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Plant biology
life cycles
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Undergraduate 3
12/13/2011

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Term
chemoautotrophs
Definition
synthisize inorganic compounds for energy as well as carbon dioxide
Term
zygotic meiosis
Definition
zygote is only 2n stage
seen in fungi and some algae
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gametic meiosis
Definition
gametes are only n stage
seen in most animals and some algae
Term
sporic meiosis (alternation of generation)
Definition
seen in all plants and most complex
meiosis produces spores whcih grow into haploid gametophytes, which produce gametes
zygote grows into diploid sporophyte, which produces spores by meiosis
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gametophyte
Definition
haploid and multicellular
produces gametes
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sporophyte
Definition
diploid and non sexual phase of the plant life cycle
and produces spores
Term
bryophytes
Definition
non vascular plants
mosses, liverworts, hornworts
the gametophyte (n) stage is dominant; and the sporophyte (2n) stage is reduced in size
Term
vascular plants
Definition
split into seed and seedless plants
the sporophyte stage is dominant and gametophyte is reduced in size ( seed/pollen)
Term
seedless plants
Definition
form spores not seeds to reproduce
need water for fertilization
ferns and fern allies
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seed plants
Definition
form seeds and pollen to reproduce sexually (no water )
split into gymnosperms and angiosperms
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gymnosperms
Definition
plants with naked seeds
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angiosperms
Definition
plants with flowers and fruits producing enclosed seeds
split into monocots and dicots
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gamtangium
Definition
the gamete vessel found in fungi algae bateria and in the gemetophyte of plants
Term
antheridium
Definition
male gametangium that produces sperm
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archegonium
Definition
female gametangium that produce eggs
Term
plant adaptations to life on land
Definition
spores
waxy cuticle to prevent water loss
stomata to prevent water loss
development of a vascular system
Term
cooksonia
Definition
earliest plant known as a fossil
no leaves or roots
Term
rhynia
Definition
old plant similar to cooksonia but larger
Term
lifecycle of a fern
Definition
1. sporangium releases spores which germinate and grow into a gemetephyte. the gemetephyte (1n) releases sperm and eggs out of archegonium. after fertilization a sporophyte (2n) starts to grow into a plant. the sori on the bottom of the leaves hold the sporangium which release gemetaphyte.
Term
fiddlehead
Definition
young leaves on ferns that are folled up and harvested as a vegetable
Term
psilotum
Definition
whisk fern
stems only
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equisetum
Definition
horsetail or scouring rush
Term
lycopodium
Definition
club moss or ground pine
has cones or strobili
Term
sporophyl
Definition
a leaf on a fern with a sporangium attached to it
Term
cone or strobilus
Definition
a sporophyllus clustered together on a stem
Term
selaginella
Definition
spike moss
shows important intermediate stages of evolution of seed
heterosporous with 2 types of spores
Term
megaspore
Definition
female spore
Term
megasporangium
Definition
female sporangium, producing megaspores
Term
megasporophyll
Definition
a leaf with a megasporangium on it
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megametaphyte
Definition
female gametophyte that develops from inside a megaspore
holds an egg inside archengonia
Term
microspore
Definition
produced in microsporangium and developes into a microgametophyte (male gametophyte)
Term
microsporangium
Definition
produces microspores
Term
microsporophyll
Definition
a leaf with a microsporangium on it
Term
microgametophyte
Definition
male gametophyte that develope inside a microspore
Term
seed
Definition
specialized reproductive structures made of a....
seed coat (2n)
embryo (2n)
nutrients
Term
embryo
Definition
a young sporophyte
Term
pollen grains are
Definition
microgametophytes
Term
pollen tube
Definition
passage from pollen grain to ovule
Term
gymnosperm (pinus) lifecycle
Definition
male cones produce pollen, female cones produce ovules which form seeds when fertilized, pollen tube grows to egg and fertilization occurs in 15 months after pollination, cone scales separate and release seeds
Term
angiosperms
Definition
arose 125 mya
largest / most dominant group of plants
Term
flower
Definition
is a shoot tip with 4 sets of modified leaves
Term
reveptacle
Definition
swollen shoot tip that holds floral parts
Term
sepals
Definition
1st and outermost set of modified leaves
Term
petals
Definition
2nd set of leaves attached inside sepals
Term
stamen
Definition
microsporophyll
3rd set of leaves
male part of flower with 2 parts
-filament and anther
Term
anther
Definition
microsporangium
which produces microspores and pollen
Term
carpel
Definition
megasporophyll
4th set of leaves
female part of flower with 3 parts
-stigma, style, and ovary
Term
stigma
Definition
pollen reception surface at tip
Term
style
Definition
elongated part
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ovary
Definition
swollen basal part containing ovules inside
Term
pistil
Definition
another name for female parts of a flower made of 1 or more carples
Term
angiosperm life cycle
Definition
pollen grain goes into the stigma, then tube cells form and sperm migrates to ovule, in ovule, megaspore developes into embryo sack with 7 cells and 8 nuclei, then egg is fertilized by one sperm, centeral cell is fertilized by second sperm to form a 3n endosperm.
Term
angiosperm microgametophyte
Definition
3 cells
tube cell
generative cell that divides into 2 sperm cells
Term
ebbryo sack
Definition
megagemetophyte
Term
endosperm
Definition
3n and tissue in seed
Term
yucca plant
Definition
pollinated by yucca moth
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