PLANT
ADAPTATIONS
Plants have adapted to make their own food.
- Autotroph: organisms produce their own organic compounds by photosynthesis
Heterotrophs and Autotrophs
This beautiful leaf-shaped sea slug Elysia chlorotica lives in shallow pools along Atlantic coast of North America, eats algae with gusto - one meal is enough for its lifetime! - and by using photosynthesis like any other plant, shatters the most basic definition between the "animal" and "plant" kingdoms.
Animal, plant or both?
It only eats one meal of Algae and then it never has to eat another meal for the rest of its life! (Kinda reminds me of some alien species that alledgedly use photosynthesis to survive, and they are obviously plant animal hybrids too) Makes sense to me.
What type of relationship is this?
What is the main plant organ that carries out photosynthesis??
Answer: The Leaf
How do gases enter and exit the cell?
Activity- Stomata Prac
Stomata
Stomata USUALLY on the undersurface of a leaf
Palisade mesophyll
Spongy mesophyll
Stoma with two guard cells
Upper Epidermis
Lower Epidermis
Plants that produce flowers are classified as Angiosperms.
These plants are all vascular plants. Have various types of flowers Live in a variety of diverse environmental
conditions. They can be further described as being
Hydrophytes, Mesophytes, Xerophytes or Halophytes.
Environmental adaptation in Angiosperms
Hydrophyte
Mesophyte
Xerophyte
Pits with sunken stomata