Download Plant Unit Review

Plant Unit Review
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Know the basic characteristics of the three groups of land plants, which have dominant
gametophytes or dominant sporophytes
Know what groups of plants are most dominant today
Know what plant structures are adaptations for a terrestrial environment
Know what plants belong to the phyla: Bryophyta, Hepatophyta, Anthocerophyta,
Pterophyta, Sphenophyta, Lycophyta, Coniferophyta, Anthophyta; and which of the three
groups of land plants they belong to
Know the three main plant organs and the functions of each, as well as examples of
modifications to these organs, also know any special adaptations found in these organs
Know what transpiration is, and how specific leaf structures can affect it
Know the specific internal structure of a typical leaf
Know the three basic tissue types, their functions in roots, stems, and leaves, and the cell
types found in each
Know the differences between xylem and phloem tissue, cell types found in each
Know the differences between monocots and dicots
Be able to recognize differences in roots and stems of monocots and dicots, and the
different parts/structures of each
Know the function/structure/location of the endodermis
Be able to recognize and label the three parts of a woody stem, and know what
tissue/cells are found in each
Know the difference between heartwood and sapwood, and springwood and summerwood
Know the special adaptations that occur in xerophytes
Know the difference between primary and secondary growth and the difference between
apical and lateral meristems
Know the difference between axillary and terminal buds
Know the difference between a simple and a compound leaf
Know what a tropism is, the different types of tropisms, what a negative and a positive
tropism is for each, and what specifically causes it
Know the function of auxin in phototropism, and what auxins do, where they are produced