BIOL 1108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Desiccation Tolerance, Osmotic Concentration, Pteridophyte

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In the ocean, where life first evolved, organisms are bathed in seawater that often matches their cells osmotic concentration. In contrast, organisms on land are surrounded by air and thus are at risk for trying out. 470 million years ago green algae began the transition to land. They can resume photosynthesis as soon as their surface water is available again. Three major organs of the vascular plants are the leaf, stem, and roots. (also, reproductive organs). Leaf: three major tissues are epidermis, mesophyll, veins. Transpiration: water being used as an electron donor in photosynthesis is less than 1% of the water required by vascular plants. Instead, most of the water a plant needs is because of their co2 uptake from the air: co2 enters the cell through diffusion. Each mesophyll cell is surrounded by air spaces and the air spaces are connected to air surrounding the leaf by pores in the epidermis.

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