Plant Kingdom Objective 4.01 & 4.02: Analyze the classification of organisms & processes by which organisms accomplish essential life functions.
Plants but NOT Animals: Cell Wall Chloroplasts Characteristics Eukaryotic Autotrophic Multicellular Organelles found in Plants but NOT Animals: Cell Wall Chloroplasts www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Plant Kingdom Cladogram Cone-bearing plants Ferns and their relatives Mosses and their relatives Flowering plants Flowers; Seeds Enclosed in Fruit Seeds Water-Conducting (Vascular) Tissue Green algae ancestor www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Gymnosperm Angiosperm 4 Types of Plants: Nonvascular Vascular seedless Gymnosperm Angiosperm www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Nonvascular Plants do NOT have tube network to carry water and nutrients throughout. Water transported by osmosis Must live near water No seeds Examples: Moss, Liverwort, Hornwort www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Vascular Seedless Plants have thin tubes to carry water and nutrients throughout. Must live in moist areas Have roots, leaves, and stems. No seeds Use spores to reproduce Example: Ferns www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Gymnosperm “Naked Seed” Vascular Any plant with a cone Also known as conifers Seeds are produced on cones www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Male & Female Pinecone www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Angiosperms “Vesseled Seed” Vascular Also known as flowering plants Categorized by the number of seed leaves (cotyledons) Monocot Dicot www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Monocot & Dicot Monocots Dicots Seeds Leaves Flowers Stems Roots www.themegallery.com Company Logo
What is a flower? A flower is the reproductive structure of an angiosperm Flowers produce: Seeds: Contains plant embryo Fruit: Mature flower ovary www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Pollination Pollen (the male gamete) from the anther is released and transported to stigma of other flowers: By insects By mammals By birds By wind www.themegallery.com Company Logo
Types of Pollination Self Pollination: Plant A Plant A Cross Pollination: Plant A Plant B www.themegallery.com Company Logo