Introduction to Plants Study Guide

Be sure to know:

• The meaning of apical dominance and how it is an evolutionary advantage to a plant

• The structure and function for taproots, adventitious roots and fibrous roots

• Examples of plants with each of the 3 main types of roots

• The leaf venation, arrangement of vascular bundles in the stem. number of floral parts, type of root system, type of openings in the pollen grains, and number of cotyledons for MONOCOTS

• The leaf venation, arrangement of vascular bundles in the stem. number of floral parts, type of root system, type of openings in the pollen grains, and number of cotyledons for EUDICOTS

• The 3 phyla of bryophytes

• Be able to describe the life cycle of the pine and know the structures of the gametophyte and sporophyte generations

• The differences and similarities between microphylls and megaphylls

• What a fruit is and how they're dispersed (adaptations for dispersal)

• The 4 phyla of gymnosperms and their descriptions

• Why bryophytes grow close to the ground

• How to diagram the life cycle of a bryophyte and  label all stages and structures

• Be able to label the parts of a flower and to tell the function of each

• The meaning of double fertilization in plants and its purpose

• The 3 basic functions of the root system

• The stages in alternation of generations in plants and be able to include a simple labeled diagram that includes haploid/diploid stages and mitotic/meiotic processes

• The 5 traits of modern vascular plants that have made them successful on land