Life Cycle
What is the most dominate in the life cycle of a non-vascular plant?
The gametophyte generation.
What do vascular plants have that non vascular plants lack?
Roots, stems and leaves.
Where are non-vascular plants most commonly found?
Moist enviroments.
? Are ferns vascular or non-vascular plants?
Vascular.
Why are non-vascular plants important to humans?
They provide soil that is beneficial to the environment.
What kind of life cycle do non-vascular plants have?
Alteration of generations.
What classifies plants as non vascular?
They have no system for transporting water and nutrients.
What do non-vascular plants rely on to distribute nutrients?
Water and minerals.
What do we call the leaf-like parts of ferns?
Fronds
What are some ways that humans use non-vascular plants?
Sphagnum which is used for fuel.
Non-vascular plants can produce sexually and asexually. True or false?
True.
How do non vascular plants transport nutrients?
Absorb water and nutrients directly through leaflike scales.
Liverworts are distributed worldwide. True of false?
True.
Bryophytes is the name of the group of plants we call ferns? True or False
False
Why are non-vascular plants a big part for humans?
They make oxygen in the Earths atmosphere.
How do non-vascular plants reproduce sexually?
They create single celled spores.
Non vascular plants produce flowers and fruits.
true or false?
False.
What is the scientific name of the group of non-vascular plants?
Byrophytes.
What is the name of the gametophyte stage of a fern?
Prothallium.
What do non-vascular plants provide for many species of animals?
Micro-habitats.
?What is the name of the stage that produces spores?
Sporophyte.
Why are non vascular plants low lying plants?
Have to maintain close contact to absorb water and nutrients.
What are some examples of non-vascular plants?
Moss, liverworts, and hornworts.
What are the names of the male and female, sperm and egg, producing parts of the fern gametophyte?
Archegonium - egg, Antheridium-male.
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