The Plant Kingdom SOL 5.5: Kingdoms of Living Things

The Plant Kingdom Cell Number: Multicellular with specialized tissues Cell Type: Eukaryotic Plant Cells (Chloroplast and Cell Wall made of Cellulose Carbohydrates) Feeding: Photosynthetic autotrophs Reproduction: Sexual with seeds

Plant Classification Plants evolved from green algae They are first classified as vascular and non-vascular

Non-Vascular plants that do not have veins to carry water and food through the plant Have spores instead of seeds Examples: –mossesmosses

Non-Vascular Spore: the reproductive cell of a nonvascular plant SPORES!

Non-Vascular Moss

Non-Vascular Liverwort

Non-Vascular Fern

Non-Vascular Hornwort

Vascular Plants that have veins to carry water and food through the plant Examples: –rosesroses

Vascular American dogwood tree

Vascular Roses

Vascular Grass

Plant Classification Vascular plants are further classified based on specific characteristics. Trees can be classified as –gymnosperm conifers (cone-bearing evergreens) Ex: pine trees –deciduous angiosperms (broad- leafed, flowering trees that lose their leaves in the fall.) Ex: apple trees

Plant Classification Flowering plants are categorized into two major groups –Monocots: Parallel veins and petals in multiples of 3 (draw one) Ex- Tulip –Dicots: Branching veins and petals in multiples of 4 or 5 (draw one) Ex- Rose

Photosynthesis Plant cells produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis allows plants to convert light energy into food energy. (write the equation)

Parts of a Flower Male Parts Female Parts Each flower has both male and female parts. Male parts produce pollen while female parts produce ovules. Pollen + Ovule = Seed. Fruits sometimes grow from the swollen ovary as a means to transport seeds.

Parts of a Flower Male Parts Female Parts Flowers form mutualistic symbiotic relationships with pollinators like insects and birds. Plants attract them with petals and create a nectar the pollinators eat. In return the pollinators carry pollen to other plants.

Plant Cell nucleus cell wall cell membrane vacuoles chloroplasts cytoplasm

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