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UNIT 9 – KINGDOM PLANTAE – QUESTIONS
I. The Plant Kingdom (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 104-111)
1. What are four characteristics shared by all plants?
2. Identify the chemical process indicated by the equation below. Also identify each of the
reactants and products.
3. Label the following cell structures/organelles on the plant cell diagram: cell wall, cell
membrane, nucleus, vacuole, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondrion, ribosomes, Golgi
body.
4. What is the cuticle and how does it help plants retain water?
5. Explain the importance of vascular tissue to a land plant.
6. Use Figure 4 (pp. 108-109) to complete the table below.
Vascular tissue Reproduce with
Plant type
(Y/N)
spore/seeds
Nonvascular
Seedless vascular
Gymnosperm
Angiosperm
Examples
7. What is chlorophyll and in what organisms is it found?
8. Explain the difference between the sporophyte stage and the gametophyte stage of the
plant life cycle.
9. Describe in order the major events in the life cycle of a plant, starting with the zygote.
II. Nonvascular Plants (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 122-124)
10. Where do nonvascular plants grow?
11. Label the moss to the right.
12. What is peat and how is it used?
13. Describe liverworts and explain where they are found.
14. Describe hornworts and explain where they are found.
III. Seedless Vascular Plants (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 126-129)
15. What two characteristics are shared by ferns, club mosses, and horsetails?
16. Label the fern pictured to the right.
17. Where are you likely to find club mosses?
18. Explain why horsetails are called scouring
rushes?
IV. Characteristics of Seed Plants (From Bacteria to
Plants pp. 136-145)
19. What are two important characteristics of seed
plants?
20. What are the two functions of vascular tissue?
21. Define each of the following terms:
a. xylemb. phloemc. pollend. seed22. Complete the chart below and label the seed parts on the diagram.
PART OF SEED
DEFINITION/FUNCTION
embryo
Stored food/cotyledon
Seed coat
23. What is seed dispersal?
24. What are five ways that seeds can be dispersed?
25. What adaptations do plants and seeds have to be dispersed in this way (See Figure
below)?
26. What is germination?
27. What are the functions of roots?
e. What is a fibrous root system? Give an example of a plant with fibrous roots.
f. What is a taproot system? Give an example of a plant with a taproot system.
28. What are the functions of stems?
g. What is an herbaceous stem? Give an example of a plant with an herbaceous
stem.
h. What is a woody stem? Give an example of a plant with a woody stem.
29. What is the function of the cambium?
30. What are the functions of leaves?
31. Define the following terms:
a. stomata-
b. transpiration-
V. Gymnosperms (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 146-150)
32. What are the characteristics of gymnosperms? What does it mean to have “naked”
seeds?
33. Describe the appearance of gymnosperm leaves.
34. Describe each of the groups of gymnosperms that exist today:
a. cycadsb. conifersc. ginkgoesd. gnetophytes35. Label the male and females cones on the figure.
a. What does the male cone produce?
b. What does the female cone produce?
VI. Angiosperms (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 151-157)
36. What are two characteristics of all angiosperms?
37. What are examples of angiosperms?
38. What is the function of a flower?
39. What are the locations and functions of each of the following flower structures? Label
each structure on the flower below (See Figure 13).
FLOWER PART
sepal
petal
stamen
anther
filament
pistil
stigma
style
ovary
ovule
FUNCTION
40. How does pollination occur?
41. What is a fruit?
42. Complete the chart below to describe the differences between monocots and dicots.
PLANT PART
MONOCOT
DICOT
seed
leaf
stem
flower
examples
VII. Feeding the World (From Bacteria to Plants pp. 165-167)
43. What are the pros and cons of each of the following?
Technology
Precision
farming
Hydroponics
Genetic
engineering
Description
Advantages
Disadvantages