The following structures are found on the underside of fern leaves and contain sporangia: a. sori b. rhizomes c. megaphylls d. microphylls

Q: Illustrate (draw) and label : (a). A mature sporophyte, and male and female gametophytes of : i) a…

A: Pteridophyta is the large group of primitive land plants, with true body differentiation and…

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: Could Bryophytes, even though they lack vascular plant components (xylem and phloem), ever manage to…

A: Anatomy and physiology are the branches of biology, and anatomy deals with the study of the…

Q: 46. all of the following describe the structural characteristics of xerophytes except a. less…

A: Xerophytes are the plants which can survive in less water environmentts such as desert . Examples of…

Q: Do spike mosses, which produce two kinds of spores and gametophytes, have any advantage over ground…

A: Spike moss are fernlike seedless vascular plants that belong to the family Selaginellaceae that…

Q: b. basal meristem cells continuously produce new spore-generating. c. the foot develops rhizoids and…

A: Hornworts are the type of bryophyte. Bryophytes have gametophytic as a dominant phase of their life…

Q: Which group bears stomata only in the sporophyte generation? Answer A. Bryophyta  B.…

A: Stomata These are defined as the cell structures that are present in the epidermis of leaves and…

Q: Microphylls are found in which plant group? (A) lycophytes (B) liverworts (C) ferns (D) hornworts

A: microphylls are plant.

Q: The seed plants are also known asa. bryophytes. b. spermatophytes.c. pteridophytes. d. lycophytes.…

A: Seed plants are a group of plants. Gymnosperms and angiosperms form the group.

Q: Are the "leafy" (photosynthetic) portion of the moss of the sporophyte or gametophyte generation?…

A: Mosses are found in the phylum bryophytes. Bryophytes are also known as amphibian of the plant…

Q: A waxy cuticle is an adaptation thata. helps to prevent water loss from tracheophytes.b. helps to…

A: The plants need various substances for their purpose of growth. The plants make their own food with…

Q: Fern trees occur whereas moss trees do not because

A: There are two alternate forms of every sexually-reproducing plant, one that produces spores…

Q: A major innovation of land plants is embryo protection. How is a  moss embryo protected from…

A: *The answer of this question is option c that is by the archegonium. * The moss embryo protected…

Q: Which of the following characteristics of plants is absent intheir closest relatives, the charophyte…

A: Charophytes are classified under freshwater algae, which share certain distinctive traits with the…

Q: Choose the best below : How are ferns different from mosses?a. Only ferns produce spores as…

A: Answer is option b.) Ferns have Vascular tissue.

Q: Members of Anthophyta have two key adaptations. They are flowers and fruit. cones and seeds. spores…

A: Anthophyta is a phylum which consists of angiosperms. Angiosperms are flowering plants.

Q: Which gymnosperm family has genera that are not evergreen?

A: Introduction:- Gymnosperms (naked seeds) are four extant divisions of vascular plants with exposed…

Q: The following evolutionary trends are seen in the seedless land plants. a. Gametophytes became…

A: Evolution is the process by which an organism inherits or adapts favourable characteristics that…

Q: Give one significant difference between liverworts and mosses.

A: Mosses are the non-vascular plants that reproduce via spores. These organisms form a separate phylum…

Q: Use the picture to fill in the blanks with the most correct answers. This is a picture of the…

A: Bryophytes are the amphibians of the plant kingdom.

Q: Stomata appear in which group of plants? a. Charales b. liverworts c. hornworts d. mosses

A: They are present on the leaf epidermis and consists of two bean shaped cells called guard cells…

Q: What term describes a plant that requires nutrition from a living host plant? a. parasite b.…

A: The living organisms exhibits different modes of nutrition such as autotrophoic and heterotrophic.…

Q: Both mosses and ferns A. have swimming sperm B. have vascular tissue C. have leaves D. all of the…

A: A and C is the correct option for mosses Mosses have flagellated sperm that swim through water to…

Q: Male mosses often possess a A. archegonium B. calyptra C. splash cup D. all of the above Release of…

A: Mosses are nonvascular bryophytes along with liverwort and hortwort species.  They are nonflowering…

Q: Give three ecological importance of conifers.…

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

Q: Describe in your own words the difference between a sporophyte and a gametophyte.

A: In plants, alternation of generations exists, where the members have haploid and diploid phases.…

Q: Which of the following statements about ferns is not true? (a) ferns have motile sperm cells that…

A: Ferns are a type of plant that produces spores. There are approximately 11,000 species of ferns…

Q: Epiphytes are(A) fungi that attack plants.(B) fungi that form mutualistic associations with…

A: An epiphyte can be described as an organism that grows on the surface of another plant. They are…

Q: Plants developing in dry conditions are: A. xerophytes B. mesophytes C. lithophytes D.…

A: Plants are the living organisms which synthesize their own food by photosynthesis. In photosynthesis…

Q: Why must bryophytes inhabit damp environment? It is because * A. their sporophyte generation is…

A: Plant kingdom mainly comprises of 5 divisions as algae, bryophyta, pteridophyta, gymnosperm, and…

Q: Draw a fern life cycle and include the following terms: sporophyte, frond, rhizome, roots, sorus,…

A: The fern's life cycle is divided into two stages: sporophyte, which produces spores, and…

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: The purpose of stomata found on land plants is to allow them to; release carbon dioxide and absorb…

A: Plants are the organism which bears chloroplast in their cells. They carry out photosynthesis. It is…

Q: What seedless plant is a renewable source of energy? a. club moss b. horsetail c. sphagnum moss d.…

A: Step 1 Seedless plants consist of both vascular as well as non-vascular plants that do not possess a…

Q: Which statement about ferns is TRUE? Ferns are unicellular organisms. Ferns are nonvascular…

A: Ferns are the members of Phylum Pteridophyta that belongs to the Kingdom Plantae. They are the…

Q: ________ are seedless vascular plants.   A. Angiosperms   B. Ferns   C. Gymnosperms   D.…

A: Ferns are the most prevalent seedless vascular plants. They normally have large divided leaves…

Q: D Question 12 Which response below is NOT a feature that allowed plants to live on land? zygote…

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Q: A botanist travels to an area that has experienced a long, severe drought. While examining the…

A: Bryophytes are nonvascular terrestrial plants of moist habitat. They are mostly found in damp and…

Q: Which of the following traits characterizes gymnosperms? a. The plants carry exposed seeds on…

A: Gymnosperms are known as plants with naked seeds or seed plants without flower. They have vascular…

Q: Ferns are; Sporophyte dominant Gametophyte dominant Neither

A: To start with, all plants go through a rotation of generations, between a haploid gametophyte stage…

Q: Give three ecological importance of ferns.…

A: Ferns belong to the a group of vascular plants that can undergo reproduction via spores. These…

Q: These plants have hollow, jointed stems that are impregnated with silica. (a)mosses (b) club mosses…

A: Mosses do not have true stems and leaves also they donot have true roots. Club mosses have needle…

Q: In the answer area include the following: a. Name of the organism holding this structure in the…

A: This structure is of Marchantia.

Q: From the following list, which group  has many members with woody, perennial stems that show annual…

A: Equistem is basically the only genus left of subclass equisetidae. Also this is referred as living…

Q: What is true about green algae and gymnosperms? I) both have the same chlorophyll II) both contain…

A: Plants are usually define in term of primarily cellular organisms, primarily photosynthetic…

Q: Topic bryophytes and ferns

A: Liverworts (Hepatophyta) belong to the phylum Bryophyta and these organisms have a simple…

Q: Are the “leafy” (photosynthetic) portions of the moss part of the sporophyte or gametophyte…

A: Mosses are the multicellular organisms containing photosynthetic parts(leafy parts) like the plants.…

Q: Club mosses, horsetails, and ferns are_______ plants. a. multicelled aquatic c. seedless vascular b.…

A: Introduction Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, are plants that produce flowers and…

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