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1 | | List three characteristics shared by all plants. |
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2 | | Which generation in the plant life cycle is haploid and which is diploid? |
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3 | | What reproductive cells do sporophytes produce? Are these structures haploid or diploid? |
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4 | | What reproductive cells do gametophytes produce? Are these structures haploid or diploid? |
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5 | | Why are green algae considered to be the ancestors of plants? |
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6 | | How does the significance of the sporophyte generation change with the evolution of advanced plants? |
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7 | | What sex cells are associated with antheridia? Archegonia? |
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8 | | List three characteristics shared by nonvascular plants. |
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9 | | What are the three major kinds of nonvascular plants? |
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10 | | What are the two kinds of vascular tissue, and what do they do? |
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11 | | Describe two ways the structure of each of the following is related to its function: roots, stems, and leaves. |
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12 | | List three ways that vascular seedless plants differ from nonvascular plants. |
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13 | | What kinds of vascular plants do not produce seeds? |
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14 | | Describe the life cycle of a fern. |
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15 | | How is a seed different from pollen, and how do both of these differ from a spore? |
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16 | | Describe how wind- and insect-pollinated flowers differ. |
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17 | | Describe the major kinds of gymnosperms. |
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18 | | Describe how monocots and dicots differ. |
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19 | | Describe two ways the life cycle of flowering plants differ from that of cone-bearing plants. |
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20 | | List the parts of the flower. |
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21 | | What is the significance of the vascular cambium tissue in woody perennials? |
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22 | | Wood is composed of what kind of cell? |
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23 | | Describe phototropism and thigmotropism. |
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24 | | Describe two examples of how plants respond to environmental changes. |
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25 | | Why might a plant gain an advantage by producing toxic substances in its tissues? |
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26 | | Describe how the coevolution of grasses and grazing animals affected both kinds of organisms. |
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27 | | In what way do some flowering plants encourage insects to visit them? |
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