Hexapoda means six feet includes a tremendous diversity of winged insects(class Insecta, subclass Dicondylia) and many fewer species of wingless insect (subclass Archaeognatha) and noninsect taxa (subclasses Dipluran and Ellipura in the class Entognatha). Hexapods have three major body regions (head, thorax, abdomen) and six thoracic feets
The class Entognatha, with about 11,000 described species of wingless hexapods, includes the moderately diverse subclass Ellipura with many springtails (Collembola) and a few proturans living in terrestrial and semiaquatic environments and the smaller subclass Diplura whose minute members inhabit moist forest litter. Most springtails live in moist terrestrial environments, but some colonize the surface film of quiet fresh and marine waters. They occur at densities much higher than almost any other invertebrate in soil litter. Unlike insects, springtails have only six abdominal segments, and cleavage of their eggs is total. Their name is derived from their ability to spring forward several centimeters when a forked structure flexed under the abdomen is rapidly uncocked.Insects are of vital importance in many ecosystems and many are of economic significance – as animal or plant pests or disease vectors or beneficially as crop pollinators or producers of silk, honey, etc.
1. what do Hexapoda and Angiosperm plants have in common ? 2. How or what connection...
Chapters 29,30 Plant Diversity I, Plant Dlversity I 1. What are characteristics of the most recent common ancestor land plants 2. List plant adaptations to lifo on land. 3. What are characteristics of Byophytes? 4. How are plant spores produced? 5. Define the function(s) of archegonia 6. Def fine heterospory in terms of the evolution of plants. 7. Discuss the ongoing trend in the evolution of land plants. 8, what is the function of the seed coat? 9. How are...
Question 47 (1 point) Which of the following characteristics do Crustacea and Hexapoda have in common? OA) They have completely abandoned gills for the more efficient tracheal system. OB) They have three pairs of walking legs. OC) Their head and thorax are fused into a cephalothorax. D) They have at least one pair of antennae, mandibles, and maxilla on their head. E) They have a similar number of marine, terrestrial, and freshwater species.
Week 5: EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY OF PLANTS - SEEDLESS PLANTS Given 2 hours of discussion and assigned reading on the subject, upon an examination and within 70% accuracy, the student should be able to: Green Algal Ancestor of Plants a. Give four features of charophytes consistent with their sharing a common ancestor sometime in the past with plants. b. Draw an evolutionary tree for plants showing significant innovations during their evolution C Explain the mechanism of "Alternation of Generations" and...
1. What do apogamic non-vascular plants and gametophytic apomixis of flowering plants share in common? 2. How does gametophytic apomixis and apogamy differ? 3. How does gametophytic apoximis and vegetative apomixis differ?
Questions to complete: 1. How do the life cycles vary among the different plant groups? Gymnosperm vs. Angiosperm. 2. In comparison to mosses and ferns, what adaptations do gymnosperms have that make them better adapted to a dry environment? 3. Why are angiosperms so successful? 4. Compare and contrast a pinecone and a flower in terms of structure and function. 5. Describe flower morphology. 6. Explain why plant diversity can be considered a nonrenewable resource.
2. As a way of summarizing what you have learned about land plants in the last two weeks, complete the following table that compares the important characteristics of land plants. Moss Fern Gymnosperm Angiosperm Features Dominant generation Vascular tissue (+/-) Seed (+/-) Fruit (+/-) Fertilization requires water? Pollen grain (+/-) Homosporous or heterosporous ? Examples
1)Angiosperm plants DO NOT have a demonstrated coevolutionary interaction, diffuse or strong, with which group? Select one: a. Social hymenopterans b. Lepidopterans c. Non-hominoid primates d. Herbivorous Permian synapsids 2)If strictly herbivorous animals feeding on C3 plants are switched entirely to C4 plants, what would we see in their tissues? Select one: a. Enrichment of 13C b. Depletion of 13C 3)When plant matter is buried, which carbon isotope will be buried in a greater proportion than it exists in the...
Problems 1) Look at the structure of the natural amino acids (look them up). What do the 8 primordial amino acids have in common (generally)? What do you notice about the ones with 2 or fewer codons? 2) Calculate the actual information content per amino acid of protein translation by using the genetic code and the fact that in nature, the frequency of U and C is 22%, A is 30% and G is 26%. Finally, since 3 of 64...
The ancestors of plants were probably algae. True/False 2) What do plants and the green algae charophytes have in common? 3) What advantages did life in land provide for plants? 4) What were the disadvantages for life on land for plants? 5) What are some differences between plants and algae? 6) How do land plants maintain moisture in their cells? 7) What structures do land plants use to obtain resources such as water, minerals, and CO2? 8) List the two...
Plants I 1. Your parents are fascinated to learn about bryophytes and pteridophytes. What are at least two traits that they have in common? What are at least two traits that are different between them? How could your parents tell the difference between a bryophyte or pteridophyte if they saw one on a hike? 3. You see a beautiful fern and notice the underside of the frond is dotted with brown/yellow points. Upon closer inspection those points flinging stuff away...