Review of Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants

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  1. 3. Charophyte is another name for __________ algae
  2. 7. in vascular plants, conducts most of the water and minerals.
  3. 8. and land plants both have a __________, a group of microtubules that give rise to a new cell wall.
  4. 10. is a living tissue in which nutrient-conducting cells are arranged into tubes that distribute sugars, amino acids, and other organic products.
  5. 12. an embryo packaged with a supply of nutrients within a protective coat.
  6. 14. are the source of oxygen and the ultimate provider of food for land animals.
  7. 15. __________ tissue occurs when cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body.
  8. 18. share four distinctive traits with land plants.
  9. 19. The xylem of all vascular plants includes __________, tube-shaped cells that carry water and minerals up from roots.
  10. 22. In moss, produces spores by meiosis. One can generate up to 50 million spores.
  11. 23. multicellular organs found on the sporophyte and produce spores.
  12. 24. the multicellular, dependent embryo of land plants
  13. 25. epidermis layer that acts as waterproofing
  14. 27. called “naked seed” plants because their seeds are not enclosed in chambers.
  15. 29. organs that anchor vascular plants and enable them to absorb water and nutrients from the soil, and allow the shoot system to grow taller.
  16. 31. create habitats for other organisms by stabilizing soil.
  17. 32. the diploid multicellular body form
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  1. 1. __________ of water if a challenges for plants living on land.
  2. 2. A male gametangium, called __________, produce and release sperm into the environment.
  3. 4. organs that increase the surface area of vascular plants to capture light.
  4. 5. in alternation of __________ two multicellular adult body forms alternate.
  5. 6. embedded in the moss archegonium, absorbs nutrients from the parent gametophyte.
  6. 9. embryos develop inside chambers called ovaries, which originate within flowers and mature into seeds.
  7. 11. and other nonvascular plants have life cycles dominated by gametophytes.
  8. 13. Charophytes and land plants both have __________ sperm
  9. 16. Plants sustain continual growth in length by repeated cell division within the __________ meristems
  10. 17. In bryophytes, haploid gametophytes are the largest and most conspicuous phase of the life __________.
  11. 20. A female gametangium, called an __________, produces a single egg
  12. 21. a reproductive cell that can develop into a new organism without fusing with another cell.
  13. 26. an informal name for nonvascular plants
  14. 28. Bryophytes are best able to reproduce sexually in __________ habitats with abundant gametophytes.
  15. 29. Gametophytes are anchored by delicate __________, which are long, tubular single cells (in liverworts and hornworts) or filaments of cells (in mosses).
  16. 30. the haploid multicellular body form