Q: Explain why seedless vascular plants have similar environmental restrictions to nonvascular plants…
A: Vascular plants are plants that have vascular systems like xylem and phloem. Nonvascular plants are…
Q: What event begins the gametophyte phase of the life cycle? Where does this event occur in liverworts…
A: Bryophytes are gametophyte dominant, that are more prominent longer lived plant which is the haploid…
Q: Describe two adaptations that are present in mosses, but not hornworts or liverworts, which reflect…
A: Bryophytes are also known as amphibian of the plants kingdom because these plants grow on land but…
Q: What is the description of the leaf of false sago palm? Based on the text.
A: Description: The leaf type of sago palm might be simple or compound, under compound it…
Q: Is the sporophyte of mosses ever independent of the gametophyte? Explain.
A: Plants are the autotrophs and primary producers in the food chain. Plants are classified as…
Q: describe alternation of generations in plants using the words Haploid - Diploid -…
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Q: What is mosses? Explain the stages occur in mosses.
A: The small, non-vascular plants that belongs to the category/division of bryophytes are known as…
Q: Describe the life history of fern with the significance of alternation of generations.
A: The life cycle of ferns and the other land plants are entirely different. It is so because the…
Q: Give three examples of how structure fits function in bryophytes.
A: BRYOPHYTES: Under the hood plantae - Bryophytes are folks of species which reproduce through…
Q: What is the role of the gametophyte in ferns?
A: Plants produce offsprings through various stages during their life cycle. Plants consist of two…
Q: Draw the life cycle of a fern, label all structures, and explain why ferns demonstrate Alternation…
A: Fern is defined as a member of a group or family of vascular plants that will reproduce through the…
Q: How do the leaves of xerophytes differ from those of hydrophytes? What is the significance of this…
A: A leaf is a vascular plant's main lateral appendage, generally borne above ground and adapted for…
Q: What is the role of strobili or cones in plant kingdom?
A: Plants are mainly multicellular plants that have ability to perform photosynthesis and belong to…
Q: If the leptoids of mosses were found to contain a protein whose gene had the same nucleotide…
A: Homology refers to similar structural patterns but different functional roles between molecules…
Q: Write on diversity in gametophyte of bryophytes.
A: Bryophyta is a group of plants that include mosses, liverworts and hornworts.
Q: Sorus What is the comparison of the process of spore production of ferns to that of mosses? What…
A: Ferns do not produce seeds. They produce spores that can grow into new plants.
Q: Name the structure in moss capsule that is haploid tissue.
A: Mosses are no-vascular plants that produce spores for reproduction instead of seeds. They do not…
Q: Explain role of meiosis and mitosis in the Lifecycle of bryophytes
A: Bryophytes are lower groups in the plant kingdom. They are often called amphibians of the plant…
Q: Diagram and describe the development of male andfemale gametophytes and the development of…
A: Sexual reproduction in plants is complex as compared to its vegetative reproduction. It is studied…
Q: Name these gametangia from the moss life cycle.
A: In a lower vertebrate, the peripheral portion of an arterial trunk from which the branches originate…
Q: Describe organization of megaspore & development of female gametophyte in Selaginella.
A: Selaginella are member of Division Lycophyta. They occur in varied places like moist, shaded, humid…
Q: Monilophytes and seed plants both have megaphylls, as well as other traits not found in lycophytes.…
A: Evolutionary trends are evident in organisms around the world. In plants too this long evolutionary…
Q: In 500 to 1000 words discuss extensively the distinguishing features of Mosses including its life…
A: Mosses are also called the “Amphibians of the plant kingdom”. Mosses live in damp and shady…
Q: Analyze the alternation of generations common to all plants. If youanalyzed the DNA of all of the…
A: Alternation of generations is a type of life cycle found in terrestrial plants and some algae. It is…
Q: Describe the specific adaptation of xerophytes with respect to root system, stem & leaves.
A: Xerophytes are plants that have special adaptations to live in environment that has scarce amount…
Q: Explain why and how Ginkgo biloba became the only surviving species of phylum Ginkgophyta.
A: Ginkgoes are the only surviving species of the phylum Ginkgophyta. They are the most ancient seeding…
Q: Name two genera of living lycophytes. What are their common names? About how big do they get? Are…
A: Lycophytes is the phylum of spore-bearing vascular plants which comprises of more than 1200 extant…
Q: What are xerophytes? Give some examples of xerophytes.
A: The term xerophyte can be defined as the plant species that have evolved over time to survive in dry…
Q: what is the sporangial development characteristic of the fern.
A: Introduction: Ferns lie under the phylum Pteridophyta. It is a non-flowering plant and hence does…
Q: Describe the function of an indusium in ferns. Is there a comparable structure in horsetails? If…
A: In certain ferns, a flap of tissue partially or completely covers each sorus. It develops from the…
Q: What are reasons for dominance of vascular plants?
A: Vascular plants possess conducting tissues: xylem and phloem. Xylem helps in the transportation of…
Q: Describe in details the primary damage of the suborder Auchenorrhycha to a named crop seedling
A: Auchenorrhyncha is the suborder of the order Hemiptera, which includes insects like leaf-hoppers,…
Q: Fern Prothallus Describe the process of fertilization in ferns
A: Ferns are like conifers and flowering plants that are leafy vascular plants. They also have veins in…
Q: Why are the stem-like and leaf-like structures of a moss plant not called stem and leaves?
A: Bryophytes belong to a non-vascular plant, which lack an internal organization of a vascular system…
Q: Bryophytes are often considered to be primitive. Do they lack something that “advanced” plants…
A: Bryophytes include liverwort, miss and ferns. Bryophytes are considered to be primitive plant's
Q: The main function of deep roots in xerophytes is to
A: Introduction:- Any plant that has evolved systems to avoid water loss or to conserve available water…
Q: In tabulated form, contrast the family Poaceae from the family Cyperaceae.
A: About 90% of Kingdom Plantae comprise flowering plants. The largest flowering plant families are…
Q: Is it possible that moss can grow into trees?
A: Stem is one of the important structural features of plants. They provide support and help in…
Q: What are the features of Asteraceae that are considered advanced relative to other dicotyledon…
A: Flowering plants or angiosperms are groups of plants in which flowers are produced and seeds are…
Q: what is the plant like characteristic and one animal like characteristic of euglena? explain
A: Euglena Euglena is a genus belonging to the group of protists. They are unicellular and live in…
Q: Compare and contrast the sporangia in Lycophytes and Monilophytes
A: Lycophytes belongs to the class lycopodiopsida and this class have more than 1300 remaining species.…
Q: Bryophytes and pteridophytes are amphibians of the plant kingdom. What is the justification of such…
A: Amphibians are certain species that live both on earth and in water.
Q: What process produced the spores of a fern?
A: Ans. All vascular plants have a change of generations during their life cycles: the generation of…
Q: In mosses, the leaves are very primitive because:
A: Mosses are primitive plants comes under bryophyta, which have primitive structures of leaf, roots…
Q: What are three kinds of vascular plants?
A: Vascular plants, which are also known as tracheophytes form a large group of land plants, which have…
Q: True or False: Chlorophytes share a common ancestor with euglenophytes?
A: Chlorophytes share a common ancestor with euglenophytes
Q: Explain why there are no tree-sized bryophytes.
A: Plants on land are divided into two types: vascular plants and non-vascular plants (also called as…
Give a biological reason why in some xerophytes ,leaves are modified into spines.
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