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Plant Diversity and Life Cycles

Plant Diversity and Life Cycles. What is a Plant?. Plants are multicellular eukaryotes whose cells have cell walls. Most plants are autotrophs, meaning they produce their own food through photosynthesis. Establishment of Land Plants.

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Plant Diversity and Life Cycles

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  1. Plant Diversity and Life Cycles

  2. What is a Plant? • Plants are multicellular eukaryotes whose cells have cell walls. • Most plants are autotrophs, meaning they produce their own food through photosynthesis.

  3. Establishment of Land Plants • In order to thrive on land, plants had to be able to absorb nutrients from their surroundings, to have survive dehydration or avoid drying out, and to have a way of dispersal – or way of scattering- that did not require water.

  4. Absorbing Nutrients • On land, most vascular plants absorb nutrients from the soil through their roots. • Symbiotic relationships between fungi and plant roots are called mycorrhizae.

  5. Preventing Water Loss • A watertight covering, which reduces water loss, made it possible for plants to live in dry habitats. • Cuticle – a waxy or fatty and watertight layer on the external wall of epidermal cells. • Roots obtain water from the soil and allow vascular plants to replace water lost to the atmosphere.

  6. Dispersal on Land • Aquatic algae release cells that undergo dispersal by drifting in water currents or by active swimming. • Spore – a reproductive cell or multicellular structure that is resistant to environmental conditions. • Seed plants produce a special kind of spore called pollen that is scattered across the land by wind or by animals. • Pollen transports sperm cells to eggs.

  7. Plant Life Cycles • Plants have life cycles in which haploid gametophytes alternate with diploid sporophytes. • A life cycle in which a gametophyte alternates with a sporophyte is called alternation of generations. • Sporophyte – in plants and algae that have alternation of generations, the diploid individual or generation that produces haploid spores. • Gametophyte – in alternation of generations, the phase in which gametes are formed, a haploid individual that produces gametes.

  8. Assignment • Pg. 566, 1-5 • When I think of plants I think of…….(sentence starter)

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