UNIT 7 PLANTS

Apuntes

**UNIT 7: PLANTS** --- **Metabolic and Autotrophic Organisms** Plants are metabolic, autotrophic organisms that cannot move around. They can live on land and in aquatic environments. They reproduce sexually, and some also reproduce asexually. **Vascular System** Complex plants have a vascular system similar to a circulatory system, which communicates all the cells of the plant. This system contains a liquid called sap, which is composed of water, mineral salts, and sugars (decolorized sap). --- **Non-Flowering and Seedless Plants** - Mosses - Ferns - D. Fane leaves (likely "Fern leaves") - Fern roots - Found in dump and useless places - Non-vascular plants - Do not have tissues or organs - Reproduction through spores - They are the first terrestrial plants on Earth, enveloping algae --- **Flowering Plants** **General Characteristics:** - They reproduce using seeds - They are vascular plants - They have tissues - Roots, stems, and leaves - Fertilization of gametes forms a zygote, which is protected by a structure called a "seed" - They have a great capacity to adapt to any environment - The reproductive organ is the flower, which is a la...