UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ DESCRIBE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES
OF ALGAE.
¨ DISCUSS THE EVOLUTION OF ALGAE TO LAND
PLANTS.
¨ EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF ALGAE ON THE FOOD
CHAIN.
¨ DISCUSS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MOSSES
STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTION AND SURVIVAL.
¨ DISCUSS THE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES OF
ROOTS, STEMS AND LEAVES.
¨ IDENTIFY THE ALTERNATION OF GENERATION THAT
OCCURS IN A PLANT.
¨ COMPARE THE FUNCTION OF XYLEM AND PHLOEM.
¨ DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONOCOTS
AND DICOTS.
¨ EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANGIOSPERMS
AND GYMNOSPERMS.
¨ DISCUSS THE COEVOLUTION OF PLANTS AND
ANIMALS.
¨ GIVE EXAMPLES OF ANNUALS, BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS.
¨ DISCUSS HOW HORMONES WORK IN PLANTS FOR
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
¨ IDENTIFY THE THREE TROPHISMS IN PLANTS.
¨ DESCRIBE REPRODUCTION IN GYMNOSPERMS.
¨ IDENTIFY THE PARTS OF A FLOWER.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS TWENTY-TWO TO TWENTY-FIVE