1. Gymnosperms e.g. yellowwoods and cycads
PLANT DIVERSITY
Plants can be classified based on absence or presence of vascular tissue, true leaves and roots, spores or seeds, fruit and dependence on water for reproduction.
Compare four major groups of plants with reference to above. Refer to evolutionary development .
Bryophytes e.g. mosses
Pterophytes e.g. ferns
Gymnosperms e.g. yellowwoods and cycads
Angiosperms e.g. flowering plants
As plants evolved from an aquatic environment they developed features to suit life in a terrestrial environment.
Many land plants appeared about 420 mya.

2. Table showing the different plant groups and their features
PLANT DIVERSITY
Table showing the different plant groups and their features
Plant Group
Adaptations to a terrestrial life
Features
Vascular tissue
Fertilisation
Seeds or spores
Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts)
Simple , small plants, thallus with no true leaves and roots
none
Dependant on water
Spores
Pteridophytes (ferns)
Has large leaves. Roots present.
Xylem and phloem present
Gymnosperms (yellowwoods,cycads)
True leaves and roots
Independent on water
Seeds not enclosed in an ovary but in cones
Angiosperms (flowering plants)
Seeds enclosed in an ovary. Produce flowers and fruit

3. ANIMAL DIVERSITY COMPARE BODY PLANS OF SIX PHYLA
Compare the following phyla with respect to the following body plans i.e. symmetry, number of tissue layers, absence or presence of a coelom, presence or absence of a through-gut.
- Porifera e.g. sponges
- Cnidaria e.g. jellyfish
- Platyhelminthes e.g. Planaria
- Annelida e.g. earthworm
- Arthropoda e.g. insects
- Chordata e.g. fish,amphibians etc.
Context of evolution of body plans

4. Table showing the different animal groups and their features
ANIMAL DIVERSITY
Table showing the different animal groups and their features
Animal group (phylum)
Symmetry
Tissue layers
Body cavity
Through –gut and other features
Porifera (sponges)
Asymmetry
Cell differentiation- no tissue layers
Acoelomate
No through-gut, filter feeding
Cnidaria (jellyfish, blue-bottles)
Radial symmetry
Tissues - diploblastic
Single-opening to body cavity, nematocysts to kill prey
Platyhelminthes (Planaria)
Bilateral symmetry
Triploblastic
Single opening to gut
Annelida (earthworm)
Coelomate
Through-gut
Arthropoda (insects, arachnids etc)
Through-gut and exoskeleton of chitin
Chordata (fish, amphibians etc)
Through-gut and internal skeleton of bone and cartilage

5. ANIMAL DIVERSITY Interpret a phylogenetic tree representing the evolutionary history of animals