Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Kingdom Plantae

General Description: Plants are multicellular, and they are eukaryotic. They have cytoplasm and no mitochondria. They also have chlorphyll and are photosynthetic. They reproduce sexually and asexually, it depends on the type of plant and how they grow and disperse their seeds to make offspring.

Defining Characteristics of Group: Some characteristics is that they have petals, they do not move, they have stomata and their cells are usually in a square or rectagular shape. They are green and sometimes have other colors.

Evolutionary Adaptations: They are believed to come form green algae and then adapted to land masses. They probably lived on the edges of lakes and ponds and relied on water droplets to bring the egg to sperm. They most likely had a moss like appearance and the earliest fossil record is 450 million years old.

Ecological Importance: Plants are improtant because without them we would have to producers to change light energy to chemical energy and feed the rest of the animals in the world. Nothing would be able to live besides bacteria.

Example from Kingdom:
1.)
2.) Plantae, Plant
3.)Habitat= Everywhere. Niche= They are the starters of all food chains, they stimulate all energy.
4.)Water flows upright through Capillary action into the stem and leaves.
Buds are small swellings from a plant.
Flowers are colorful because it attracts animals and insects that pollinate them
Roots are covered with root hairs
Fruit is part of the flower in which seed grow

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