Friday, March 1, 2013
Plant Diversity- Seed Plants
Lecture Video: http://mediacast.ttu.edu/Mediasite/Play/47f1c8f46666481ab3aae2b64abbb8d31d?catalog=4dc7289a-d3e0-4ae5-8fdc-5b86c027a06b
Gymosperms and angiosperms are the "seed plants".
Readings From Textbook
pages 618 - 635.
Gymnosperms
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
- defne and contrast homospory and heterospory
- discuss the evolutionary advantage of heterosporty over homospory
- identify the parts of a seed and discuss why reproducing by seeds is an advantaged compared to reproducing by spores
- discuss the life cycle of a pine
- discuss the characteristics of pines that are advanced relative to the ferns and those that are primitive relative to the angiosperms
Angiosperms
Expected Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course a fully engaged student should be able to
- discuss the parts of a flower
- discuss the evolutionary advantage of reproducing by flowers rather than by cones
- discuss the life cycle of an angiosperm
- discuss the characteristics of angiosperms that are advanced relative to the pines and those that are primitive relative to the angiosperms
- discuss why angiosperms are the most successful of all plant groups
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