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Plant Evolution Notes Organizer
1. What are the characteristics of ALL plants?
2. Scientific evidence supports the idea that plants and ________________ share a common ancestor.
a. Algae, unlike plants, require constant _________________________.
3. What is the big picture you need to understand about how plants evolved?
4. The first plants to evolve from algae were _______________________________ plants.
a. What are the characteristics of nonvascular plants?
b. Examples of nonvascular plants:
c. Define rhizoids.
5. Over time, plants evolved to have ___________________________ tissues.
a. What are the benefits of having specialized, vascular tissues?
b. Describe the two types of vascular tissues.
Tissue Name
Direction of Material Movement
Type of Materials Moved
XYLEM
PHLOEM
6. The first vascular plants to evolve were _______________________________.
a. If they don’t use seeds, what are their reproductive structures?
b. Examples of seedless vascular plants?
7. The evolution of _____________________ allowed plants to truly move full-time to dry ground.
a. Draw and label the major parts of a seed.
b. Identify some of the ways seeds through which are dispersed.
c. Why is seed dispersal beneficial?
8. Gymnosperms
a. What does “gymnosperm” mean?
b. Gymnosperms carry seeds in ___________________________.
c. Identify examples of gymnosperms.
9. Angiosperms
a. Angiosperms are ________________________________ plants.
b. Make up more than ______________________ of the plant kingdom.
c. Describe why the evolution of flowers has made angiosperms so successful.
10. Flowers
a. Identify the female portion of a flower.
b. Identify the male portion of a flower.
c. Draw and label the parts of a flower.
11. Plant Structures
a. What are the functions of the following plant structures?
i. Leaves:
ii. Flowers:
iii. Stem:
iv. Roots:
12. Major Plant Cell Structures:
13. Use your notes organizer to fill in the following table.
Type of Plant
Description
Examples
Nonvascular Plants
Ferns
Carry seeds in cones.
Angiosperms
14. Use this venn diagram to compare and contrast gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms