BIOL 119 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Non-Vascular Plant, Vascular Tissue, Tracheid
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Study green algae along with land plants. Chapter 31- land plants and green algae: closest living relatives to land plants, transition from aquatic to terrestrial life occurs when land plants evolved from green algae. Land plants were fist to thrive with tissues completely exposed to the air. Building soil by providing food for decomposers. Holding soil and preventing nutrients from being lost to wind/water erosion. Moderating local climate by providing shade and reducing impact of wind on landscapes. Sugars produced by land plants support virtually all other organisms in terrestrial habitats. Agricultural research- domestication of crop plants: artificial selection- for plants with certain properties- led to changes in plant characteristics. Wood burning, fossil fuel- coal, petroleum, natural gas. Important sources of raw material for clothing, rope, towels, linens. Most compounds are synthesized by plants to repel herbivores. Live in marine, freshwater, or moist terrestrial habitats.
