BRYOPHYTES

Question 1

traditional name used to refer to all land plants that do not have true vascular tissue

Answer 1

bryophytes

Question 2

mosses important roles

Answer 2

reducing erosion
nutrient cycling
insulating

Question 3

bryophytes are _______, meaning that the more prominent, longer-lived plant is the haploid gametophyte

Answer 3

gametophyte dominant

Question 4

relatively simple, sometimes multicellular filaments of thin celled walls

Answer 4

rhizoids

Question 5

a piece that breaks off a gametophyte and then lands in a suitable habitat will grow into a new gametophyte

Answer 5

vegetative reproduction

Question 6

alternation of generations

Answer 6

gametophyte forming sporophyte then sporophyte forming gametophyte

Question 7

this cycle of fertilization and meiosis involves an alternation of generation; the process requires the production of male and female gametes

Answer 7

sexual reproduction

Question 8

the sperm are produced within tiny, typically stalked, club-shaped structures called

Answer 8

antheridia

Question 9

the eggs are produced in tiny, typically somewhat flask-like structure called

Answer 9

archegonia

Question 10

3 types of bryophytes

Answer 10

mosses, liverworts, hornworts

Question 11

body structure of moss

Answer 11

thallus

Question 12

hair-like absorptive structure of moss

Answer 12

rhizoids

Question 13

get their name from liver shaped thallus

Answer 13

liverworts

Question 14

asexual reproductive structure of liverworts

Answer 14

gemmae

Question 15

location of gemmae in liverworts

Answer 15

gemmae cup

Question 16

sporophyte generations form horn-like projections out of the gametophyte thallus

Answer 16

hornworts