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UNIT 9 – KINGDOM PLANTAE – QUESTIONS

I. The Plant Kingdom (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 104-111)1. What are four characteristics shared by all plants?

2. Identify the chemical process indicated by the equation below. Also identify each of the reactants and products.

3. Label the following cell structures/organelles on the plant cell diagram: cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, vacuole, cytoplasm, chloroplasts,

mitochondrion, ribosomes, Golgi

body.

4. What is the cuticle and how does it help plants retain water?

5. Explain the importance of vascular tissue to a land plant.

6. Use Figure 4 (pp. 108-109) to complete the table below.

Plant type Vascular tissue (Y/N)

Reproduce with

spore/seedsExamples

NonvascularSeedless

vascularGymnospermAngiosperm

7. What is chlorophyll and in what organisms is it found?

8. Explain the difference between the sporophyte stage and the gametophyte stage of the plant life cycle.

9. Describe in order the major events in the life cycle of a plant, starting with the zygote.

II. Nonvascular Plants (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 122-124)10. Where do nonvascular plants grow?

11. Label the moss to the right.

12. What is peat and how is it used?

13. Describe liverworts and explain where they are found.

14. Describe hornworts and explain where they are found.

III. Seedless Vascular Plants (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 126-129)15. What two characteristics are shared by ferns, club mosses, and

horsetails?

16. Label the fern pictured to the right.

17. Where are you likely to find club mosses?

18. Explain why horsetails are called scouring rushes?

IV. Characteristics of Seed Plants (From Bacteria to

Plants pp. 136-145)19. What are two important

characteristics of seed plants?

20. What are the two functions of vascular tissue?

21. Define each of the following terms:

a. xylem-

b. phloem-

c. pollen-

d. seed-

22. Complete the chart below and label the seed parts on the diagram. PART OF SEED DEFINITION/FUNCTION

embryo

Stored food/cotyledon

Seed coat

23. What is seed dispersal?

24. What are five ways that seeds can be dispersed?

25. What adaptations do plants and seeds have to be dispersed in this way (See Figure below)?

26. What is germination?

27. What are the functions of roots?

e. What is a fibrous root system? Give an example of a plant with fibrous roots.

f. What is a taproot system? Give an example of a plant with a taproot system.

28. What are the functions of stems?

g. What is an herbaceous stem? Give an example of a plant with an herbaceous stem.

h. What is a woody stem? Give an example of a plant with a woody stem.

29. What is the function of the cambium?

30. What are the functions of leaves?

31. Define the following terms:

a. stomata-

b. transpiration-

V. Gymnosperms (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 146-150)32. What are the characteristics of gymnosperms? What does it mean to

have “naked” seeds?

33. Describe the appearance of gymnosperm leaves.

34. Describe each of the groups of gymnosperms that exist today:

a. cycads-

b. conifers-

c. ginkgoes-

d. gnetophytes-

35. Label the male and females cones on the figure.

a. What does the male cone produce?

b. What does the female cone produce?

VI. Angiosperms (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 151-157)36. What are two characteristics of all angiosperms?

37. What are examples of angiosperms?

38. What is the function of a flower?

39. What are the locations and functions of each of the following flower structures? Label each structure on the flower below (See Figure 13).

FLOWER PART FUNCTIONsepal

petal

stamen

anther

filament

pistil

stigma

style

ovaryovule

40. How does pollination occur?

41. What is a fruit?

42. Complete the chart below to describe the differences between monocots and dicots.

PLANT PART MONOCOT DICOT

seed

leaf

stem

flower

examples

VII. Feeding the World (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 165-167)43. What are the pros and cons of each of the following?

Technology Description Advantages Disadvantages

Precision farming

Hydroponics

Genetic engineering