female flower
Term
staminate
Definition
male flower
Term
staminate flower
Definition
flower of begonia
Term
pistillate flower
Definition
carpellate
Term
monoecious
Definition
unisexual flowers of both sexes present on the same plant
ex- corn with tassle(male) and ear(female)
-oak with male catkins and female flower(acorn)
Term
dioecious
Definition
unisexual flowers on separate plants (staminate plant and pistillate plant)
ex- willow, cottonwood, holly
Term
Polygamous
Definition
plant has both imperfect and perfect flowers on the same plant
ex-some maples, rhubarb
Term
hypogynous
Definition
ovary above (superior)
Term
perigynous
Definition
around the gynoecium, still considered superior, sepals petals stamen attached to the rim of the cup like structure
Term
epigynous
Definition
inferior, ovary is below sepals, etc
Term
petals fuse
Definition
corolla tube
Term
sepals fuse
Definition
calya tube
Term
carpels fuse
Definition
compound pistils
Term
syncarpous
Definition
joined
Term
apocarpous
Definition
free
Term
stamen and filaments fused to petals
Definition
epipetalous
Term
sepals, petals, and filaments fuse
Definition
hypanthium
Term
no fusion among or between whorls
Definition
poly
apo
Term
actinomorphic
Definition
radial
Term
zygomorphic
Definition
bilateral
Term
Basal
Definition
attach to bottom, usually three
Term
axile
Definition
attach to center, (peace sign)
Term
parietal
Definition
attach at the side
Term
locule
Definition
pumpkin seeds
Term
free central
Definition
ONLY in center
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