Name_____________________________
Plant Evolution Webquest
Click to visit: http://www.humboldt.edu/natmus/plants/index.html
Click on the word “Exhibits,” located in the menu on the left of the web page then
click on the displayed exhibit: Plant evolution
Step 1: click on the Timeline across the top of the page.
1. How long ago was the primary evidence of photosynthesis? _____________________
2. Estimate: when did conifers appear on the Earth? ____________________
3. Estimate: when did flowering plants appear on Earth? ________________________
Step 2: return, click on the What Makes a Plant a Plant link.
1. What are four characteristics that make a plant a plant?
___________________ ____________________ __________________ _________________
2. What is the formula for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide+___________+Light EnergyÆ____________+Oxygen
3. What does the cell wall do for the plant? ______________________________________________
4. What is the purpose of the cuticle? _________________________________________________
Step 3: click on The Making of a Seed: Cone or Flower?
Step 4: click on Gymnosperm (click again to enlarge)
1. What is a Vascular plants ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
2. When did Gymnosperms first arrive on Earth? _________________________________
3. List three examples of a Gymnosperm: ____________________________________,
______________________________, and __________________________________.
4. What is the most common way that Gymnosperms are pollinated? __________________
Vascular Plant Non-Vascular Plant
Step 6: Return to The Making of a Seed…
Step 7: click on Angiosperm (click again to enlarge)
1. Where do Angiosperms keep their seeds? ___________________________________________
2. How are these plants seeds pollinated? ______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. When did Angiosperms appear on Earth? _____________________________________.
4. Name 3 examples of Angiosperms: _______________________________,
____________________________, and ___________________________________.
5. Based on what you now know…What are some angiosperms that humans eat? ________
_______________________________________________________________________. (Over…)
Step 8: click on plant home
Step 11: click on Cladogram of Plant Evolution. Look over the cladogram and fill in terms for 1-4.
1. Click on Angiosperms. What are three ways angiosperms are different than gymnosperms?
_______________________ _________________________ ________________________
2. Click on Gymnosperms. What does Gymnosperm mean?
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Click on Conifer. What is a conifer?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Click on lycopods, ferns or horsetails and list at least one interesting fact.
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Click on liverworts, hornworts or mosses and list at least one interesting fact.
__________________________________________________________________________
6. Click on algae and list at least one interesting fact.
__________________________________________________________________________
Organization of the Plant Kingdom Webquest
Directions: Using the following websites, gather information about the major groups of plants.
Go to http://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/biology/BIOL1407/Lab%20Handouts/Lab_4_land_plants_I.pdf
BOTH ANSWERS FOUND ON FIRST PAGE!!!!!!
1. What are the 4 major types of true plants?
2. Compare and contrast vascular and nonvascular plants.
Go to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/vascular/vascular.html
3. Where are the two networks of tubes in vascular plants located?
4. What do the tubes transport?
5. Where do water and nutrients enter the plant?
6. How do water and nutrients get to the stems?
7. Where do the water and nutrients go from there?
8. What is transpiration?
9. What do food tubes do?
Go to http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_xylemphloem.html
10. What are the 2 food and water tubes called that are the “transportation” system in plants?
11. Trees and vascular plants have a top and bottom. What does the top and bottom consist of?
12. What are the functions of the bottom? What are the functions of the top?
13. Draw a diagram showing the movement of water, nutrients and sugar in a plant.
Go to http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_main.html
Click on Mosses and Liverworts on right hand side of the page
14. What is the most important feature of mosses and liverworts?
15. How big are mosses and liverworts? Why?
16. Because mosses and liverworts have no vascular system they thrive in what type of
environments?
Click on Ferns & Horsetails on right hand side of the page
17. What is meant by the title, ”First Plants with Pipes?”
18. Do ferns and horsetails reproduce with seeds?
Click on Gymnosperms on right hand side of the page
19. What is so special about this group of vascular plants?
20. What are two advantages of seeds?
21. Give 2 examples of gymnosperms.
22. What is the evolutionary advancement after seeds that gymnosperms do not have?
Click on Angiosperms on right hand side of the page
23. Why are flowers an advantageous adaptation?
24. How are these seeds spread by animals?
25. Describe a monocot versus a dicot:
MONOCOT DICOT
Plant Evolution Webquest
Click to visit: http://www.humboldt.edu/natmus/plants/index.html
Click on the word “Exhibits,” located in the menu on the left of the web page then
click on the displayed exhibit: Plant evolution
Step 1: click on the Timeline across the top of the page.
1. How long ago was the primary evidence of photosynthesis? _____________________
2. Estimate: when did conifers appear on the Earth? ____________________
3. Estimate: when did flowering plants appear on Earth? ________________________
Step 2: return, click on the What Makes a Plant a Plant link.
1. What are four characteristics that make a plant a plant?
___________________ ____________________ __________________ _________________
2. What is the formula for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide+___________+Light EnergyÆ____________+Oxygen
3. What does the cell wall do for the plant? ______________________________________________
4. What is the purpose of the cuticle? _________________________________________________
Step 3: click on The Making of a Seed: Cone or Flower?
Step 4: click on Gymnosperm (click again to enlarge)
1. What is a Vascular plants ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
2. When did Gymnosperms first arrive on Earth? _________________________________
3. List three examples of a Gymnosperm: ____________________________________,
______________________________, and __________________________________.
4. What is the most common way that Gymnosperms are pollinated? __________________
Vascular Plant Non-Vascular Plant
Step 6: Return to The Making of a Seed…
Step 7: click on Angiosperm (click again to enlarge)
1. Where do Angiosperms keep their seeds? ___________________________________________
2. How are these plants seeds pollinated? ______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. When did Angiosperms appear on Earth? _____________________________________.
4. Name 3 examples of Angiosperms: _______________________________,
____________________________, and ___________________________________.
5. Based on what you now know…What are some angiosperms that humans eat? ________
_______________________________________________________________________. (Over…)
Step 8: click on plant home
Step 11: click on Cladogram of Plant Evolution. Look over the cladogram and fill in terms for 1-4.
1. Click on Angiosperms. What are three ways angiosperms are different than gymnosperms?
_______________________ _________________________ ________________________
2. Click on Gymnosperms. What does Gymnosperm mean?
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Click on Conifer. What is a conifer?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Click on lycopods, ferns or horsetails and list at least one interesting fact.
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Click on liverworts, hornworts or mosses and list at least one interesting fact.
__________________________________________________________________________
6. Click on algae and list at least one interesting fact.
__________________________________________________________________________
Organization of the Plant Kingdom Webquest
Directions: Using the following websites, gather information about the major groups of plants.
Go to http://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/biology/BIOL1407/Lab%20Handouts/Lab_4_land_plants_I.pdf
BOTH ANSWERS FOUND ON FIRST PAGE!!!!!!
1. What are the 4 major types of true plants?
2. Compare and contrast vascular and nonvascular plants.
Go to http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/vascular/vascular.html
3. Where are the two networks of tubes in vascular plants located?
4. What do the tubes transport?
5. Where do water and nutrients enter the plant?
6. How do water and nutrients get to the stems?
7. Where do the water and nutrients go from there?
8. What is transpiration?
9. What do food tubes do?
Go to http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_xylemphloem.html
10. What are the 2 food and water tubes called that are the “transportation” system in plants?
11. Trees and vascular plants have a top and bottom. What does the top and bottom consist of?
12. What are the functions of the bottom? What are the functions of the top?
13. Draw a diagram showing the movement of water, nutrients and sugar in a plant.
Go to http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_main.html
Click on Mosses and Liverworts on right hand side of the page
14. What is the most important feature of mosses and liverworts?
15. How big are mosses and liverworts? Why?
16. Because mosses and liverworts have no vascular system they thrive in what type of
environments?
Click on Ferns & Horsetails on right hand side of the page
17. What is meant by the title, ”First Plants with Pipes?”
18. Do ferns and horsetails reproduce with seeds?
Click on Gymnosperms on right hand side of the page
19. What is so special about this group of vascular plants?
20. What are two advantages of seeds?
21. Give 2 examples of gymnosperms.
22. What is the evolutionary advancement after seeds that gymnosperms do not have?
Click on Angiosperms on right hand side of the page
23. Why are flowers an advantageous adaptation?
24. How are these seeds spread by animals?
25. Describe a monocot versus a dicot:
MONOCOT DICOT