Slide 1Introduction to Plants Mrs. M. Rightler Slide 2 Earliest Plants Algae Phytoplankton Lived in the sea Slide 3 Problems with life on land Problem Drying Out Making Food…

Slide 1Kingdom Fungi Eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic Used to be classified in the plant kingdom, but because they lack chlorophyll (dont photosynthesize), lack roots,…

Slide 1How to identify prairie plants? Look at picture books of plants and use dichotomous keys. Pictures in books work best for plants with nice flowers. For grasses, keys…

1.Plant Characteristics 2. Characteristics of Plants 1. Made of cells (with DNA, cell wall, chloroplasts) 2. Multicellular – no single celled plants 3. Producers – make…

Slide 1Introduction to Plants Essential Questions: Why are plants important to life on Earth? How have they adapted to life on land? How have plans evolved to respond to…

Slide 1Today: What am I: Protistan Jeopardy! Plants, Part 1 Slide 2 Defining the “Plants” Land plants form a monophyletic group of embryophytes that evolved from the…

Slide 1 Kingdom Plantae Chapter 22 Slide 2 Plants are divided into 2 categories: Vascular – have internal tissues to conduct nutrients and water. Nonvascular - do not have…

Nonvascular Plants What Are Plants? Traditionally: All the photosynthetic organisms plus Fungi Fungi have been removed to a separate kingdom Prokaryotic photosynthetic “Blue-Green…

Plant Jeopardy Directions In Jeopardy, remember the answer is in the form of a question. Select a question by clicking on it. After reading the question click on the word…

Plants to land - What is a plant? What are the challenges of land? How were these challenges met? Refer to chapter 23 in text. Short form: a truly multicellular photoautotroph.…