PBS
How a Mass Extinction Event Created the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest of South America is a paradise for flowering plants. But long ago, the landscape that we now think of as the Amazon looked very different. And would you believe that the entire revolution of the Amazon began with...
SciShow
6 Lonely Branches on the Tree of Life
When there’s only one species on an evolutionary branch, we call it a monospecific taxon. Studying these special species can help us better understand not just those sparse groups, but all life on this planet. Chapters Homo sapiens 0:53...
MinuteEarth
Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods
Not all hardwood trees have hard wood and softwoods soft wood, because these terms denote their taxonomic ancestry, not the wood's actual hardness.
Amoeba Sisters
Plants: Diversity, Structure, & Adaptations
Join the Amoeba Sisters in their updated plant structure and adaptations video as they discuss the terms vascular vs nonvascular and how they relate to plants before exploring some general categories of plants (bryophytes, seedless...
Bozeman Science
Plants
Paul surveys the Kingdom Plantae. He begins with a brief description of the phylogeny of land plants. He then describes the defining characteristics of plants, including cell walls, embryophytes, alternation of generation and...
Crash Course
The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction - CrashCourse Biology
Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction: they use the basic alternation of generations developed by nonvascular plants 470 million years ago, but they've tricked it out so that it works a whole lot differently...
Visual Learning Systems
Development of Plants and Fungi
This video provides a brief overview of the evolution of life on Earth. It discusses the emergence of prokaryotic cells, the development of photosynthesis and the increase in oxygen levels on Earth. It also explores the origin and...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Plant Reproduction: Gymnosperm Reproduction
This engaging series of videos uses colorful animations and on-location footage to illustrate some of the amazing ways plants reproduce. The reproduction processes in bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are highlighted....
Visual Learning Systems
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Video Review
Everyday we use products or eat foods derived from vascular seed plants. In this series of videos the wide variety of non-flowering seed plants, gymnosperms, are described and characterized through vivid footage gathered from around the...
Visual Learning Systems
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Characteristics of Gymnosperms
Everyday we use products or eat foods derived from vascular seed plants. In this series of videos the wide variety of non-flowering seed plants, gymnosperms, are described and characterized through vivid footage gathered from around the...
Visual Learning Systems
Origin and Diversity of Plants: Gymnosperms
The conquest of land by plants and their proliferation is an amazing biologic story. This vivid, colorful series of videos highlights the evolution of plants, while also describing the major groupings of modern-day plants. Concepts and...
Visual Learning Systems
Plants in Our Lives: Video Quiz
This video explores the great diversity of the plant world, and the early history and origins of plants. Bryophytes, spore-producing plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are illustrated and explained. Other terminology includes: algae,...
Visual Learning Systems
Plants in Our Lives: Gymnosperms
This video explores the great diversity of the plant world, and the early history and origins of plants. Bryophytes, spore-producing plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are illustrated and explained. Other terminology includes: algae,...
Visual Learning Systems
Reproduction and Diversity in Angiosperms
In this video, we explore the fascinating world of flowering plants, also known as angiosperms. We learn about the diverse range of flowers, their vibrant colors, and various shapes. This video is part of the 10-part series, Classifying...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Gymnosperms
This video provides an overview of gymnosperms, a group of ancient plants that lack flowers and produce seeds contained in cones. It introduces different divisions of gymnosperms, including conifers like redwoods, pines, and firs, as...
Professor Dave Explains
The Structure of Wood and Ring Anomalies
So we know that dendrochronologists study tree rings, but how do these form? Do they form in precisely the same way all the time? They don't, which provides enormous challenges for any researcher. In order to properly construct a...
msvgo
Kingdom Plantae - Gymnosperms
It explains the basic characteristic features, types and common examples of gymnosperms.
Professor Dave Explains
Angiosperms: Flowering Plants
We just learned about gymnosperms, and the incredible evolutionary advantages they had over their ancestors. But the next leap forward for plants was even more impressive. Angiosperms are flowering plants, so any plant with flowers or...
Ancient Lights Media
Biological Classification - The Three Divisions of Plantae
Biological Classification Set: This clip presents the three basic divisions of the plant kingdom: Bryophyta, Tracheophyta, and Spermatophyta.
Visual Learning Systems
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Vascular Seed Plants
Everyday we use products or eat foods derived from vascular seed plants. In this series of videos the wide variety of non-flowering seed plants, gymnosperms, are described and characterized through vivid footage gathered from around the...
FuseSchool
Plant Classification
Plants are extremely complex and diverse - there are thousands of species. In fact, there are probably somewhere around half a million different species. And these are just the ones we know about - there are no doubt many more that...
Visual Learning Systems
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Video Assessment
Everyday we use products or eat foods derived from vascular seed plants. In this series of videos the wide variety of non-flowering seed plants, gymnosperms, are described and characterized through vivid footage gathered from around the...
Professor Dave Explains
Gymnosperms: Long-Distance Pollination
We've made through a number of vascular plants so far, but it's time to examine gymnosperms. These include plants like pine trees, and any plant that bears cones. These plants exhibit an important evolutionary advantage over previous...
Visual Learning Systems
Plant Reproduction: Reproduction in Gymnosperms
This engaging video program uses colorful animations and on-location footage to illustrate some of the amazing ways plants reproduce. The reproduction processes in bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are highlighted....