Definitions
Define Bryophyte.
What is small, herbaceous non vascular land plants.
Define Pioneer species.
What is the first organisms to grow in new or disturbed areas.
What is the most identifying structure of hornworts?
What is a horn like protrusion.
In seedless vascular plants the _________ stage is the dominant stage of their lifecycle.
What is the sporophyte stage.
Which plants formed the first forests?
What is Seedless Vascular Plants.
Define Xylem
What is vascular tissue that transports water and nutrients upwards in vascular plants.
Where are sori located?
What is on the underside of fern leaves.
What is the role of the capsule in the life cycle of a bryophyte.
What is to create spores through meiosis, and to release them.
Describe the historical use for peat moss in both Ireland and Russia.
What is as a fuel source.
Define Prothallus.
What is The Gametophyte stage of a fern.
True or False Rhizoids anchor plants to the soil so they can absorb water better.
False Rhizoids ONLY help hold a plant in place, they do not absorb water.
True or False Bryophytes grow in closely packed mats on ice, trees and rocks.
What is False Bryophytes grow in closely packed mats on soil, trees and rocks.
Where does meiosis (creation of sperm and egg) take place in the the lifecycle of a fern.
What is Sori
This seedless vascular plant produces spores in a cone at the tip of their stem.
What are horsetail ferns.
Define wort.
What is the latin name for "plant."
describe how moss, liverworts and hornworts transport water from one part of the plant to another part.
What is through absorbing water directly and moving it from cell to cell.
Explain Alternation of Generations
What is The alternation in a plant’s life cycle between a sexual reproductive form (gametophyte) and an asexual reproductive form (sporophyte).
Fuel source, food source, landscaping and house plants.
What is uses for seedless vascular plants.