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AP BIOLOGY – CHAPTER 29 STUDY QUESTIONS/TERMS
1) Identify and explain the major obstacles plants faced as they invaded land.
2) Identify and explain the survival significance of plant characteristics.
3) Identify the major plant divisions. For each division, be able to
a. Identify an example plant
b. Identify characterizing traits, explaining their survival significance.
c. Explain, trace, or diagram typical life cycles
d. Identify ecological significance (benefit) provided by plants in a division.
4) Fully identify the concept of “alternation of generations” in plants, and explain
the variations of this cycle in each of the main plant divisions.
5) Identify several evolutionary trends in plants.
CUTICLE
STOMATA
VASCULAR TISSUE
LIGNIN
EMBRYOPHYTE
GAMETANGIA
MICROPHYLLS
MEGAPHYLLS
SPOROPHYLLS
SPORANGIA
HOMOSPOROUS
HETEROSPOROUS
MEGASPORES
MICROSPORES
CHAROPHYTES
NONVASCULAR PLANTS
BRYOPHYTES*
SPORANGIUM
EXAMPLE
VASCULAR PLANTS
DEVONIAN RADIATION
“COAL FORESTS”
PTEROPHYTA*
EXAMPLE
EPIPHYTES
GYMNOSPERMS*
CONIFER
CONE
EXAMPLE
ANGIOSPERMS*
FLOWER
FRUIT
POLLEN
OVULE
DOUBLE FERTILIZATION
COTYLEDON
ENDOSPERM
*Major plant divisions