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