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___________ are gymnosperms. |
Vascular seed plants |
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Bryophytes |
Nonvascular Plants |
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Gymnosperms are not enclosed in _________. |
Ovaries |
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Gymnosperms possess both _______ and ________. |
Xylem; Phloem |
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3 Reasons Seeds Are Important: |
-Remain dormant until conditions are favorable -Transported long distances by wind or animals -Contains food supply that nourishishes seedling |
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_____ replaces spore as means of reproduction and dispersal. |
Seed |
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_______ replaces swimming sperm. |
Pollen Grain |
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Dominant Sphorophyte Generation |
Gametophyte is greatly reduced in size and is completally dependant upon the sporophyte |
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Megospores |
Occur in female cones and form female gametophytes. |
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Microspores |
Occur in male cones and form male gametophytes. |
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In phylum _________ females don't produce cones, but fleshy and smelly seeds. |
Ginkophyta |
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The ________ phylum is the largest of the gymnosperm phyla. |
Coniferophyta |
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3 key features of the gymnosperm life cycle: |
-Dominance of the sporophyte generation -Development of seeds from fertilized ovules. -The transfer of sperm to ovules by pollen |
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___________ are angiosperms. |
Flowering Plants |
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Angiosperms |
Seed plants with reproductive structures called flowers and fruits |
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Example of Simple |
Orange |
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Example of Aggregate |
Rasberry |
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Example of multiple |
Pineapple |
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Double Fertilization |
Occurs when the pollen tube discharges two sperm into the female gametophyte within an ovule. |
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Double Fertilization is unique to __________. |
Angiosperms |