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Topic 2The World of Plants
Standard Grade Biology
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World of Plants is divided into:
A- Introducing plants
B- Growing plants
(Pollination, Fertilisation,
Asexual reproduction)C- Making food
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The life cycle of a plant
• There are 7 stages in the life cycle of a plant. seed /
fruit Formatio
n
seed dispersal
germinationflower
formation
pollination
fertilisation
development
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Seed Structure
• Parts are:Seed coatForms a tough protective layer
Food storeProvides the embryo plant with food.
Embryo shoot
Embryo root
Embryo – grows into plant
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Seed Dissection
• Using a scalpel, carefully dissect your seed in half lengthways.
• Draw a diagram of what you can see.• Identify the parts,and label your drawing(workbook p13).
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Seeds
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Investigation: Germination
• This is an Exam Board Investigation that makes up part of your Practical Abilities grade (20% of finals)
• Planning may be done in small groups but after this you must work on your own
• Write in your Investigation booklet.
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What affects germination?
3Bio2 Brainstorm 16/03/07• Spacing / number of seeds• Humidity / water volume• Type of seeds• Size of seeds• Type of soil / mass• Temperature• Depth of planting• Gases / oxygen levels
Measure by % germination after set time
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Germination and Temperature
• Example of results table. Also draw a graph.
• What conclusions can you draw from your experiment?
• How could you have improved it?
TemperatureoC
No. of seeds
No. of seeds
germinated
Percentage germinatio
n
4 25
20 25
50 25
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Germination conditions
• Seeds need certain conditions to germinate:– Water
• to activate enzymes which digest stored food
– Oxygen• Needed for the production of energy for
germination
– Warmth• Needed for the enzymes to work effectively.
• Germination is the development of a new plant from the embryo in a seed.
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Germination and Temperature
• The best temperature for germination of a species of plant is known as the optimum temperature.
• The optimum temperature is normally between 15oC and 30oC.
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Structure of a Flower
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Petal
Stigma
Anther
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Petals
Stigma
AntherFilament
Ovary
Sepals
Ovules Nectarie
s
Style
Collect a cut-out flower, colour it in and put it together.
Carpelfemal
e parts Stamen
male parts
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What do the parts do?
Sepals- protect the flower when it is a bud
Petals- colourful to attract the insects
Nectaries- give out sugary liquid to attract insects
Stamen- anther produces male sex cells (pollen)
Carpel- stigma traps pollen
Style is where pollen tube grows down to female sex cells.
Carpel- ovary produces female sex cells (ovules)
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Quick Test1. Why is the seed coat important?2. Name the parts of the embryo plant.3. Why is the food store in a seed important?4. Name the three factors required for
germination.5. Where are a plant’s sex organs found?6. Name two parts of a flower that attract
insects.7. Name the male part of a flower.8. Which part of the flower contains ovules?9. Which part of the flower produces pollen?10.Which part of a flower catches pollen
grains?
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Pollination
• Pollination involves the transfer of pollen (male gamete) from the anther to the stigma (outermost female part)
• If it is in the same flower it is calledself-pollination.
• If between different flowers it is calledcross-pollination
• Plants are pollinated by insects or the
wind.
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Insect Pollinated Plants
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Wind Pollinated Plants
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Pollination Activity
• Look at the Botanics Posters• Which features are from wind
pollinated or insect pollinated plants?
• Workbook p28– Construct a table to show
the differences between insect and wind pollinated plants.
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Pollination Summary
Structure Wind Pollinated
Insect Pollinated
Petals
Pollen
Stamen
Stigma
nectar
dull
light
dangling
feathery
none
bright colour
sticky
inside flower
sticky
makes sugar
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Hayfever
World of plants workbookG – pages 34 &35C- pages 36 & 37
• Answer Q 1 – 5 on hayfeverand• Answer Q 1 – 5 on pollenin the air from Feb - Sept
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Fertilisation
• Fertilisation involves the fusion of the nucleus of the male gamete (in the pollen) with the nucleus of the female gamete (in the ovules).
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Fertilisation
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Pollen tubes
• The pollen grain grows a tube.• The tube reaches an ovule.• The gamete nuclei fuse (fertilisation) and
a zygote (seed) forms.
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Pollen tube growth
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Fertilisation
Once fertilisation has taken place the zygote (fertilised ovule)becomes a seed, and the ovary becomes a fruit.The petals die and fall off.The plant seeds are in the fruit.
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What are fruits like?
The fruits can be:
- soft & fleshy
- hard & dry
• What fruits can you think of?
• What are their seeds like?
• Draw a table with headings for each type and write some examples for them.
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Types of Fruits
Soft & fleshy Hard & dry
AppleTomato
Hazelnut
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Seeds must be carried away (dispersed / scattered) from the parent plant to:
• Reduce overcrowding
Seed Dispersal- why?
• Reduce competition for:
- Water
- Light
- Nutrients
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Seed Dispersal
Dispersal method
Description Seeds/ Fruits
Wind Seeds are designed to travel as far as possible.May have extensions which act as parachutes or wings.Fruits may be shaken like a pepper pot.
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Seed DispersalDispersal method
Description Seeds/ Fruits
Animal (internal)
Fruit is brightly coloured to attract animals.When eaten the seed travels with the animal, survives acidic digestive juices and is passed out in the faeces.
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Seed Dispersal
Dispersal method
Description Seeds/ Fruits
Animal (external)
Some have little hooks or sticky substances so they stick onto the animal’s fur, are carried away and rubbed off later.Some carried away by animals and dropped.
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Activity
• Cut out the seeds, match and stick them into appropriate columns in a table, for:
Wind Animal (external)Animal (internal)
[There is also mechanical (eg broom, sea cucumber) and water (eg coconut) but you don’t need to know them for Standard grade]
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Activity
• Listening exercise on seed dispersal– Listen to the tape, – Use the commentary to help you answer
questions on your handout.
World of Plants Workbook p41
Comparing Lime and Sycamore seeds.
Go through the problem solving activity
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Quick Test-A
1. What term is used to describe male and female gametes?
2. What is pollination?3. Name the two types of pollination.4. Describe the differences in the pollen
between insect and wind pollinated plants.5. Explain why the stigmas of wind pollinated
flowers hang outside the flowers.
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Quick test-B
1. Why do wind pollinated flowers not produce nectar?
2. How does the male gamete reach the female gamete?
3. What is a fruit?4. Name three ways in which fruits and
seeds are dispersed.5. Why is it important that fruits and seeds
are carried away from the parent plant?
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Types of reproduction
Sexual reproductionInvolves 2 parents and sex cells ie. pollen
and ovule join to make a new individual.
Asexual reproductionInvolves 1 parent and no sex cells.Ways they naturally reproduce include:
- Tubers- ( Bulbs )- Runners
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Tubers
Tubers are underground food stores which stores food over the winter and provides a new plant with food until it can make its own.
Food made by the new plant is sent to make new tubers. Thereby reproducing itself.
Examples: potato, artichoke, yam, cassava, water chestnut, arrowrootTaro-
Japanese potato
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arrowroot = arrow root = Chinese potato (this name also is used for jicama) = goo = seegoo = arrowhead = Chinese arrowhead = tse goo = ci gu = tsu goo
Arrowroot
Notes: The name arrowroot is more commonly associated with a thickener that's made from the plant.A fresh arrowroot tuber looks like a small onion, only without the layers.It should be peeled, and then it can be boiled or stir-fried.Look for it in Chinese markets during the winter.
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Cassava
cassava = casava = manioc = mandioca = tapioca root = yucca = yucca root = yuca root = Brazilian arrowroot Pronunciation: kuh-SAH-vuh
Notes: People in Hispanic countries use cassavas much like Americans use potatoes. There's both a sweet and a bitter variety of cassava. The sweet one can be eaten raw, but the bitter one requires cooking to destroy the harmful prussic acid it contains.
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Topinambour
Notes: Water chestnuts are delightfully sweet and crisp- if you buy them fresh. You need to peel off their brown jackets and simmer them for five minutes before stir-frying.Tinned Water chestnuts are easily available but not nearly as good. If you use them, blanch them first in boiling water for thirty seconds.
Topinambour
Water chestnut
Chinese water chestnut
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Bulbs
Bulbs are also underground food stores which work in the same way as tubers.
The difference is that bulbs have thick fleshy ‘leaves’.
Keukenhof gardens near Amsterdam Holland.
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Stargazer lily
Examples: snowdrop, crocus, daffodil, iris, lily, hyacinths, amaryllis, onion, garlic.
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1. Sept.- Oct. Planting TimeThe tulip bulbs are going to be planted twice as deep as the bulb is high. They have no roots at this stage.
2. November Making RootsThe roots start growing out of the base, establish themselves taking nutrients from the soil. Mother bulbs get ready for winter.
3. Dec. - Jan.Cooling PeriodRest period. In order for bulbs to bloom in the spring they need weeks of at least 5oC. Frost at this time doesn’t harm them.
4. Feb. – March Growing PeriodThe bulbs begin to change as the starch, or carbohydrates in them turns to sugar. As this occurs, the leaves and flower gradually push up-wards out of the bulb.
5. April – May Blooming TimeThe tulips are in bloom-they receive their nourishment from the roots-only the brown skin of the bulb remains as all of the energy has gone to the bloom.
6. May – June RegenerationAfter flowering the blooms are cut and the leaves are left on the plant. The new daughter-bulbs use the food in the leaves to grow.
7. July - Sept. MultiplyingUp to five small bulbs can be expected to grow out of the mother bulb. They form their roots slowly, and develop their blooms and leaves within the bulb, for next year's plant.
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Runners
Runners are side shoots which grow out from the parent plant.
Buds form at points along the runner and eventually these buds form roots and grow into new plants.
Examples: spider plant (Anthericum), strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa)
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Flame violet
(Episcia reptans)
Collect Information Card
“Asexual Reproduction”
Take short notes from it.
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Activity
World of plants workbookRead p20“Advantages of asexual reproduction”Read p32 & 33.
– Copy and complete the table.Summarising advantages & disadvantages
of sexual versus asexual reproduction
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Reproduction- advantages
Asexual SexualGenetically identical offspring (clones) which have parent’s strong characteristics (but weak ones also passed on) and are suited to their environment.
Narrow distribution spreading over the area quickly as no vulnerable stages involved.
Genetically different offspring- variation.More chance of survival if conditions change.Wide distributionReduces competition for water/light/nutrients as no dense growth around the parent.Using seeds allows the offspring to travel to new areas.
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Clones
A clone is the name given to the genetically identical plants produced from a single parent plant.
They are formed during asexual reproduction only.
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Artificial Propagation
People can make use of plants’ ability to reproduce asexually (instead of using seeds) by using methods of artificial propagation such as:
- Cuttings- Graftings
Again this produces genetically identical offspring (clones).
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Cuttings
They can be placed in moist
soil or water (and sometimes
dipped in rootingpowder).
Cuttings are small pieces of stem with some leaves attached, the new plant grows from this.
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Grafting
A cut stem of one plant (with good flower or fruit growth) (the graft) is taken and firmly attached to the rootstock of another plant (which has a strong, established root system) (the stock).
Examples- roses, fruit trees
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Grafting- advantages
Allows you to clone the commercial qualities of a particular fruit variety on another tree. Seed trees have highly variable fruit quality.
They come into production much earlier (2-3 years) than trees grown from seed (5-10 years).
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Activity
World of Plants Workbook p42
The effect of rooting powder on cuttings
Collect some graph paper and work through the problem solving activity
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Activity
World of plants workbook p33
“Artificial propagation- commercial advantages”
Read page. Collect Information sheetWrite short notes on it.
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Commercial aspects
Artificial propagation has allowed us to adapt and improve plants for our own use.
Some of the benefits include:
•Quick production of large numbers of genetically identical plants.
•Specific varieties, desired features or consistent quality can be produced especially in fruit, flowers.
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Quick Test-C1. How many parents are involved in asexual
reproduction?
2. Name 3 ways in which plants reproduce asexually.
3. Give 2 examples of plants that reproduce asexually by producing runners.
4. What term is used to describe a population of genetically identical plants?
5. Name 2 common methods of artificial propagation.
6. Give the commercial advantages of artificial propagation.
One
Runners, tubers, bulbs
Spider plant, strawberry
Clones
Cuttings, grafting
Quick method, producing large numbers of plants, of known quality and specific variety
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