What is a Plant?Note Taker Guide

for pg. 300-303

Strange Plants

Welwitschia Mirabilis

English Yew

Why do we need plants to eat?

We need plants to eat

Plant CharacteristicsChlorophyll is the green pigment

that captures energy from the

sun

Plant Characteristics

Photosynthesis is the process plants use to make food from carbon dioxide and energy from the sun

Plant Characteristics

The cuticle keeps plants from drying out

Plant Cell Structure

Plant Reproduction

http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/mccauley/6a-labs-plants-02.htm

Fern

Plants make spores in the sporophyte stage

Plant Reproduction

When the spores of some plants grow, the new plants called gametophytes

Gametophyte StageThe fertilized egg of a gametophyte grows

into a sporophyte

Reproduction in PlantsSporophyt

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Produce spores

(cloning)

Gametophytes

Production and

fertilization of sex cells

Stage 1

Stage 2

Plant Classification

Vascular Plants have tissues to deliver water and nutrients from one part of the plant to the other

Fern is an example of a seedless vascular plant

Vascular PlantsGymnosperm is a vascular seed plant that does not flower

Plant ClassificationNonvascular Plants are plants without

specialized conducting tissues

Liverwort is an example of a nonvascular plant

Vascular PlantAngiosperm is a flowering plant with seeds

inside a fruit

Origin of PlantsSame kind of

ChlorophyllSimilar Cell WallsPhotosynthesisStore energy in the

form of starchTwo stage life cycle

Blue worksheetWork with the person sitting next to you and

try to complete as much as you canYou will have 2-3 minutes

Blue Worksheet

Have two life stages which include the

Can be Classified as

Gametophyte

It’s your turn!Create a song, skit, or poem Must have at least 3 vocabulary words2-3 minute song or skit2-3 paragraph poemEx: typical day in the life of a plant, Harsh

conditions (Drought, no sun, etc) Photosynthesis, Cell structure

Write down song, skit, and poems, on paper with everyone’s name

Food for Thought“Plants do photosynthesis, a

complicated process, and without plants, we'd all be

dead.”Pamela Ronald