Gymnosperms
1. What are the main divisions
and representing species of
the gymnosperms?
2. How different are
gymnosperms from
bryophytes and
pteridophytes?
3. What is the evolutionary
importance of the emergence
of seeds in the plant kingdom?
4. In which areas of the globe
is gymnosperm abundance
noteworthy?
5. What is the lifecycle of the
gymnosperms?
6. What is pollen?
7. How are the male gametes
of gymnosperms formed?
What is the relationship
between the pollen grains and
the concep of alternation of
generations?
8. How are the female
gametes of gymnosperms
formed? What is the
relationship between this
process and the concept of
alternation of generations?
9. How do fecundation and
zygote formation occur in
these plants? Do these
processes depend on water?
10. How are the gymnosperm
seeds formed? What are the
ploidies of the structures that
compose the seeds?