State how bryophyte help in soil erosion.

Q: Explain vegetative reproduction through layering. Give examples.

A: Vegetative reproduction the asexual means of reproduction of the plant wherein the new plants grows…

Q: State the nature of habitat required for the growth of pteridophytes

A: Ecosystem: It is a collaboration of living organisms such as plants and animals with non-living…

Q: and locate the visible

A: Mosses are bryophytes.

Q: Describe role of bryophyte as packing material

A: Bryophytes:               An informal group comprises three divisions of non-vascular land plants,…

Q: Compare and contrast microphylls and megaphylls.

A: Microphylls are very short leaves with a single unbranched vein and no leaf gaps in the stele.…

Q: State any four uses of peat mosses

A: Peat moss is called sphagnum, they are dead fibrous substances formed by the decomposition of mosses…

Q: Describe the function of foot and seta in Funaria sporophyte.

A: Funaria is a common moss belonging to bryophytes. It has a branched axis or stem, spirally arranged…

Q: estions: 1. Describe the morphological characteristics of a dicot plant. Give an example from the…

A: Seeds are the most important aspect of plant reproduction in the field of Botany or Flora. The…

Q: Explain which portion of the bryophyte life cycle is themost dominant.

A: BASIC INFORMATION  BRYOPHYTES They are referred to as embryophytes which are non - vascular. They…

Q: Write about vegetative reproduction by tubers in Riccia.

A: Vegetative reproduction or vegetative propagation is a form of reproducing asexually in which the…

Q: Moss gametophytes are;

A: Correct option: 2) Small, Green and Photosynthetic

Q: Give four types of underground stem and give examples for each.

A: The underground stem, also called a subterranean stem, is a storage organ that allows plants to…

Q: Identify the picture and mention the vegetative part that helps it to propagate.

A: The picture shows the underground stem of the ginger plant, commonly called as ginger. It is used as…

Q: Describe the habitats in which lycophytes are foundtoday

A: Lycophytes called as fern allies and are the vascular plants that are same to ferns but comprises of…

Q: Flora contain actual account of habitat and distribution of plants in a given area how?

A: Biodiversity: It is variability and varieties of life on earth. It is a measure of variation at…

Q: Describe a hypothesis explaining the mutual relationship between plant roots and mycorrhizae present…

A: Introduction Mycorrhizae take nutrients like phosphorus and magnesium and deliver them to the plant…

Q: State the economic impotance of bryophytes.

A: Bryophytes have evolved as the simplest and first among land inhabiting plants. They occupy an…

Q: Distinguish carnivorous plants from parasitic plants, givingexamples

A: Because parasitic plants are unable to photosynthesise, they must rely on the nutrition of other…

Q: Elaborate the relationship between plant and mycorrhizal fungi with regard to nutrient uptakes.

A: The mycorrhiza depending on their colonization is divided into two groups- 1) Ectomycorrhiza and…

Q: Describe how fungi contribute to the terrestrial carbon cycle.

A: Ecology is the study of interaction of organisms with one another and with the environment. Ecology…

Q: Discuss the importance of root nodules and mycorrhizal fungi to plants.

A: The mycorrhizal fungus (mycorrhizae) allows the plant to get more moisture and nutrients. This is…

Q: After reading about the characteristics and uses of peat mosses, can you suggest some possible new…

A: Botany is the sub-discipline that deals with the scientific study of plants. The scientific study of…

Q: Plants that grow in saline water are known as : hydrophytes thallophytes halophytes mesophytes

A: Over the course of time, the plants have adapted to survive in Extreme conditions such as heat,…

Q: Write nonbiological analogies for vessel elements, phloem, stomata,and lignin

A: Vessel components are similar to huge PVC pipes that where water can go all over the plant.  Phloem…

Q: Give some examples of amphibious plant.

A: Amphibious plant is the type of plant that is able to live in both on land and in water. In…

Q: Name two features of lycophytes that increase survival onland.

A: Lycophytes are close relatives of ferns with a special kind of leaves called Microphylls. They…

Q: Does the structure below show homospory or heterospory?

A: Plants are majorly divided into 2 types they are vascular plants and on vascular plants. Non…

Q: Describe the life cycle of a moss.

A: Mosses are bryophytes which are small and non vascular flowerless plants. Life cycle of a moss…

Q: Describe two ways that non-vascular plants rely on water in the environment for reproduction?

A: A wide variety of plants is observed in nature. To make their study simpler they have been…

Q: Give some characteristics of fern.

A: Ferns are green ancient plants with about 12,000 species growing throughout the world.

Q: State the function of a vegetative propagule.

A: Vegetative propagules are those parts or structures of plants that are capable of undergoing…

Q: Describe the roles of fungi in nutrient cycling and ecological interactions. Give specific examples

A: An ecosystem is a functional unit of the environment that comprises biotic and abiotic factors. All…

Q: How do bryophytes get water?

A: Bryophytes are non vascular seed plants that inhabit moist regions. They include mosses, hornworts…

Q: State how bryophyte help in soil building.

A: Bryophytes: These are non vascular plants . It consists of 3 groups i/e/ 1. Mosses 2. Liverworts 3.…

Q: Give an example of parasitic plants?

A: The plants which cannot produce their own food and depends on others for food are known as…

Q: Compare the generalized life cycles of homosporous and heterosporousplants.

A: Those pteridophyte plants process only a single type of spores and are known as Homosporous plants…

Q: Refute the claim that bryophytes have never managed to achieve tree sizes because they lack an…

A: Bryophytes is also known as amphibian of plant kingdom because they depend on plant and as well as…

Q: Differentiate between sporophyte and gametophyte.

A: Reproduction is the process by which an organism generates more organisms just like itself by means…

Q: Describe the general features of phytoflagellates. Give and explain the imrotance of…

A: Flagellates are a group of protozoans and are mainly uninucleate organisms and they possess one to…

Q: How lichens help in food and fodder?

A: Lichens are composite organisms, which contain a permanent association of a fungus or mycobiont and…

Q: Define the term vegetative propagules by giving suitable example or diagram.

A: Vegetative propagation is a type of sexual reproduction by which identical orogeny is produced from…

Q: Explain the importance of mycorrhizae to the growth of vascular plants

A: Mycorrhizae is a relationship between fungi and plants. It is a mutualistic relationship where both…

Q: How do mosses contribute to returning nitrogen to the soil? a. Mosses fix nitrogen from the air. b.…

A: Bryophytes are nonvascular plants and also the terrestrial plants of moist habitats. They are mostly…

Q: “Botanical gardens are living herbaria”. Comment ?

A: Plants are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae. Plants use the process of photosynthesis…

Q: Compare and contrast root nodules with mycorrhizae.

A: Symbiotic relationship is any type of biological interaction that occurs between two different…

Terrestrial Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a collection of interconnected communities. It includes both living and non-living elements of specific strata. The terrestrial ecosystem is solely related to the ecosystem present on the land and covers 25 to 30% of the total earth’s surface area.