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Campbell Biology Chapter 33 Flashcards
| 9395133448 | Invertebrates | Animals without a backbone | 0 | |
| 9395133449 | Animals in the phylum Porifera | sponges | 1 | |
| 9395133450 | Sponges are | sedentary and live in marine waters or fresh water | 2 | |
| 9395133451 | Filter feeders | animals that capture food particles suspended in the water that passes through their body | 3 | |
| 9395133452 | The body cavity of a sponge | spongocoel | ![]() | 4 |
| 9395133453 | Opening at the top of sponges | Osculum | 5 | |
| 9395133454 | Choanocytes | Flagellated collar cells that generate water current through the sponge and ingest suspended food | ![]() | 6 |
| 9395133455 | Mesohyl | A gelatinous noncellular layer between two cell layers | ![]() | 7 |
| 9395133456 | Amoebocytes | found in the mesohyl and play roles in digestion and structure | ![]() | 8 |
| 9395133457 | Hermaphrodites | each individual functions as both male and female | 9 | |
| 9395133458 | Examples of cnidarians | Jellies, corals, and hydras | 10 | |
| 9395133459 | Gastrovascular cavity | single opening that functions as a mouth and an anus | 11 | |
| 9395133460 | Two variations of the body plan of cnidarians | polyp and medusa | 12 | |
| 9395133461 | Polyp | Hydra, sessile on the aboral end. | ![]() | 13 |
| 9395133462 | Medusa | Jellies, bell shaped bodies with a mouth on the underside | ![]() | 14 |
| 9395133463 | Cnidocyte | unique cells that function in defense and capture of prey | ![]() | 15 |
| 9395133464 | Nematocysts | specialized organelles within cnidocytes that eject a stinging thread | 16 | |
| 9395133465 | Medusozoans | All cnidarians that produce a medusa | 17 | |
| 9395133466 | Hydras reproduce by | budding | 18 | |
| 9395133467 | Corals often form symbioses with algae and secrete a hard | exoskeleton | 19 | |
| 9395133468 | the clade bilateria contains (3) | Lophotrocozoa, ecdysozoa, and deuterostomia | 20 | |
| 9395133469 | What regulates the osmotic balance in flatworms | protnephridia | 21 | |
| 9395133470 | What are the best-known rabditphorans | planarians | 22 | |
| 9395133526 | Planarian anatomy | ![]() | 23 | |
| 9395133471 | Two different types of rhabditophorans | trematodes and tapeworms | 24 | |
| 9395133472 | trematodes | parasite that spend most of their life in snails. they have alternating sexual and asexual stages | 25 | |
| 9395133473 | tapeworms | parasites of vertebrates that lack a digestive system. absorb nutrients from the host's intestine | 26 | |
| 9395133474 | the tapeworms units that contain sex organs | proglottids | 27 | |
| 9395133475 | Rotifers | tiny animals that inhabit fresh water, the ocean, and damp soil | ![]() | 28 |
| 9395133476 | A digestive tube with a separate mouth and anus that lies within a fluid filled pseudocoelom | Alimnetary canal | 29 | |
| 9395133477 | The process where females produce offspring from unfertilized eggs | parthenogenesis | 30 | |
| 9395133478 | Sessile colonial animals that superficially resemble plants | ectoprocts | 31 | |
| 9395133479 | Animals that superficially resemble clams and molluscs | Brachiopods | 32 | |
| 9395133480 | Phylum mollusca contains what animals | Snails, slugs, oysters, clams, octopuses, and squids. | 33 | |
| 9395133481 | What are the three main body parts of molluscs | Muscular foot, visceral mass, and a mantle | 34 | |
| 9395133482 | Many molluscs have two other body parts | Mantle cavity and radula | 35 | |
| 9395133483 | The gonads of molluscs are located where | visceral mass | 36 | |
| 9395133484 | Four major classes of molluscs | Polyplacophora, gastropoda, bivalvia, and cephalopoda. | 37 | |
| 9395133485 | Chitons | oval shaped marine animals encased in armor | ![]() | 38 |
| 9395133486 | Gastropods | Mostly snails and slugs, have a spiraled shell, and are herbivores. | ![]() | 39 |
| 9395133487 | Clams mussels and scallops are | Bivalves | ![]() | 40 |
| 9395133488 | Carnivores with beaklike jaws surrounded by tentacles | cephalopods | ![]() | 41 |
| 9395133489 | Coelomates with bodies composed of a series of fused rings | Annelids | ![]() | 42 |
| 9395133490 | Mobile, marine organisms that have parapodia on each body segment | errantians | ![]() | 43 |
| 9395133491 | Clade that contains leeches and earthworms. Usually less mobile than errantians | Sedentarians | ![]() | 44 |
| 9395133492 | Predators of invertebrates and parasites that suck blood | leeches | 45 | |
| 9395133493 | Tough coat that ecdysozoans are covered by | cuticle | 46 | |
| 9395133494 | The cuticle is then molted in a process called | ecdysis | 47 | |
| 9395133495 | Animals found in most aquatic habitats, in the soil, in moist tissues of plants. | Nematodes | 48 | |
| 9395133496 | Body plan of arthropod | segmented body, hard exoskeleton, jointed appendages | 49 | |
| 9395133497 | Appendages of arthropods are modified for | walking, feeding, sensory reception, reproduction, and defense. | 50 | |
| 9395133498 | Open circulatory system | hemolymph is circulated into the spaces surrounding the tissues and organs | 51 | |
| 9395133499 | 3 lineages of arthropods | Chellicerates, myriapods, and pancrustaceans. | 52 | |
| 9395133500 | Cellicerates | sea spiders, horseshoe crabs, scorpions, ticks, mites, and spiders | 53 | |
| 9395133501 | myriapods | centipedes and millipedes | ![]() | 54 |
| 9395133502 | pancrustaceans | lobsters and other crustaceans, as well as insects and their relatives | ![]() | 55 |
| 9395133503 | Feeding apendages of cellicerata | chellicerae | 56 | |
| 9395133504 | Arachnids | spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites | ![]() | 57 |
| 9395133505 | Gas exchange in spiders occurs where | book lungs | 58 | |
| 9395133506 | All millipedes and centipedes belong to the clade | myriapoda | 59 | |
| 9395133507 | Millipedes are herbivores but centipedes are | carnivores | 60 | |
| 9395133508 | Crustaceans | Sea animals with highly specialized appendages. smaller ones have cuticles larger ones have gills | ![]() | 61 |
| 9395133509 | Shelled cephalopods are called | ammonites | ![]() | 62 |
| 9395133510 | Insects | Animals that live in almost every terrestrial habitat and fresh water. | 63 | |
| 9395133511 | The process where young insects resemble adults but go through a series of molts until they reach full size | incomplete metamorphosis | 64 | |
| 9395133512 | Insects that have larval stages known by such names such as maggot, grub, or caterpillar undergo what | complete metamorphosis | 65 | |
| 9395133513 | insects have separate males and females and reproduce | sexually | 66 | |
| 9395133514 | Sea stars and sea urchins are what | echinoderms | 67 | |
| 9395133515 | The clade deuterostomia consists of what | echinoderms and chordates | 68 | |
| 9395133516 | deuterstomes share developmental characteristics, what are they | radial cleavage and formation of the anus from the blastopore | 69 | |
| 9395133517 | Echinoderms | slow moving or sessile marine animals | ![]() | 70 |
| 9395133518 | A network of hydraulic canals branching to tube feet | water vascuclar system | 71 | |
| 9395133519 | Tube feet | the appendages that help echinoderms with locomotion and feeding | ![]() | 72 |
| 9395133520 | Echinoderms are divided into 5 clades (AOECH) | Asteroidea, ophruoidea, echinoidea, crinoidea, holothuroidea | 73 | |
| 9395133521 | Asteroidea | sea stars and sea daises | ![]() | 74 |
| 9395133522 | Ophiuroidea | Brittle stars | ![]() | 75 |
| 9395133523 | Echinoidea | sea urchins and sand dollars | ![]() | 76 |
| 9395133524 | Cninoidea | sea lillies and feather stars | ![]() | 77 |
| 9395133525 | Holothuroidea | sea cucumbers | ![]() | 78 |
Campbell Biology Chapter 32 Flashcards
An Intruduction to Animal Diversity
| 9395132917 | animals | multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with tissues developed from embryonic layers | 0 | |
| 9395132918 | collagen | the most abundant structural protein that helds together the animal cells | 1 | |
| 9395132919 | cleavage | The process of cytokinesis in animal cells, characterized by pinching of the plasma membrane; specifically, the succession of rapid cell divisions without growth during early embryonic development that converts the zygote into a ball of cells. | 2 | |
| 9395132920 | blastula | The hollow ball of cells marking the end stage of cleavage during early embryonic development | 3 | |
| 9395132921 | gastrulation | developmental process in which three distinct cell layers form in an embryo: the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm | 4 | |
| 9395132922 | gastrula | a stage of embryonic development characterized by the differentiation of the cells into the ectoderm and endoderm germ layers and by the formation of the archenteron | 5 | |
| 9395132923 | larva | A free-living, sexually immature form in some animal life cycles that may differ from the adult in morphology, nutrition, and habitat. | 6 | |
| 9395132924 | metamorphosis | the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into a juvenile, which resembles the adult but is not yet sexually mature. | 7 | |
| 9395132925 | Hox genes | Series of genes that controls the differentiation of cells and tissues in an embryo | 8 | |
| 9395132926 | choanoflagellets | closest living relatives to the animalia | 9 | |
| 9395132927 | Ediacaran biota | An early group of soft-bodied, multicellular eukaryotes known from fossils that range in age from 565 million to 550 million years old. | 10 | |
| 9395132928 | Cambrian explosion | A burst of evolutionary origins when most of the major body plans of animals appeared in a relatively brief time in geologic history; recorded in the fossil record about 535 to 525 million years ago. | 11 | |
| 9395132929 | radial symmetry | body plan in which body parts repeat around the center of the body; characteristic of sea anemones and sea stars | 12 | |
| 9395132930 | bilateral symmetry | body plan in which only a single, imaginary line can divide the body into two equal halves; characteristic of worms, arthropods, and chordates | 13 | |
| 9395132931 | dorsal side | top side, back of an animal - the spine side, away from the abdomen | 14 | |
| 9395132932 | ventral side | The underside, belly, or the lower body surface | 15 | |
| 9395132933 | anterior end | the end of an animal that contains its head | 16 | |
| 9395132934 | posterior end | the end of an animal that contains its tail | 17 | |
| 9395132935 | cephalization | concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal's body (head and brain) | 18 | |
| 9395132936 | sessile | describes an organism that remains attached to a surface for its entire life - radial animals | 19 | |
| 9395132937 | planktonic | drifting passively with currents - radial animals | 20 | |
| 9395132938 | Germ layers | ectoderm, endoderm, mesoderm | 21 | |
| 9395132939 | ectoderm | The outermost of the three primary germ layers in animal embryos; gives rise to the outer covering and, in some phyla, the nervous system, inner ear, and lens of the eye | 22 | |
| 9395132940 | endoderm | The innermost of the three primary germ layers in animal embryos; lines the archenteron and gives rise to the liver, pancreas, lungs, and the lining of the digestive tract | 23 | |
| 9395132941 | archenteron | The endoderm-lined cavity, formed during gastrulation, that develops into the digestive tract of an animal. | 24 | |
| 9395132942 | diploblastic | Term for animals with just two germ layers - the ectoderm and endoderm. Include Cnidarians and comb jellies. | 25 | |
| 9395132943 | mesoderm | the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | 26 | |
| 9395132944 | triploblastic | Possessing three germ layers: the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. Most eumetazoans are triploblastic. | 27 | |
| 9395132945 | body cavity | a fluid- or air-filled space between the digestive tract and the body wall | 28 | |
| 9395132946 | coelom | body cavity | 29 | |
| 9395132947 | coelomates | An animal that possesses a true coelom (a body cavity lined by tissue completely derived from mesoderm). - ex. earthworm | 30 | |
| 9395132948 | pseudocoelomates | An animal whose body cavity is lined by tissue derived from mesoderm and endoderm. ex. round worm | 31 | |
| 9395132949 | acoelomates | animals, such as flatworms, that do not have a body cavity | 32 | |
| 9395132950 | Protostome development | Spiral and determinate cleavage, solid masses of mesoderm split and form coelom, mouth developes from blastopore. | 33 | |
| 9395132951 | Deuterostome development | Radial and indeterminate cleavage, folds of archenteron form coelom, anus develops from blastopore. | 34 | |
| 9395132952 | determinate cleavage | A type of embryonic development in protostomes that rigidly casts the developmental fate of each embryonic cell very early. | 35 | |
| 9395132953 | indeterminate cleavage | A type of embryonic development in deuterostomes, in which each cell produced by early cleavage divisions retains the capacity to develop into a complete embryo. | 36 | |
| 9395132954 | blastopore | in a gastrula, the opening of the archenteron that typically develops into the anus in deuterostomes and the mouth in protostomes. | 37 | |
| 9395132955 | Points of Agreement | 1. All animals share a common ancestor 2. Sponges are basal animals 3. Eumetazoa is a clade of animals with true tissues 4. Most animal phyla belong to the clade Bilateria 5. Chordates and some other phyla belong to the clade Deuterostomia | 38 | |
| 9395132956 | All animals share a common ancestor | both trees indicate that animals are monophyletic, forming a clade called Metazoa | 39 | |
| 9395132957 | Sponges are basal animals | Among the extant taxa, sponges branch from the base of both animal trees. | 40 | |
| 9395132958 | Eumetazoa is a clade of animals with true tissues | all animals except for sponges and a few other groups belong to a clade of eumetazoans(true animals). Basal eumetazoans are diploblastic and generally have radial symmetry | 41 | |
| 9395132959 | Ecdysozoans | A major lineage of protostomes (Ecdysozoam) that grow by shedding their external skeletons (molting) and expanding their bodies. Includes arthropoda (insects) and nematoda (roundworms). | 42 | |
| 9395132960 | Lophotrochozoans | One of the two groups of protostomes identified as a clade by molecular evidence. Lophotrochozoans include organisms that have lophophores or trochophore larvae. | 43 | |
| 9395132961 | lophophore | In some lophotrochozoan animals, including brachiopods, a crown of ciliated tentacles that surround the mouth and function in feeding. | 44 | |
| 9395132962 | trochophore larva | Distinctive larval stage observed in some lophotrochozoan animals, including some annelids and molluscs. | 45 | |
| 9395132963 | Cuboidal | cubed shape of epithelial cell,specialized for excretion, found in the kidney tubules and thyroid and salivary gland | ![]() | 46 |
| 9395132964 | Columnar | tall, cylindrical shape of epithelial cell that is found in the lining of the digestive tract, secretes digestive enzymes, absorbs nutrients, and has goblet cells that secrete mucus for protection | ![]() | 47 |
| 9395132965 | Squamous | thin, flat, irregular shape of epithelial cell that is located on the skin, lining of esophagus, and blood vessels | ![]() | 48 |
| 9395132966 | Epithelial Tissue | covers the outside of the body and lines the organs and cavities within the body | 49 | |
| 9395132967 | Simple | arrangement of epithelial cell that is a single layer (example: simple squamous is in the lining of the lung) | 50 | |
| 9395132968 | Stratified | arrangement of epithelial cell that has multiple layers of cells (example: stratified squamous is in the outer layer of the throat, mouth, and skin | 51 | |
| 9395132969 | Pseudostratified | arrangement of epithelial cell that is single layered of cells of varying lengths (example: pseudo stratified ciliated columnar is located in the lining of the respiratory passages | 52 | |
| 9395132970 | Extracellular Matrix | holds cells together and protects and support plasma membrane, composed of strong fibers called collagen | 53 | |
| 9395132971 | Integrins | connecting proteins | 54 | |
| 9395132972 | connective tissues | mainly binds and support other tissues | 55 | |
| 9395132973 | collagenous fibers | provides strength and flexibility, non-elastic, made up of collagen | 56 | |
| 9395132974 | elastic fibers | stretch and snap back to their original length, made up of elastic | 57 | |
| 9395132975 | reticular fibers | join connective tissue to adjacent tissues | 58 | |
| 9395132976 | fibroblasts and macrophages | main two types of cells containing connective tissue | 59 | |
| 9395132977 | fibroblasts | secrete the proteins of the extracellular matrix | 60 | |
| 9395132978 | macrophages | type of white blood connective tissues, protect against invading pathogens, and dispose of dead cells | 61 | |
| 9395132979 | loose connective tissue | most widespread connective tissue, made up of collagenous, reticular, and elastic fiber, and olds organs in place | 62 | |
| 9395132980 | cartliage | strong and flexible support material, found in the nose, ears, airways, and sternum | 63 | |
| 9395132981 | chondrocytes | cells in cartilage found in small groups in cavities lacunae in the matrix | 64 | |
| 9395132982 | fibrous connective tissues | dense collagen fibers, form parallel bundles, and found in tendons and ligaments | 65 | |
| 9395132983 | adipose tissue | specialized type of loos connective tissue, very small nuclei, stores energy, insulation, cushioning, and protecting, and each cell contains a fat droplet that swells when fat is stored and shrinks when fat is used as fuel | 66 | |
| 9395132984 | blood | forms skeleton; it supports, movement-connection for muscles, protection of delicate organs, mineral storage, and blood cell formation(marrow) | 67 | |
| 9395132985 | osteoblasts | bone-forming cells | 68 | |
| 9395132986 | canaliculi | hairlike canals that connect the lacunae to each other and to the central canal | 69 | |
| 9395132987 | muscle tissue | divided into three types of tissues, most abundant, contract in response to nerve signals | 70 | |
| 9395132988 | skeletal muscle | responsible for voluntary movement, skeletal muscles-connect to bones (an important for organism movement) | ![]() | 71 |
| 9395132989 | smooth muscle | involuntary, makes up walls of many internal organs | ![]() | 72 |
| 9395132990 | cardiac muscle | found in the heart and involuntary | ![]() | 73 |
Campbell Biology Chapter 30 Flashcards
| 9395098714 | homosporous | produce one kind of spore; usually gives rise to a bisexual gametophyte | 0 | |
| 9395098715 | heterosporous | produces two kinds of spores: megasporangia and microsporangia | 1 | |
| 9395098716 | megasporangia | produce megaspores; give rise to female gametophytes | 2 | |
| 9395098717 | microsporangia | produce microspores; give rise to male gametophytes | 3 | |
| 9395098718 | integument | envelops and protects the megasporangium | 4 | |
| 9395098719 | ovule | megasporangium, megaspore, and integument | 5 | |
| 9395098720 | pollen grain | develops from microspore; consists of a male gametophyte enclosed within the pollen wall | 6 | |
| 9395098721 | sporopollenin | in the pollen wall; protects the pollen grain as it is transported by wind or by hitchhiking on an animal | 7 | |
| 9395098722 | pollination | the transfer of pollen to the part of a seed plant that contains the ovules | 8 | |
| 9395098723 | seeded vascular plants | gymnosperms and angiosperms | 9 | |
| 9395098724 | angiosperms | seeded vascular plants, also have fruits (flowering plants) | 10 | |
| 9395098725 | gymnosperms | cone-bearing plants called conifers ( naked seed plants) | 11 | |
| 9395098726 | flower | unique angiosperm structure specialized for sexual reproduction | 12 | |
| 9395098727 | sepals | base of the flower; usually are green and enclose the flower before it opens | ![]() | 13 |
| 9395098728 | petals | interior to the sepals, aid in attracting pollinators | ![]() | 14 |
| 9395098729 | stamens | produce microspores that develop into pollen grains containing male gametophytes; consists of filament and anthers | ![]() | 15 |
| 9395098730 | filament | stalk; elevates the anther | ![]() | 16 |
| 9395098731 | anther | where pollen is produced | ![]() | 17 |
| 9395098732 | stigma | tip of the carpel; receives pollen | 18 | |
| 9395098733 | carpels | make megaspores (and therefore female gametophytes) | ![]() | 19 |
| 9395098734 | style | leads from the stigma to a structure at the base of the carpel | ![]() | 20 |
| 9395098735 | ovary | base of the carpel | ![]() | 21 |
| 9395098736 | complete flowers | all four organs; stamen, carpel, petal, and sepal | 22 | |
| 9395098737 | incomplete flowers | lack one or more organs; missing a stamen, carpel, petal, or sepal | 23 | |
| 9395098738 | fruit | thickened ovary wall; ovary matures | 24 | |
| 9395098739 | monocot | one cotyledon | 25 | |
| 9395098740 | eudicot (dicots) | two cotyledon | 26 | |
| 9395098741 | gymnosperm diversity (4 phyla) | cycadophyta, ginkgophyta, gnetophyta, coniferophyta | 27 | |
| 9395098742 | cycadophyta | peaked in Mesoic (age of dinosaurs); over 75% of remaining species threatened | 28 | |
| 9395098743 | ginkgophyta | "Maiden-Hair tree"; has deciduous leaves and dioecious species | 29 | |
| 9395098744 | dioecious species | male and female components are in separate plants | 30 | |
| 9395098745 | gnetophyta | three separate genera (gnetum spp, welwitschia mirabilis, ephedra spp); share molecular similarities | 31 | |
| 9395098746 | coniferophyta | most species have woody cones and needle, evergreen leaves; (squoidendron giganteum, pinus longaerva, wollemia nobilis, tsuga canadensis, taxus brevifolia) | 32 | |
| 9395098747 | characteristics of monocots | veins usually parallel in leaf venation, vascular tissue scattered in stems | 33 | |
| 9395098748 | characteristics of eudicots | veins usually netlike in leaf venation; vascular tissues usually arranged in a ring of stems | 34 | |
| 9395098749 | seed | an embryo and nutrients surrounded by a protective coat | 35 | |
| 9395098750 | monoecious plants | have male and female reproductive structures on the same plant | 36 | |
| 9395098751 | dioecious plants | have male and female reproductive structures on different plants | 37 | |
| 9395098752 | inflorescences | cluster of flowers | 38 | |
| 9395098753 | generative cell | divides to form tow sperm | 39 | |
| 9395098754 | tube cell | produces a pollen tube | 40 | |
| 9395098755 | herbaceous plants | do not make wood (ex. grasses) | 41 | |
| 9395098756 | woody plants | make wood (ex. shrubs or trees) | 42 | |
| 9395098757 | annuals | complete their life cycle in a year of less | 43 | |
| 9395098758 | biennials | require two growing season (first year= grow , second year= reproduce) | 44 | |
| 9395098759 | perennials | live for many years | 45 | |
| 9395098760 | stems | any part of the plants that supports leaves or reproductive structures | 46 | |
| 9395098761 | leaves | specialized for photosynthesis | 47 | |
| 9395098762 | roots | functions: anchor plants to soil, absorb water and nutrients, and storage of food for future growth | 48 | |
| 9395098763 | 3 types of organs that plants have | stems, leaves, and roots | 49 | |
| 9395098764 | dermal tissue | outer protective covering | 50 | |
| 9395098765 | vascular tissue | transport of material between roots and shoot system | 51 | |
| 9395098766 | ground tissue | storage, photosynthesis, support | 52 | |
| 9395098767 | xylem | conveys water and dissolved minerals upward from roots into the shoots | 53 | |
| 9395098768 | phloem | transports sugars from where they are made to where they are needed (roots and site of growth) | 54 | |
| 9395098769 | stele | vascular tissue of a stem or root | 55 | |
| 9395098770 | cortex | ground tissue external to the vascular tissue | 56 | |
| 9395098771 | pith | ground tissue internal to the vascular tissue | 57 | |
| 9395098772 | node | site of leaf attachment of stem (leaf scars) | 58 | |
| 9395098773 | root cap | at growing tip of root, pushes its way through soil | 59 | |
| 9395098774 | meristem | beneath root cap, where root grows | 60 | |
| 9395098775 | root hair | increase surface area for absorption | 61 |
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Campbell Biology Chapter 29 Flashcards
| 9024950909 | Sporopollenin | layer that prevents exposed zygotes from drying out | ![]() | 0 |
| 9024950910 | Alteration of generations | each generation gives rise to the other | ![]() | 1 |
| 9024950911 | Gametophyte | production of haploid gametes (eggs and sperm) that fuse during fertilization | ![]() | 2 |
| 9024950912 | Sporophyte | mitotic division of the zygote that produces a multi cellular diploid | ![]() | 3 |
| 9024950913 | Spores | reproductive cells that can develop into a new haploid organism | ![]() | 4 |
| 9024950914 | Embryophytes | Another name for land plants: multicellular dependent embryo of land plants | 5 | |
| 9024950915 | Sporangia | Multicellular organs on the sporophyte | ![]() | 6 |
| 9024950916 | Sporocytes | diploid cells, or spore mother cells that undergo meiosis and generate the haploid spores | 7 | |
| 9024950917 | Gametangia | Multicellular organs where production of gametes occurs | 8 | |
| 9024950918 | Archegonia | the female gametangia | ![]() | 9 |
| 9024950919 | Antheridia | the male gametangia | ![]() | 10 |
| 9024950920 | Apical meristems | located at the tips of roots and shoots, helps plant grow | ![]() | 11 |
| 9024950921 | Cuticle | consists of wax, helps plant from drying out | 12 | |
| 9024950922 | Stomata | specialized pores which support photosynthesis by allowing CO2 and 02 to enter and exit | ![]() | 13 |
| 9024950923 | Vascular tissue | cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body | ![]() | 14 |
| 9024950924 | Nonvascular plants | plants that do not have an extensive transport system (ex. moss, liverworts, hornworts) | ![]() | 15 |
| 9024950925 | Bryophytes | another name for nonvascular plants | 16 | |
| 9024950926 | Hepatophyta | liverworts | ![]() | 17 |
| 9024950927 | Bryophyta | mosses | ![]() | 18 |
| 9024950928 | Anthocerophyta | hornworts | ![]() | 19 |
| 9024950929 | Vascular plants | plants that have a complex vascular tissue | 20 | |
| 9024950930 | Lycophytes | vascular plants, form clades, club mosses | ![]() | 21 |
| 9024950931 | Monilophytes | vascular plants, form clades, ferns | ![]() | 22 |
| 9024950932 | Seedless vascular plants | plants that lack clades | 23 | |
| 9024950933 | Seed | embryo packaged with a supply of nutrients inside a protective coat | ![]() | 24 |
| 9024950934 | Gymnosperm | "naked seed", absence of enclosed chambers | ![]() | 25 |
| 9024950935 | Angiosperm | seed, presence of enclosed chambers | ![]() | 26 |
| 9024950936 | Protonema | one-cell thick filaments that enhance absorption of water and minerals | ![]() | 27 |
| 9024950937 | Gametophore | gamete producing structure | ![]() | 28 |
| 9024950938 | Foot | absorbs nutrients from the gametophyte | 29 | |
| 9024950939 | Seta | (stalk), moves materials to the sporangium | 30 | |
| 9024950940 | Capsule | uses materials to produce spores by meiosis | 31 | |
| 9024950941 | Peristome | tooth like structures that open under dry conditions | ![]() | 32 |
| 9024950942 | Xylem | vascular tissue that conducts most of the water and minerals | ![]() | 33 |
| 9024950943 | Tracheids | tube shaped cells that carry water and minerals up from the roots | ![]() | 34 |
| 9024950944 | Lignin | polymer that strengthens cell wall | 35 | |
| 9024950945 | Phloem | tissue that has cells arranged into tubes that distribute sugars | ![]() | 36 |
| 9024950946 | Roots | organs that absorb water and nutrients from the soil | ![]() | 37 |
| 9024950947 | Microphylls | small, spine-shaped leaves supported by a single strand of vascular tissue | ![]() | 38 |
| 9024950948 | Megaphylls | leaves with highly branched vascular system | ![]() | 39 |
| 9024950949 | pharagmoplast | group of microtubles that form between daughter nuclei of dividing cells | 40 | |
| 9024950950 | placental transfer cells | enhance the transfer of nutrients from parent to embryo through elaborate ingrowths of wall surface | 41 | |
| 9024950951 | pterophytes | ferns and other relatives | 42 | |
| 9024950952 | grade | collection of organisms that share key biological features | 43 | |
| 9024950953 | rhizoids | long, tubular single celled | 44 | |
| 9024950954 | peat | partially decayed organic material | 45 | |
| 9024950955 | leaves | increase the surface area and serve as photosynthetic organ | 46 | |
| 9024950956 | sporophylls | modified leaves, bear sporangia | 47 | |
| 9024950957 | sori | clusters of sporangia | 48 | |
| 9024950958 | strobili | groups of sporophylls in cone like structures | 49 | |
| 9024950959 | homosporous | one type of sporangium that produce one type of spore that develops into bisexual gametophyte | 50 | |
| 9024950960 | heterosporous | two types of sporanga, produce two kinds of spores | 51 | |
| 9024950961 | megaspores | develop into female gametophytes | 52 | |
| 9024950962 | microspores | develop into male gametophytes | 53 |
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