1. Kingdom Plantae

2. What is a Plant? Autotrophs Multicellular Eukayotes Have a cell wall

3. What’s In A Plant Cell? Nucleus-”Brains” of the cell Cell Wall-containing cellulose Cell Membrane-contains the cytoplasm in the cell Chloroplasts-where food is made Vacuole-storage sac

4. How Plants Survive on Land? Must be able to: Obtain water and nutrients from the surroundings Be able to retain water Transport materials to plant Support the plant Reproduce-Sexual by fertilization

5. How are Plants Classified? 2 Major groups Nonvascular Lack a well-developed system for transporting H2O and other material Vascular Have well-developed system of transportation of H2O and other material

6. What are some Nonvascular Plants? Examples: Mosses Liverworts Hornworts

7. What are someVascular Plants? Seedless Vascular Ferns, Horsetails Gymnosperms Ginkgo Trees, Pine Trees Angiosperms Flowers, Fruit Trees, Grains

8. Life Cycles of Plants 2 Stages Sporophyte Stage Produces spores which then produce egg and sperm cells Gametophyte Stage Sperm cell fertilizes the egg cell produces a zygote

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