Chapter 23.2

Question 1

How do non-vascular plants reproduce and what do they lack?

Answer 1

Spores, they lack true roots, stems and leaves

Question 2

What is the dominant generation in nonvascular plants?

Answer 2

The gametophytes

Question 3

Is the reproduction of non vascular plants tied to water?

Answer 3

Yes, the gametophytes need a film of water

Question 4

What is the structure that produces eggs? (Nonvascular)

Answer 4

Archegonium

Question 5

What is the structure that produces sperm? (Nonvascular)

Answer 5

Antheridium

Question 6

Where do the sporophytes produce spores? (Nonvascular)

Answer 6

Sporangium

Question 7

What two things result from vascular tissue?

Answer 7

Plants can grow much larger and develop true roots, stems, and leaves

Question 8

What are the two groups of seedless vascular plants? (Both names)

Answer 8

Club mosses (lycophytes) and ferns/fern allies (monilophytes)

Question 9

What is a rhyzome? (Seedless vasular)

Answer 9

A horizontal underground stem

Question 10

What are the leaves of ferns called?

Answer 10

Fronds

Question 11

What are the coiled young leaves of a fern called?

Answer 11

Fiddleheads

Question 12

What are sori?

Answer 12

Clusters of spores on a fern frond

Question 13

What are horsetails related to?

Answer 13

Ferns

Question 14

How are seedless vascular plants similar and different to nonvascular plants?

Answer 14

Like- only can reproduce sexually when a film of water covers the gametophytes

Different- sporophytes are much larger

Question 15

What are the three examples of seedless vascular plants?

Answer 15

Mosses, liverworts, hornworts