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Vocab
Archegonia:
Antheridia:
Gametangia:
Embryophytes:
Spores:
Gemmae:
Apical Meristems:
Cuticle:
Stomata & Guard Cells
Protonema:
Rhyzoid:
Sphagnum bog:
Liverwort:
Hornwort:
Intro to Land Plants & Bryophytes

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Intro to Land Plants & Bryophytes
Questions
What are some traits shared by the charophyceans and land plants?
Who has sporopollenin & where else is it found?
List the eight traits of land plants, not shared w/ charophyceans as discussed in lecture.
What is the function of the cuticle? How about stomata?
Give an example of a secondary compound & list some functions of secondary compounds.
Adaptation to living on land catalyzed a great deal of evolutionary diversification. Why is this?
List the three main traits of the bryophytes as discussed in lecture.

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Intro to Land Plants & Bryophytes
Why don’t you see larger bryophytes?
Explain the life cycle of a typical moss.
Sketch a male and a female gametophyte of a liverwort.
What is the bryophytes mode of nutrition?
What resource ultimately restricts the distribution of bryophytes? Explain.
What affect will global warming have on Sphagnum bogs (peat bogs)?