Plant Diversity & Adaptations

Plant Diversity & Adaptations

Challenges & Classification

Open Ended

What are the reactants (what goes in) and products (what comes out) for photosynthesis?

Multiple Choice

What organelle completes photosynthesis?

• Mitochondria

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the pigment in this organelle?

• Chlorophyll

• Carotene

• Anthocyanins

Open Ended

Are plants prokaryotes or eukaryotes? Autotrophic or heterotrophic? Unicellular or multicellular?

Multiple Choice

What is the common ancestor of all plants?

• Mosses

• Charophyceans

• Cone-bearers

• Ferns

Multiple Choice

What is the first category of plants to have evolved?

• Flowering plants

• Cone-bearers

• Mosses

• Ferns

Multiple Choice

What category of plants evolved most recently?

• Flowering plants

• Cone-bearers

• Mosses

• Ferns

Multiple Choice

When did the flowering plant lineage diverge from the cone-bearing plants?

• 100 mya

• 150 mya

• 200 mya

• 300 mya

Open Ended

What do pollen and seeds allow plants to do land?

Open Ended

What do stomata and cuticles allow plants to do?

Open Ended

How does lignin help plants?

Open Ended

Why is having a vascular system beneficial to plants?

Multiple Choice

Azaleas are an example of a -

• Gymnosperm

• Angiosperm

Multiple Choice

Sago palm is an example of a -

• Gymnosperm

• Angiosperm