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Conifer Life Cyle
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Biology
9th Grade
05/18/2010

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What are three important characteristics about seed plants?
Definition

1. Seed plants can reproduce withour free-standing water.

2. Seeds nourish and protect plant embryos.

3. Seeds allow plants to disperse to new places.

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What occurs when pollen meets female reproductive parts of the same plant species?
Definition
Pollination
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What is the main difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?
Definition
Gymnosperms are seed plants whose seeds ARE NOT enclosed in fruit, while angiosperms are seed plants whose seeds ARE enclosed in fruit.
Term
What is a cone?
Definition
the reproductive structure of most gymnosperms
Term

Cones....

(Choose all the apply)

 

a. contain hard protective scales

b. produce the reproductive parts of the plants

c. is enclosed in a fruit

d. makes seeds

Definition
ABD
Term
What are gymnosperms that look like palm trees and were commonly eaten by dinosaurs?
Definition

cycads

 

This question will definitely be on the test. If you don't know what cycads are, learn it on page 621.

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Why did Darwin call gingkos a "living fossil"?
Definition

Because they closely resembled its fossil ancestors

 

The test will definitely put a question about gingkos on the test. If you don't already know it, learn it on page 621.

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What are the most common and diverse gymnosperms today?
Definition
conifers!
Term

Conifers....

(Choose all that apply)

 

a. have needle-like leaves

b. adapt well to mountainous regions

c. are evergreen

d. include maple, oak, and palm trees

Definition

ABC

 

I don't think you would really need to know this information. Don't waste your time too much on conifers. This question is more towards Jenny because I like to challenge her intelligence. :D

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What are three big differences between seed plants and seedless plants?
Definition

1. Seedless plants need water to reproduce; seed plants don't

2. Seed plants produce two types of spores (male and female); seedless plants only produce one

3. Seed plants usually have microscopic gametophytes; Seedless plants usually have visual gametophytes

Term

True or False: Each scale on a female cone has two ovules that produce spores.

 

Definition
True
Term
How many spores survive in each ovule?
Definition
one, the rest will die
Term
What begins to grow between the pollen and the egg after pollination?
Definition
pollen tube
Term
How many sperm develop inside the pollen grain?
Definition
two
Term
True or False: The sperm of seed plants have flagella.
Definition
False; Since they do no need to swim through water to reach the egg, the sperm do not need flagella.
Term
What is the female gametophyte enclosed in?
Definition
megaspore
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What surrounds the megaspore and what will it eventually grow into?
Definition
integument; seed coat
Term
What eventually matures into pollen grains?
Definition
microspores
Term
What happens to the two sperm cells created in the pollen grain?
Definition

one fertilizes the egg, while the other degenerates (dies)

 

:(   poor sperm

Term
What happens to the megasporangium after the gametophyte stage?
Definition
It is used to nourish the embryo in the seed
Term

Name each of the following terms as either haploid or diploid:

 

integument

megasporangium

embryo

pollen

cones

 

Definition

integument - diploid

megosporangium - haploid

embryo - diploid

pollen - haploid

cones - haploid

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[image]What is a male cone called?
Definition
strobili
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[image] What is female cones called?
Definition

seed cones

 

 

Isn't that a pretty picture of a seed cone!!!!

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