Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN: 9781305073951

Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 22, Problem 4CT

Compared to vascular plants, bryophytes arc more easily harmed by environmental contaminants and add rain. Thus the diversity of these plants is sometimes used to assess pollution levels. What is it about the structure or function of a moss that would make it more susceptible to damage from air pollution than a horsetail or a cactus?

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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

Ch. 22 - The first land plants were ___ . a. gnetophytes b....Ch. 22 - Prob. 2SQ Ch. 22 - A waxy cuticle helps land plants ___ . a. oonserve...Ch. 22 - True or false? Ferns produce seeds inside sori.Ch. 22 - ___ attach mosses to soil. a. Rhizoids b. Rhizomes...Ch. 22 - Bryophytes alone have a relatively large ___ and...Ch. 22 - Club mosses, horsetails, and ferns are ___ plants....Ch. 22 - Coal consists primarily of compressed remains of...Ch. 22 - Insect-Assisted Fertilization in Moss Moss sperm...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2DAA

Ch. 22 - Prob. 3DAA Ch. 22 - The sperm of swim to eggs. a. mosses b. ferns c....Ch. 22 - A seed is a(n) ___ . a. female gametophyte b....Ch. 22 - Prob. 11SQ Ch. 22 - Which angiosperm lineage includes the most...Ch. 22 - Match the terms appropriately. ____ bryophyte a....Ch. 22 - Match the terms appropriately. _____ovule a....Ch. 22 - Place these groups. in order of their appearance...Ch. 22 - Early botanists admired ferns but found their life...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2CT Ch. 22 - Prob. 3CT Ch. 22 - Compared to vascular plants, bryophytes arc more...Ch. 22 - Lignin and vascular tissue first evolved in...

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