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1 peptidoglycan 2 sporopollenin.
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The structural integrity of bacteria is to 1.________ as the structural integrity of plant spores is to 2.________
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charophytes
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________ group is the most recent common ancestor of all land plants was probably similar to modern-day members
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phragmoplast
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tissues performing nuclear division without intervening cytokineses plant tissue should lack __________
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charophytes and land plants
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sporopollenin , chlorophyll a. cellulose, chlorophyll b are common to both _________ and _______ _________*
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plantae
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A number of characteristics are very similar between charophytes and members of the kingdom ________
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charophytes Plantae.
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chloroplast structure, cell plate formation during cytokinesis, sperm cell structure, ribosomal RNA nucleotide sequences ,are close evolutionary characteristics between __________and members of the kingdom ________
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charophytes and land plants
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glycolate oxidasean peroxisomal enzyme that is associated with photorespiration would be best to develop a test that will distinguish __________ and______ ________* from green algae.
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mitosis protists and fungi.
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In animal cells and in the meristem cells of land plants, the nuclear envelope disintegrates during 1________. This disintegration does not occur in the cells of most 2_______and 3______
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charophytes
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_________is a group of organisms should feature mitosis most similar to that of land plants
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embryos
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On a field trip, a student in a marine biology class collects an organism that has differentiated organs, cell walls of cellulose, and chloroplasts with chlorophyll a. Based on this description, the organism could be a brown alga, a red alga, a green alga, a charophyte recently washed into the ocean from a freshwater or brackish water source, or a land plant washed into the ocean. The presence of __________ definitively identify this organism as a land plant
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apical meristem
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if__________ is observed in an unidentified green organism, would make it unlikely to be a charophyte
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zygotes zygotes
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Whereas the ________of charophytes may remain within maternal tissues during their initial development, one should not expect to observe specialized placental transfer cells surrounding the ________
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Plantae
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________ taxon is essentially equivalent to the embryophytes
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secondary compounds
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________ ______* =protection from predators
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cuticle
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________=protection from desiccation
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tracheids and phloem
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_________ and ________ are the transport of water, minerals, and nutrients
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animal predation
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________ __________*was not a challenge for survival of the first land plants
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adaptations
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cuticles tracheids reduced gametophyte generation seeds are all ________ to life on land
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apical meristem
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Mitotic activity by the _________ __________* of a root makes increase of the above-ground stem.
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alkaloids
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________ is a secondary compound of embryophytes?
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herbivory
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the rise of ________ probably made the synthesis of secondary compounds most beneficial
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Viridiplantae
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_________ taxa includes the largest amount of genetic diversity among plantlike organisms
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Bryophytes
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________ have all of the following characteristics 1.multicellularity 2.specialized cells 3.tissues walled spores in sporangia a reduced, 4. dependent sporophyte
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Bryophytes
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________ dont have lignified vascular tissue
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sporophytes.
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Plant spores are produced directly by_________
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archegonia
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________ may temporarily contain sporophyte embryos.
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gametangia
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Both male and female bryophytes produce __________
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1 cuticlerosette 2cellulose-synthesizing complexes 3 peroxisomes 4 phenolics
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The leaflike appendages of moss gametophytes may be one- to two-cell-layers thick. 1.______ 2. _______ ________ _________ _______ 3. ________ 4. _______
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bryophytes
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a cellulose cell wall is a general characteristic of _______
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bryophytes
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chlorophylls a and b is a general characteristic of _______
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bryophytes
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being photosynthetic autotrophs is a general characteristic of _______
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bryophytes
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being eukaryotic is a general characteristic of _______
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mosses
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external water is required for fertilization is the life cycle of _________
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mosses
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flagellated sperm are produced is the life cycle of _________
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mosses
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antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes is the life cycle of _________
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mosses
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the gametophyte generation is dominant is the life cycle of _________
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false
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the growing embryo gives rise to the gametophyte is true of false to the life cycles of mosses ?
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rhizoids archegonia sporangia placental transfer cells
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Bryophytes may feature all of the following at some time during their existence 1. ________ 2.________3.________4.________ _______ _________
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spores
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A fungal infection damages all peristomes, preventing them from performing their function. Which process will be directly hindered as a result broadcast of __________
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Rhizoids
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_________ are not absorptive structures.
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foot
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_________ is a structure that transfers water and nutrients from a bryophyte gametophyte to a bryophyte sporophyte
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Bryophytes
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__________ never formed forests (mats, yes, but not forests) because they lack lignified vascular tissue.
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bryophyte
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In __________ the mature sporophyte depend completely on the gametophyte for nutrition
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the appearance of its spore-producing structures
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You are hiking in a forest and happen upon a plant featuring a central stemlike structure from which sprout many, tiny, leaflike structures. _________ _________ _______ ______ _____ ________ ______ *distinguishes whether it was a true moss, or a club moss?
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1.vascular tissue 2. a waxy cuticle 3. stomata on leaves. 4.a branched sporophyte.
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1. _________ ______* 2.________ _______ ______* 3.______ ___ _______ 4.________ ______ _______all helped seedless plants become better adapted to land
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ferns.
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flagellated sperm, xylem with tracheids, separate gametophyte and sporophyte generations with the sporophyte dominant, and no seeds. This plant is probably most closely related to ________
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microphylls or megaphylls
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You are hiking in a forest and come upon a mysterious plant, which you determine is either a lycophyte sporophyte or a pterophyte sporophyte. classify the plant whether it has __________or _________ would be most helpful in helping you correctly
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increased spore production
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A major change that occurred during the evolution of plants from their algal ancestors was the origin of a branched sporophyte. What advantage would branched sporophytes provide in this stage of the life cycle?
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monilophytes
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Sporophylls can be found in __________
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pine trees
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__________ _________ *would not yet have been evolved in the forests that became coal deposits
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homosporous.
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If a fern gametophyte is a hermaphrodite (that is, has both male and female gametangia on the same plant), then it belongs to a species that is _________
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sporopollenins
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Besides oil, what other chemical should be detected in substantial amounts upon chemical analysis of these small spheres?
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sporophylls
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Closer observation reveals that these small spheres are produced on tiny extensions of the stem, each of which helps compose the strobilus. These small, spore-producing extensions of the stem are called __________
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seedless vascular plants
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Whole forests were dominated by large, seedless vascular plants during the Carboniferous period is true of ______ ________ ________*
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early bryophytes
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_________ _________* should have had gene sequences most similar to the charophyte that was the common ancestor of the land plants?
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Lycophyta Bryophyta ChlorophytaMonlophytes
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flagellated (swimming) sperm are generally present in which groups? 1.______ 2._______ 3.________ 4.________
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beneficial adaptation
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decreased numbers of stomata, to maximize absorption of ever-decreasing levels of atmospheric CO2 is a __________ __________ regarding the number of stomata per unit surface area
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charophytes are the closest algal relatives of plants
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similar sperm structure is evidence that__________
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charophytes are the closest algal relatives of plants
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similarities in cell wall formation during cell division is evidence that __________
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charophytes are the closest algal relatives of plants
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genetic similarities in chloroplasts is evidence that __________
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charophytes are the closest algal relatives of plants
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similarities in proteins that synthesize cellulose is evidence that __________
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charophytes are the closest algal relatives of plants
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similarities in chloroplast shape is not evidence that _________
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charophyte algae
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alternation of multicellular generations characteristic of plants is absent in their closest relatives, the __________ __________
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the development of seeds
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_________ _____ ________ _________*is not common to all phyla of vascular plants
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vascular plants
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1. alternation of generations 2. dominance of the diploid generation 3. xylem and phloem 4. the addition of lignin to cell wallsis common to all phyla of _______ ________
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haploid spores
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In plants________ __________are produced by meiosis
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lycophytes
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Microphylls are characteristic of which types of plants __________
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fern
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___________ is a land plant that produces flagellated sperm and has a sporophyte -dominated life cycle
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They increase the surface area for photosynthesis.
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What is the evolutionary significance of megaphylls?
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monilophytes
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Sori can be found in ?
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stomata
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What structures allow plants to readily take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
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diffusion through all cells
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Water is brought into mosses primarily by what?
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algae
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Plants have a waxy, waterproof cuticle, and _________ do not.
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megaphylls
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In sporophyte ferns, the leaves are _____.
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traits shared by land plants and their closest relatives among the algae
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Structure of flagellated sperm -Formation of a phragmoplast -Rings of cellulose-synthesizing proteins in the plasma membrane
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on moist soil
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Where would you find a fern gametophyte?
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life cycle of bryophyte
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A moist environment is required for sexual reproduction is the life cycle of
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peristome
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Typically, the upper part of a bryophyte capsule that contains the spores features a ring of interlocking, tooth-like structures known as the ________
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the sporangia
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To examine meiosis in ferns, you would study _____ ______
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Desiccation
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In moving to land, plants had to overcome __________
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non plant organisms
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In plants, the haploid and diploid stages are both multicellular which is a key difference between alternation of generations in plants and sexual reproduction in _______ ______ ________
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mitosis
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gametes produced by bryophytes By __________of gametophyte cells
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Monilophyta
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Equisetum is a genus in the phylum __________?
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sporopollenin
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algae and plants that possess ________ Reproductive cells are more resistant to desiccation.
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vascular tissue
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A major division in plant systematics is based on whether a particular species has __________.
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It is a sporophyte.
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The "dots" on the underside of a fern frond are spore cases; therefore, what is true of the plant to which the frond belongs?
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mosses
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The gametophyte stage of the plant life cycle is most conspicuous in __________.
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Carboniferous
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During what period did seedless vascular plants form extensive forests of tall trees?
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land plants
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Walled spores produced in sporangia is a trait unique to _____ _______
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land plants
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The embryophytes are __________.
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Sphagnum peatlands
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-Low pH -Low temperature -Phenolic compounds produced by Sphagnum -Low oxygen are characteristics of ?
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cuticle
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The development of the __________ prevents plants from drying out and protects them from microbes.
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a multicellular haploid organism and a multicellular diploid organism
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Alternation of generations in all land plants is between __________.
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phloem
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_________ function in Distribution of sugars, amino acids, and other organic products
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Megasporangia microsporangia
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____________produce spores that develop into female gametocytes, whereas _________produce spores that develop into male gametophytes.
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Fern gametophytes
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__________ ____________ are free-living, multicellular organisms
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sperm
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The antheridia of mosses produce________
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Charophytes
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Evidence suggests that land plants arose from within which protist lineage?