SECTION 20.1 ORIGINS OF PLANT LIFE Study Guide KEY CONCEPT Plant life began in the water and became adapted to land. VOCABULARY plant vascular system seed cuticle lignin stomata pollen grain Land plants evolved from green algae. 1. Name five characteristics that green algae and land plants share. 2. The common ancestor of all plants would be classified in what class if it were alive today? 3. What plant characteristics probably originated in charophyceans? Copyright by McDougal Littell, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company Plants have adaptations that allow them to live on land. In the table below, take notes about the challenges that plants face on land and adaptations to these challenges. Challenge Description Adaptations 4. retaining moisture 5. transporting resources 6. growing upright 7. reproducing on land Unit 7 Resource Book Study Guide 1
STUDY GUIDE, CONTINUED Plants evolve with other organisms in their environment. 8. Give two examples of mutualisms that have evolved between plants and other types of organisms. 9. Give two examples of how plants have evolved with the animals that eat them. Vocabulary Check In the spaces provided below, draw pictures that help you to remember the definitions of the vocabulary words. Plant Vascular system Cuticle and stomata Seed Copyright McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company. 2 Study Guide Unit 7 Resource Book
SECTION 20.2 CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS Study Guide KEY CONCEPT Plants can be classified into nine phyla. VOCABULARY pollination angiosperm flower gymnosperm cone fruit Mosses and their relatives are seedless nonvascular plants. 1. What is required in order for seedless plants to reproduce? 2. How do nonvascular plants obtain water and nutrients? 3. Take notes about seedless nonvascular plants in the table below. Plant Type Phylum Name Characteristics liverworts hornworts Copyright by McDougal Littell, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company mosses Club mosses and ferns are seedless vascular plants. 4. How does having a vascular system affect how seedless vascular plants grow? 5. Take notes about seedless vascular plants in the table below. Plant Type Phylum Name Characteristics club mosses ferns Unit 7 Resource Book Study Guide 5
STUDY GUIDE, CONTINUED Seed plants include cone-bearing plants and flowering plants. 6. What are three advantages that seed plants have over their seedless relatives? 7. Name and describe the two broad categories of seed plants. 8. Take notes about seed plants in the table below. Plant Type Phylum Name Characteristics cycads ginkgo conifers flowering plants Vocabulary Check pollination cone flower fruit 9. mature ovary of flower 10. process in which pollen meets female parts of same plant species 11. reproductive structure of most gymnosperms 12. reproductive structure of angiosperms Copyright by McDougal Littell, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company 6 Study Guide Unit 7 Resource Book
SECTION 20.3 DIVERSITY OF FLOWERING PLANTS Study Guide KEY CONCEPT The largest phylum in the plant kingdom is the flowering plants. VOCABULARY cotyledon monocot dicot wood Flowering plants have unique adaptations that allow them to dominate in today s world. Fill in the concept map below about the adaptations of flowering plants. Flowering plants have have 1. 3. which can allow for more efficient which plays a role in 2. 4. Copyright McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company. Botanists classify flowering plants into two groups based on seed type. Take notes about monocots and dicots in the table below. Type of Flowering Plant 5. monocot 6. dicot Number of Cotyledons Other Characteristics Unit 7 Resource Book Study Guide 9
STUDY GUIDE, CONTINUED Flowering plants are also categorized by stem type and lifespan. 7. Why is it helpful to categorize flowering plants in ways other than by seed type? 8. Describe the two major stem types of flowering plants. 9. Take notes about the three lifespan types of flowering plants. Lifespan Characteristics Examples annual biennial perennial Vocabulary Check 10. What is a cotyledon? 11. How does the prefix mono-, meaning one, relate to the meaning of monocot? 12. How does the prefix di-, meaning two, relate to the meaning of dicot? 13. What is wood made up of? Copyright McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company. 10 Study Guide Unit 7 Resource Book
SECTION 20.4 PLANTS IN HUMAN CULTURE Study Guide KEY CONCEPT Humans rely on plants in many ways. VOCABULARY botany ethnobotany pharmacology alkaloid Agriculture provides stable food supplies for people in permanent settlements. 1. How have people obtained food for the majority of human history? 2. How have farmers tamed wild crop species over the past 10,000 years? 3. How has farming become part of a culture s economy? Copyright by McDougal Littell, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company Take notes about the requirements and benefits of the following methods of obtaining food. Method Requirements Benefits 4. hunting and gathering 5. agriculture Unit 7 Resource Book Study Guide 13
STUDY GUIDE, CONTINUED Plant products are important economic resources. 6. How were plants involved in the great seafaring expeditions of the 1400s and 1500s? 7. Name three plant products that are important to the global economy today. Plant compounds are essential to modern medicine. Fill in the main idea web below with notes about the role of plants in modern medicine. Pharmacology: Alkaloids: Main Idea: Plant compounds are essential to modern medicine. Role of plants: Synthetic drugs: Vocabulary Check botany ethnobotany pharmacology 8. study of plants 9. study of drugs and their effects on the body 10. study of how people use plants Copyright McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company. 14 Study Guide Unit 7 Resource Book