1. Kingdom - Plantae

2. Plant Evolution

3. Plant Characteristics
Vascular or Nonvascular
Roots
Taproots or Fibrous Roots
Seeds?
Flowers?
Dominant Life Stage – Gametophyte or Sporophyte

4. To be a plant you must… Cell wall made of cellulose Autotroph
Eukaryote
Multicellular
Alternation of Generations
Domain Eukarya

5. Plant Parts/ Adaptations
Stomata – openings on the sides of leaves that allow CO2 to enter and O2 to exit
Cuticle – waxy covering on leaves – prevents water loss
Vascular Tissue – transport tissues in plants
Xylem (transports water and minerals to leaves) and Phloem (transports products of photosynthesis to roots and stems)
Seeds – plant structure that contains an embryo, nutrients and is covered by a protective coat

6. Cross-section of a leaf

7. Plant Reproduction
Alternation of Generations – Alternate between haploid and diploid
Gametophyte – haploid – makes sperm and eggs
Sporophyte – diploid – made from the fusion of 2 gametophyte gametes – makes spores that grow into the next gametophyte generation

8. Alternation of Generations

9. Parts of a Flower

10. Phylum Hepatophyta - Liverworts
Avascular
No roots
No seeds
No Flowers
Gametophyte is dominant
Very simple plants

11. Phylum – Bryophyta - Mosses
Avascular
No roots
No seeds
No flowers
Dominant Gametophyte
Very simple

12. Phylum – Pterophyta - Ferns
Vascular
Roots
No seeds
No flowers
Sporophyte is dominant

13. Phylum – Coniferophyta – Conifers/ Gymnosperms
Vascular
Roots
Seeds
No Flowers
Sporophyte is dominant
Some are Dioecious – have male trees and female trees

14. Phylum – Anthophyta - Angiosperms
Vascular
Roots
Stems
Seeds
Flowers
Dominant Sporophyte