Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______Biology Notes: Seeded Vascular Plants Gymnosperms (Conifer Life Cycle) Directions: Fill in the blanks as we cover the topic in the PowerPoint. Corresponds to textbook pages 620 ‐ 622, 666 ‐ 667, & R34

Group 3: Seed producing, Vascular Plants • Gymnosperms – ______– ______– ______• Angiosperms

Seeds and their advantages • 1) Seed plants ______depend on ______to ______– Pollen (develops into ______) carried by ______/______• Seed ______around ______• 2) Embryo has… – Nourishment: ______inside ______embryo – Protection: ______shell • 3) Allow dispersal – Carried by ______, ______, ______

Group 3: Seed producing, Vascular Plants • Type 1: Gymnosperms • ______have ______‐like leaves (______water ______) • Common to ______industry • Seeds enclosed in ______– Male cones: produce ______(______cone) – Female cones: produce ______(______cone) • ______hardens around ______(protected inside ______) • Ex: Evergreen, ______, ______, Cedar

Conifer Life Cycle • Sporophyte phase (dominant) – Cones ______on ______– Male cones • Spores ______by ______& released • Spores ______into ______(male ______) • Female cones – ______created by ______– Spores develop into ______• ______forms ______– Male ______lands on ______– Pollen ______grows ______egg – Sperm travel ______pollen ______• ______egg – Ovule ______into ______– Seed ______& ______into new ______• Steps: 1) Male and female seed ______grow on adult ______2) ______grains ______from the ______seed ______‐‐ ______is the male ______3) Pollen grain ______to the ______ovule 4) Pollen ______grows from the ______spore 5) ______sperm ______towards the ______‐‐ Only ______sperm ______the ______6) Diploid ______develops inside ______cone (______stage ______) 7) After seeds ______, the cone ______and the ______are ______8) Seed will ______9) Seedling ______into (______)… the cycle repeats

Review 1) Name three advantages of seeds: ______2) Which structure will protect gymnosperm seeds? ______3) What do male cones produce? ______4) What do female cones produce? ______5) What is created when the sperm and egg fuse: sporophyte or gametophyte? ______6) What is the male gametophyte? ______Female? ______7) What is it called when pollen reaches the female ovule? ______What is created? ______