BIOL 1002 Chapter : BIOL 1002 Chapter 21 Notes Only

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Most plants have the ability to photosynthesize. The multicellular embryo of a plant is retained within and receives nutrients from the tissues of the parent plant. Plants exhibit alternation of generations (a multicellular diploid generation alternates with a multicellular haploid generation) A diploid sporophyte plant produces haploid spores through meiosis. The spores divide by mitosis and develop into haploid gametophyte plants. Haploid gametophyte plants produce haploid male and female gametes through mitosis. Gametes of opposite sex fuse to form diploid zygotes, which divide by mitosis and develop into diploid sporophytes. Plants make vital contributions to the food, air, soil, and water that sustain life on land. Plants capture energy that other organisms use. Through photosynthesis, plants provide food, directly or indirectly, for all the animals, fungi, and nonphotosynthetic microbes on land. Plants produce oxygen gas as a by-product of photosynthesis, continually replenishing oxygen in the atmosphere. Plants play a crucial ecological role (continued)

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