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 Characteristics
 Chlorophyll 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
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/mccauley/6a-labs-plants-02.htm
Plant Reproduction
Fern
Plants make spores
in the sporophyte stage
Plant Reproduction
 When the spores of some plants grow, the new plants
called gametophytes
Gametophyte Stage
 The fertilized egg of a gametophyte grows into a
sporophyte
Reproduction in Plants
Stage 1
Sporophyte
Production
and
fertilization
of sex cells
Produce spores
(cloning)
Gametophytes
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 Plants
Gymnosperm is a vascular
seed plant that does not flower
Plant Classification
 Nonvascular Plants are plants without specialized
conducting tissues
 Liverwort is an example of a nonvascular plant
Vascular Plant
 Angiosperm is a flowering plant with seeds inside a
fruit
Origin of Plants
 Same kind of
Chlorophyll
 Similar Cell Walls
 Photosynthesis
 Store energy in the form
of starch
 Two stage life cycle
Blue worksheet
 Work with the person sitting next to you and try to
complete as much as you can
 You will have 2-3 minutes
Blue Worksheet
Have two life stages which
include the
Can be Classified as
It’s your turn!
 Create a song, skit, or poem
 Must have at least 3 vocabulary words
 2-3 minute song or skit
 2-3 paragraph poem
 Ex: 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
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