Seedless Plants Lab - Key Concepts

Flashcards for reviewing key concepts related to seedless plants, their life cycles, and classifications.

The photosynthetic pigments of green plants are embedded in the __ membranes of their chloroplasts.

thylakoid

Vascular, seedless plants include club mosses, horsetails, and __.

ferns

In non-vascular plants, the __ generation is dominant.

gametophyte

A zygote develops into a mature __ plant after fertilization.

sporophyte

In vascular seed plants, __ are the structures that produce gametes.

gametophytes

In the life cycle of moss, antheridia produce __ and archegonia produce eggs.

sperm

Spores produced by homosporous plants are __ in ploidy.

haploid

The capsule of hornworts is __ and produces haploid spores.

diploid

In heterospory, the microsporangium produces __ through meiosis.

microspores

Seeds evolved to enable __ to become the dominant producers in terrestrial ecosystems.

plants

The two main groups of Angiosperms are __ and monocots.

eudicots

The ploidy of gymnosperms' spores is always __.

haploid

Vascular tissue consists of __ and phloem.

xylem

Non-vascular plants transport nutrients via __ and osmosis.

diffusion

In ferns, the frond is the mature __ part of the sporophyte.

leaf

Mosses belong to the phylum __.

Bryophyta

The gametophyte of plants is always __ in ploidy.

haploid

The __ generation produces gametes by mitosis in plants.

gametophyte

Cycads belong to the phylum __.

Cycadophyta

Sporophytes in vascular plants generally have __ structures for support and transport.

lignified