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Multicellular Eukaryotes
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2014

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Term
Colonial organisms
Definition
First step toward multicellularity
Multiple cells but not differentiated
Term
Multicellular
Definition
More than one cell type
Term
1360-635 mya
Definition
First multicellular organisms appeared ____
Term
500 mya
Definition
First terrestrial multicellular organisms appeared ____
Term

Alternation of generations

Spores

Apical meristems

Plasmadesmata

Definition
Features only in land plants
Term
Vascular tissue
Definition
Cells specialized for transport of fluids allowed increase in stature
Term
Leaf
Definition
Specialized organ for photosynthesis
Term
Roots
Definition
Organ for uptake of water
Term
Seeds
Definition

Next generation dispersed with food

Dormant

Term
Flowers
Definition

Pollinators enable wide crossing

Increases diversity

Reproductive organs of angiosperm

Term
Sporophyte
Definition

Produces cells that undergo meiosis

 

Term
Spores
Definition
Products of meiosis
Term
Gametophyte
Definition
Produces gametes
Term

Mosses

Liverworts

Hornworts

Definition
Nonvascular plants
Term
gametophytes
Definition
Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts are dominant ____.
Term
Tracheids
Definition

Cells that conduct water over long distances

Provide structural support against gravity

Vascular plants

Term
sporophytes
Definition
Vascular plants are dominant ____
Term
Rhizoid
Definition
Simple hair-like protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes, Rhodophyta and pteridophytes
Term
Microphylls
Definition

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Flattened, sterile sporangia

Term
Megaphyll
Definition

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Fusions of side branches

True leaves

Term
Lycophyte
Definition

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Has microphylls only

Dichotomous branching

No seeds

Primary parent material for coal

Term

Horsetail

 

Definition

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Unbranched stem

Small leaves in whorl

Term
fern
Definition
A horsetail is a type of ____
Term
Whisk fern
Definition

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No leaves

No roots

Dichotomous branching

Term
Fern
Definition

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Has true leaves and roots

Both gametophyte and sporophyte are green

Term
Gymnosperms
Definition
Seeds from cones (not flowers)
Term
Cycad; gymnosperm
Definition

 

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Type: _____

Term

Gingko; gymnospore

 

Definition
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Term
Conifer; gymnosperm
Definition
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Term
Angiosperm
Definition
Produces seeds in ovary
Term
one
Definition
Monocot has ____ seed(s)
Term
two
Definition
Dicots have ____ seed(s)
Term
Monocot
Definition

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____ leaf

Veins usually parallel

Term
Dicot
Definition

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____ leaf

Veins usually netlike

Term
Monocot stem
Definition
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Term
Eudicot stem
Definition
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Term
fibrous
Definition
The root system of monocots is _____
Term
taproot
Definition
Dicots usually have a ____ in its root system
Term
Monocot
Definition

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Floral parts in multiples of three

Term
Dicot
Definition

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Flowers in multiples of four or five

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