Principles of Biology II: Review - Final Exam

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Principles of Biology II

Review Final Exam



Chapter 28 Protists
Endosymbiosis in Eukaryotic Evolution, Five Supergroups of Eukaryotes- list their key characteristics, and
describe some representative taxa, Red algae and green algae. Life cycle of Plasmodium and
Dictyostellum, a cellular slime mold
Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
Land plants evolved from green algae, Highlights of plant evolution. Derived Traits of Plants: Protection
of the embryo, Alternation of generations (with multicellular embryos dependent on the parent plant),
Walled spores produced in sporangia, Multicellular gametangia, Apical meristems. The Origin and
Diversification of Plants: Nonvascular plants, vascular plants: seedless vascular plants, seed plants and
their classification. The life cycle of a moss. The Ecological and Economic Importance of Mosses. Origins
and Traits of Vascular Plants. The life cycle of a fern, Adaptations for life on land, sporophylls and Spore
Variations, The Significance of Seedless Vascular Plants.
Chapter 30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
Seeds and pollen grains, the key adaptations for life on land, Gametophyte/sporophyte relationships in
different plant groups, Heterospory: Ovules and Production of Eggs, Heterospory: Pollen and Production
of Sperm, The Evolutionary Advantage of Seeds, Gymnosperms bear naked seeds, typically on cones,
The Life Cycle of a Pine, The reproductive adaptations of angiosperms include flowers and fruits, The
Angiosperm Life Cycle, Angiosperm Evolution. Major differences between monocots and eudicots.
Chapter 35 Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
The plant body has a hierarchy of organs, tissues, and cells, structure of leaf, stem and roots and their
modifications. Dermal, Vascular (Xylem, Phloem), and Ground Tissues (parenchyma cells, Collenchyma
cells, Sclerenchyma cells. Meristems generate cells for new organs (indeterminate growth, determinate
growth). Meristems (Apical meristems, Lateral meristems). Primary Growth and secondary growth
(vascular cambium, cork cambium). Primary Growth of Roots: Zone of cell division, Zone of elongation,
Zone of maturation. Primary Growth of Shoots, Tissue Organization of Leaves, secondary growth adds
girth to stems and roots in woody plants, Growth, morphogenesis, and differentiation produce the plant
body, Gene Expression and Control of Cellular Differentiation, Genetic Control of Flowering: ABC Model.
Chapter 38 Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
Flowers, double fertilization, and fruits are unique features of the angiosperm life cycle, angiosperm
reproduction: Flower Structure and Function, Development of Male and Female Gametophytes,
Pollination and Double Fertilization. Structure of the mature seed. Seed Dormancy, Seed Germination,
and Seedling Development. Fruit Form and Function. Flowering plants reproduce sexually, asexually, or
both. Mechanisms of sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction. Vegetative Propagation and
Agriculture. Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.
Chapter 36 Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
Resource acquisition and transport in a vascular plant, Different mechanisms to transport substances
over short or long distance, diffusion, osmosis, active transport, passive transport, transport proteins,
solute transport across plant cell plasma membranes. Three Major Pathways of Transport: symplastic
route, apoplastic route, transmembrane route. Bulk Flow in Long-Distance Transport, Transpiration
derives the transport of water and minerals from roots to shoot via the xylem, Bulk Flow Driven by
Negative Pressure (Tension) in the Xylem, Pulling Xylem Sap: The Transpiration-Cohesion-Tension
Mechanism, The rate of transpiration is regulated by stomata, Stimuli for stomatal opening and closing,
sugars are transported from sources to sink via the phloem, Bulk Flow by Positive Pressure: The
Mechanism of translocation in angiosperms.

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