AP Biology Plants Booklet
1. Cover: “All I ever really needed to know about plants, I learned in AP Biology” or whatever title you wish. Be sure to include an illustration and your name. (Cover)
2. Plant Cladogram with geologic time and extinctions indicated. (Page 1)
3. Using a 2-page spread, divide the paper into quadrants and include information and illustrations about mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. (Pages 2-3)
4. Draw the basic structure of a plant including roots, stems, and leaves. Include labels
5. DLC and explain types of cell differentiation including parenchyma, collenchymas, and sclerenchyma cells. DLC a view of an example of each using the dissecting scope. (Page 5)
6. (a)Draw, label, and color a basic root structure including root hairs and zones (division, elongation, differentiation), apical meristem, epidermis, and vascular cylinder. (b)Explain the structure and function of each part of the root. (c) DLC view of prepared slide showing monocot and dicot (eudicot) cross-sections. (d) DLC view of root specimen using the dissecting scope. (you will make these in class). (Pages 6-7)
7. (a) Draw, label , and color a basic stem structure. (b) Distinguish between primary and secondary growth in stems through illustrations and explanations. (c) DLC view of prepared slide showing monocot and dicot stem cross-sections. (d) DLC view of stem specimen using dissecting scope (Pages 8-9)
8. (a) Draw, label, and color a basic leaf structure including a cross-section. (b) DLC various leaves as observed in class using the dissecting scope. (c) create a slide of leek epidermal tissue to observe stomata; DLC. (Pages 10-11)
9. Explain how gene expression impacts plant cell differentiation, how cell location determines development, how phase changes affect development in plants, and how genes control flowering. (Pages 12-13)
10. Explain passive and active transport in plants as well as the concept of bulk flow through diagrams and examples of water potential. Explain the movement of sugars using the source -to -sink concept. Include the concept of transpiration and how stomata help to regulate the rate. Leave room to draw stomates from a leek under the microscope. (Pages 14-15)
11. Angiosperms: (a)DLC flower structure. (b) Leave space to tape in dissected parts of flower. (c) DLC angiosperm reproduction (overview only!) (d) Methods of pollination. (16-17)
12. DLC and explain the distinctions between monocots and dicots. Include drawings of seed types and root types. (18-19)