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Plants. Teaching Point #1. Almost all plants are autotrophic, eukaryotic and have cell walls. Teaching Point #2.
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Teaching Point #1 • Almost all plants are autotrophic, eukaryotic and have cell walls.
Teaching Point #2 • Plants are grouped into 2 groups: nonvascular plants, which lack a well–developed system of tubes for transporting materials, and vascular plants, which have a system to transport materials.
Teaching Point #3 • The 3 main major groups of nonvascular plants are mosses, liverworts and hornworts, which all are low-growing plants in moist areas where they can directly absorb water and nutrients.
Teaching Point #4 • Ferns, club mosses and horsetails have vascular tissue but do not produce seeds; instead they reproduce by releasing spores.
Teaching Point #5 • Seed plants are vascular, use pollen and seeds to reproduce, and have stems and leaves to provide support and nutrients.
Teaching Point #6 • Gymnosperms produce naked seeds and angiosperms produce flowers and fruits.
Teaching Point #7 • In gymnosperms pollen falls from a male cone onto a female cone, and in angiosperms pollen from the anther falls on the flower’s stigma.
Adaptations for living on land Algae Land plant
Sporophyte stage: A sporophyte produces SPORES, which are tiny cells that can grow into new organisms. • Gametophytestage: The plant produces sperm cells and egg cells.
What does it mean to be vascular or nonvascular? Nonvascular plants: NO VASCULAR TISSUE! (low-growing, no roots for absorbing water) Vascular plants: HAVE VASCULAR TISSUE! (Suited to life on dry land, transport materials throughout plant, so can grow tall)
Information check • Name 2 ways plant cells are different from other eukaryotic cells. • What adaptations do land plants have the water plants don’t? • Does algae need cuticles? Why or why not? • How do vascular plants differ from nonvascular plants? • What are the 2 major stages of a plant’s life?
Plants WITHOUT Seeds Nonvascular Vascular
Purpose of each… • Phloem: Moves the food throughout the plant so nutrients reach EVERY cell! • Xylem: Moves the water and minerals from soil to the rest of plant. • Pollen: Sperm cells (that will eventually fertilize the egg cells) • Seed: The zygote! Seed contains the young plant and PROTECTS it. • Roots: Anchor the plant and absorb water and nutrients • Stem: Carries substances from roots up to plant. Also, holds the plant and leaves up so they can be exposed to sun • Leaves: Capture sun’s energy to make food (photosynthesis!)
Information check • Nonvascular seedless plants are all low-growing and live in moist areas. How are these 2 characteristics related? • What do you think is the MOST important adaptation of seed plants? Why?
All have flowers(The reproductive structure of angiosperms) • All have seeds protected by a FRUIT • All have “naked seeds” = NOT protected! • Many have needle-like leaves
Flower structure Attract pollinators Where pollen is deposited Location of pollen Develops into a SEED Ovary: Becomes the FRUIT: dispersal of seed
Information Check • Why are cones important for gymnosperms? • Compare and contrast reproduction in angiosperms and gymnosperms. (How are they similar? Different?) • What characteristics do all angiosperms share? • Is the following picture a gymnosperm or angiosperm?
Check for Understanding • What is the difference between a vascular and nonvascular plant? Give as many differences as you can. • Name adaptations that distinguish flowering plants from mosses. • Explain the role of stomata in leaves. • What role does a fruit play in an angiosperm’s life cycle? Give as many details as possible. • How does the sporophyte generation of a plant differ from the gametophyte generation of a plant? • What are the main functions of a plant’s roots, stems and leaves?