Plant Review

What were the first photosynthetic organisms, that used pigments phycocyanin (blue) as well as chlorophyll to absorb sunlight energy?

• Lichen

• Red algae

• Cyanobacteria

• Angiosperms

No specialized vascular tissue

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

No true roots, leaves, or stems (NO veins or tubes)

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

Low lying

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

Examples include mosses, hornworts, and liverworts

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

Specialized vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) used to move food and water throughout the plants

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

Contain roots and shoots (leaves and stems)

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

Can grow very tall

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

Examples include ferns, conifers, trees

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

Food production occurs within the leaves of the shoot system via

• Transpiration
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Mitosis