Unit: Survey of Life:
Introduction: Your team will work together to answer the unit questions, complete the required activities, and pass the unit assessment.
Key Vocabulary Terms:
tissue, photosynthesis, chloroplast,
vacuole, vascular tissue, fertilization, zygote, chlorophyll (pigment), phloem,
xylem, pollen, seed, embryo, germination, stomata, transpiration, cone, ovule,
pollination, flower, ovary, fruit
Unit Summary
Questions (by Topic)
1. Identify and
describe the defining characteristics that make a plant a plant. (What is a
plant?)
2. Identify and
describe how plants perform the following life processes:
-Produce there own energy (food)
-How they get the energy out of their food
-How the eliminate waste products
-How do they reproduce?
3. Describe how plants
have adapted to the following problems of living on land.
a). Obtaining water (they can’t walk to a water hole)
b). How do they prevent losing water?
c). How are they able to transport water throughout their body? (Think of tall trees)
4. Using the equation for photosynthesis summarize this process. Identify the products and reactants.
5. Why are Moss plants very small and only found in cooler, shady environments?
6. Why are Ferns found in damp, shady environments even though they are vascular plants?
7. How have conifers and flowering plants overcome the difficulty of reproducing on land?
8. Identify and describe the major characteristics of Seed plants.
9. Describe the functions of roots, stems, leaves, seeds.
10. How are gymnosperms different then angiosperms? Describe why both groups of plants have been so successful
Unit Activities: (by
Topic)
1. Make a Venn diagram that compare plant cells and animal’s cells.
2. Draw and label both a plant and an animal cell. Include at least 3 structural differences that plant cells have that animal cells do not.
3. Look at an animal cell and a plant cell under the microscope. Can you identify the structural differences in the slides? If so, label your diagrams with these differences.
4. Make a classification chart of the Plant kingdom. Classify them using the following taxonomic groups: Phylum and Class.
5 Diagram the general life cycle of a vascular plant.
6. Observe slides of the roots, stems, and leaves of seed plants. Make a drawing of each. Identify and label the vascular tissue in each organ.
7. Draw and label a typical flower. Label all the parts of the flower and describe their function.
8. Make a chart that shows the importance and uses of plants to all forms of life here on the Earth.
Internet Resources:
Lichens - Four major growth forms Frances M. Cardillo
Lichens - Lots of Examples Natural Perspective
Phylum Bryophyta (Mosses):
Facts about mosses - Characteristics and Life Cycle Frances M. Cardillo
Bryophyta - Life Cycle Rebecca Irwin,
Mosses - Check out the menu items especially the photos Claranet
(Liverworts):
Phylum (Bryophyta)- Classes: True Mosses (Musci), Liverworts (Hepaticae), and Hornworts (Anthocerotae) Natural Perspective
Division Hepaticophyta-Nonvascular -Liverworts Frances M. Cardillo
Phylum Anthrocerophyta (Hornworts):
Hornwort
Classification Southern
Phylum Pterophyta (Ferns):
Ferns and Allies (Filicinophyta) Natural Perspective
Long Descriptive Page on Ferns Tree of Life
Phylum Sphenophyta (Horsetails):
Introduction
to the Sphenophyta
Phylum
Sphenophyta
Phylum
Lycophyta (Clubmosses):
Phylum
Lycophyta
Lower Vascular
Plants Dr. Gerald Carr,
Non-Flowering
Plant Family Access Page Dr. Gerald Carr,
Vascular Plant Image Gallery - TAMUTexas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group
The Naked Seeds of Pinus - Gymnosperm Reproduction Koning, Ross E., Plant
Phylum Coniferophyta:
Development of Pinus, Order Coniferales -Photos and descriptions Frances M. Cardillo
Conifer
Photo Links Grand Valley Trails Association -
Leaf tissues - conifer Frances M. Cardillo
Ground Tissue Systems - Conifer Frances M. Cardillo
Phylum
Anthophyta:
Botany Lab Photo's
and Exercises
Inflorescence in flowering plants Frances M. Cardillo
Life Cycles I, II, and III Frances M. Cardillo
Angiosperms vs GymnospermsTexas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group
Class -
Dicotyledon:
Woody Dicots Frances M. Cardillo
Herbaceous Dicots Frances M. Cardillo
Monocots
versus Dicots
Ground tissue systems - woody dicot Frances M. Cardillo
Secondary Dermal Tissue Frances M. Cardillo
Class
- Monocotyledone:
Monocots Frances M. Cardillo
Monocots vs. DicotsTexas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group
Photographic Atlas
of Plant Anatomy
Reproductive Parts of Flowering Plants Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group
III. Reproductive Morphology -Lots of Illustrative Diagrams
Pollination - Well organized an Illustrated. Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Pollen and Embryo Sac Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Seeds and Seed Germination Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Artificial Vegetative Propagation Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Natural Vegetative Propagation --Epiphyllous Bud Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Fruit Growth and Ripening Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Angiosperm Reproduction - Anther and Pollen Developoment Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Angiosperm Reproduction -Ovule and Embryo Sac Development Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Structure
of Angiosperm Stems and Roots:
Henri D. Grissino-Mayer Ultimate Tree-ring Web Pages
Meristems: Where plants grow Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Characters of the Vegetative Parts of a Plant Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group
II. Vegetative MorphologyTexas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group
Various Plant Cell Structures Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Pruning Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Trace the pathway of minerals from soil IN-to root xylem Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Structure
of Angiosperm Leaves:
Trace the pathways of sugar out of the leaf Koning, Ross E., Plant Physiology Website
Important
Features of Flowering Plants
Section through a Leaf Nigel D Purchon
Leaf tissues Frances M. Cardillo
Leaf Images