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Kingdom Plants
Photosynthetic Eukaryotes
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Plants

• General characteristics
• ______________________
• ______________________
• ______________________
• _______________________
• ______________________

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Plant Diversity
Mossesno watertransportsystem(pipes)
Fernswater transport, no seeds
Coniferspollen seeds
Flowering plantsflowers fruit
seed plants
water transport system
colonization of land
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Mosses

• Characteristics
• ______________________
• no true roots
• ______________________
• need water to reproduce
• _________ for reproduction
• no seeds

Where mustmosses live?
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Ferns

• Characteristics
• _____________________
• xylem roots
• ______________________
• need water to reproduce
• ________ for reproduction
• no seeds

spores
Where mustferns live?
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Ancient Tree Ferns
Fossil fuels I get it!
Carboniferous forest 290-350 mya Forests of
ferns mosses decayed into deposits of coal oil
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Conifers

• Characteristics
• ______________________
• xylem, roots
• ______________________
• naked seeds in cone (no fruit)
• ______________________
• sperm that doesnt have to swim

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sporangium pollen
male
male (pollen) cones
female
female cones
pine embryo
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Flowering plants

• Characteristics
• ______________________
• xylem, roots
• ______________________
• specialized structure for sexual reproduction
• ______________________
• sperm that doesnt have to swim
• ______________________

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Flower

• 4 rings of flower parts
• _____________
• _____________
• _____________
• male
• _____________
• female

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Seed Plant embryo
seed coat

• Seed offers
• protection for embryo (new plant)
• stored nutrients for growth of new plant

food for new plant
seed leaves
embryo(new plant)
seed leaves first leaves of new plant
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Any Questions??