Biology - Mr. Willets
Questions-Plants
1) To be in the Plant Kingdom, an organism must be ______________________ with specialized ____________________. It must be able to make _________________ using the process of
_______________________ and its cells must have cell ___________made of _________________
2) To live on land, plants had to solve several problems, most of them associated with _______________
3) In water, how do the sperm usually get to the egg? ________________________
4) On land, support tissue would be needed to grow ________________ to get more _______________________
5) If a plant on land is going to grow tall, it needs __________________ tissue to transport food and ___________________ up and down the plant. Which type of vascular tissue transports water? _______________ Which type transports food? ______________________
6) To get water from the soil, a plant needs a good ____________________ system. This will also help to ________________ the plant in the soil so it can grow tall.
6) The simplest type of plants are the _________________. The biological name for these is
______________________________
7) Mosses did not solve the problems of living on land but avoided them by living where ________________________
8) The life cycle of mosses is called ___________________ of _________________________
The moss you are familiar with is the ___________________________ generation. It is called this because it produces _______________________. The offspring of this generation is called the
______________________ generation. It grows attached to the _______________________. It reproduces by making __________________. These then grow into another generation of gametophytes.
9) Vascular plants are called __________________________. They have specialized tissue for transporting __________________________________. They also have roots. Both of these characteristics allow these plants to be _______________
10) The vascular plants that do not produce seeds are the ___________. Their biological name is
_________________________ They still need water for the _________to swim to the _________
11) Fern leaves are called ______________________ The stem of ferns is located _______________
Baby fronds are called ___________________. The ancient ferns became the ____________ we use today.
12) The fern generation you see is the _________________________ Its offspring are small and on the ground. They must be where there is ________________ so that the sperm can _________
to the ___________ This small generation on the ground is called the ___________________________
13) Vascular plants that produce seeds are called _____________________________ (this word literally means ________________________________)
14) Sperm cells of seed plants can get to the egg without using______________. These "flying sperm cells" are really called __________________.
15) When the pollen fertilizes the egg in seed plants, the zygote becomes the _____________. This has three parts: the ___________________ plant, some stored ______________ and a seed __________
16) Gymnosperms produce pollen and eggs in ___________________. Most of these plants are what we call __________________________ or _________________________. An exception to this is a gymnosperm that has broad leaves and loses them in the fall- it is the ___________________ tree.
17) Angiosperms produce pollen and eggs in _____________________. When the seed develops, it is covered by the __________________.
18) The fruit of an angiosperm is designed to somehow _____________________ the seeds. Sweet tasting fruit attracts_______________________ The fruit of a maple tree is designed for _______________
What type of fruit sticks to animals (and your socks)? _________________
19) The word gymnosperm means _____________________________. The word angiosperm means
_____________________________ Bright good smelling flowers are designed to attract
_______________ to help spread the ____________. The plain type of flower relies on the _________
20) The two types of angiosperms are ____________________ and ___________________
21) Typical monocots have an appearance that is ______________ and ______________
Monocots have ____________________ veins in their leaves. Dicots have ______________ veins
Monocot flowers have parts in groups of _________ Dicot flower parts are in _____________________
Monocot stems have their vascular tissue arranged in a _________________ pattern. Dicot vascular tissue is arranged in a ___________________ pattern
Monocot seeds have one cotyledon (stored food). Dicot seeds can be easily split into __________ parts.
Draw the diagram shown in class with the various plant groups.