Plant Kingdom

What is a Plant? A plant is a multicellular autotroph. Plant cells are eukaryotic. Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts. Plants make their own food in the process of photosynthesis.

Classifying Plants Non vascular Vascular low growing because they have no support or way to transport materials Vascular can grow tall because they have Vascular tissue which Transports water and food throughout a plant’s body Gives strength and stability

Adaptations for living on land Plants get water and nutrients from the soil Plants lose water through transpiration Plants have a cuticle to keep them from drying out. Some plants use a system of tubelike structures called Vascular Tissue to move materials. Vascular tissue also supports some plants

Reproduction Sexual Reproduction Asexual Reproduction Seed plants use seeds and pollen Seedless plants use spores Asexual Reproduction Runners Tubers

Gymnosperms A seed plant that produces naked seeds because the seeds are NOT enclosed in a fruit Reproduce with pollen and seeds Have needle-like or scale-like leaves Deep-growing root systems

Angiosperm Flowering plants They produce flowers and seeds enclosed by a protective fruit