UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ DESCRIBE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES
OF ALGAE.
¨ COMPARE ALGAE AND LAND PLANTS.
¨ 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.
¨ DESCRIBE THE ALTERNATION OF GENERATION THAT
OCCURS IN A PLANT.
¨ EXPLAIN THE TRACHEOPHYTES ADAPTATION TO
LAND.
¨ COMPARE THE FUNCTION OF XYLEM AND PHLOEM.
¨ DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONOCOTS
AND DICOTS.
¨ EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANGIOSPERMS
AND GYMNOSPERMS.
¨ GIVE EXAMPLES OF ANGIOSPERMS AND
GYMNOSPERMS.
¨ DISCUSS THE COEVOLUTION OF PLANTS AND
ANIMALS.
¨ GIVE EXAMPLES OF ANNUALS, BIENNIALS AND
PERENNIALS.
¨ DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT HORMONES IN PLANTS
AND HOW THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
¨ EXPLAIN HOW THE THREE TROPHISMS WORK IN
PLANTS.
¨ EXPLAIN REPRODUCTION IN GYMNOSPERMS.
¨ DISCUSS THE LIFE CYCLE OF ANGIOSPERMS.
¨ IDENTIFY THE PARTS OF A FLOWER.
¨ DESIGN AN EXPERIMENT THAT SHOWS THE EFFECTS
OF HORMONES.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-THREE TO TWENTY-FIVE