Biol110, test 5- tut. 31-36.txt

staminate and carpellate are the two types of ___________ flowers

A plant with carpellate flowers would only produce ______ and ___________

When one purchases a coconut, they are actually buying a seed, not a fruit. In fact, it is the largest known seed. Most of the coconut fruit is removed prior to selling. Given what you've now learned about seed development, which of the following best describes the bulk of what is eaten?

A tree trunk becomes wider and taller with each passing year. The growth in height that you observe is due to the shoot __________ _________.

photosynthesis, uptake of water, & vegtative reproduction are all functions of ____________

storage of nutrients, transport of nutrients & water, and physical support are all fuctions of _______

Pineapple leaves are unique so that they help capture ________, photosynthesize, and supply nutrients to the rest of the plant

A dioecious plant must have flowers that are ___________.

the stigma, style, and ovary are all that make up the ___________ of flowering plants

the carpel in flowering plants is made up of ___________ (3)

two fertilization events that take place in the _________ are called double fertilization

In flowering seeded plants, the seeds consist of an embryo (_n), endosperm (_n), and a seed coat that has (_n) tissue

sexual reproduction is a function of roots. (T/F?)
True False

________ are an eample of modified stem. such as potoatos are examples of these

vegetative reproduction does not involve seeds; it is reproduction by ___________

All flowering plants are homosporous, (i.e. they produce spores of one kind only) (true/false?)
True False

most plants follow a pattern of _____________ growth, while most animals have a pattern of determinate growth.

_________ contains the nutrients needed by the developing embryo in a seed; it is triploid

petals are gamete producing structures (T/F)?
True False

the male structure of the flower is called the __________; it contains the filament(support stem) and Anther (pollen producer)

The ______ is the pollen producing male structure of a flower

the male pollen must reach the female ________ for pollenation to occur

pollen produce the ______

a seed is composed of _______ parental tissue and new _______ sporophytic tissue

____________ are more closely related to angiosperms than any other nonflowering plants because they are the only gymnosperms to undergo a process known as double fertilization

In _____________, two sperm cells enter the ovule; one fertilizes the egg and the other fertilizes another cell within the ovary.

in a nonflowering pineseed, the embryo is ___________-, it is encased by haploid ____________, and the bulk of the structure is parental ____________

In seed plants, the ___________ generation is more reduced than in seedless plants

In seed plants, the microgametophyte is the _______________.

compared to flowering seed plants, nonflowering seeded plants lack ___________

In a pine tree, _____________ has occurred when the pollen grain enters the micropyle.

The pollen tube _____________________.

the mature pine tree (and fern) is a _____ophyte, while it goes through meiosis and mitosis, then the new developing pine tree(/fern) is called a ______________ophyte

micrgametophytes are male, while _________ are female. these female structures allow pollenation through an opening called ____________

a _____ is a fertilized mature ovule

______-- are slow growing and long lived perennials. They are dioecious (male + female)

_____ are monoecious OR dioecious.

seedless vascular plants THRIVED because of their vascularity; their advantage was ...

vascular tissue consists of _______ & ________

_________ is primarily the vascularture that transports water and minerals(nonliving cells) (roots up to stem & leaves)

___________ transports the sugars made during photosynthesis down to the roots for energy (leaves & stem to roots)

Vascular tissue gives support to plants. __________ is embedded in plant cell walls between the cellulose matrix, and it is a very stable molecule that does not break down easily. We are able to use wood in construction because of the strength that (this) provides

The leaf (frond) and antheridium are exemplary of alternation of generations in ferns because...

_________ produces spores! always!

sperm are produced in the male gametangium-- the "____________"

eggs are produced in the female gametangium, the "_________"

_________ are the root-like structures that function to anchor them to the surface they are growing on, however, they are not capable of water uptake

________ plants grow close to moisture and close to the ground. (moss)

___________ is made of lipids and due to their properties are solid and disallow water permeability, preventing disiccation (good for dry land area plants)

Modern land plants have much in common with the group of green algae called __________, and charophytes are the closest relatives of the plant kingdom.

the moss lifecycle: the dominant form is ___________ (_n); mitosis- _______ state(_n)-meiosis-mitosis to return to dominant state.

You are walking along a road and observe a plant growing near a puddle of water. The plant body is growing well above the ground, but you do not see any evidence of flower structures or seeds. Based on your observations and by the process of elimination, this plant could be a ________.

What major adaptation to life on land is lacking in mosses, distinguishing them as the most primitive group of plants?

Occupation of land was advantageous to plants because there was direct access to sunlight and herbivorous organisms were not yet well established. Which disadvantages had to be overcome by all plants for terrestrial occupation?

You are wading through a shallow marine area and come across a multicellular photosynthetic organism with a cellulosic cell wall, a waxy cuticle and stomata, but no vasculature. This organism should be classified as a(n) _______________.

Chloroplasts are functionally important in cells of the gametophytes of both angiosperms and gymnosperms? True or false?
True False

Gymnosperms differ from both extinct and extant(existing) ferns because they have

Which of the following is a structure of angiosperm gametophytes? ovaries, pollen tubes, sepals, immature ovaries, or stamens?

In most fungi, karyogamy does not immediately follow plasmogamy, which consequently results in heterokaryotic or ___________ cells

The multicellular condition of animals and fungi seems to have arisen by _______________

The ascomycetes get their name from which aspect of their life cycle?

Fungi have unique life cycles. A fungi that has two parental nuclei in one cell is referred to as a ___________.

__________ are thought to be the ancestral group of fungi, even though they have flagella

Common bread molds thrive in a warm, moist breadbox. They survive by producing ____________ to reproduce

a mycorrhizae can best be descrived as a _________ between fungus and a plant root

the fusion of two nuclei is called _________

th fusion of cytoplasms is called __________

What is the correct order of nuclear/cytoplasmic events during the sexual reproductive life cycle of a zygomycete? -------------- karyogomy, plasmogomy, meiosis?

fungi DO NOT photosynthesize anything? True or false?
True False

What kind of a relationship do the deciduous trees share with fungi?

fungi are mostly nonmotile, so what adaptive feature allows them to be such sucessful decomposers, pathogens, and symbionts?

Why is meiosis/sexual recombination not essential for the survival of an ascomycete?

Why does an ascus contain eight ascospores after meiosis (which usually results in the production of four)?

A mushroom that you are likely to see in a forest or at the grocery store is a _________