Ferns

Question 1

A reproductive cycle in which a haploid phase produces gametes which fuse in pairs to form a zygote, germinate, and produce a diploid phase

Answer 1

Alternation of generations

Question 2

Sperm-producing structure on the prothallus

Answer 2

Antheridium

Question 3

Multicellular structure on the prothallus in which a single egg cell is produced

Answer 3

Archegonium

Question 4

A young, unfurled leaf of a fern

Answer 4

Fiddlehead

Question 5

Term for the leaf of a fern

Answer 5

Frond

Question 6

A haploid, one or multi-celled phase of a plant that produces gametes

Answer 6

Gametophyte

Question 7

Membranous growth of the epidermis of a fern leaf that covers a sorus

Answer 7

Indusium

Question 8

Independent, heart-shaped, photosynthetic gametophyte in ferns

Answer 8

Prothallus

Question 9

Group or cluster of sporangia or spores

Answer 9

Sorus

Question 10

A diploid, hollow structure in which spores are produced

Answer 10

Sporangium

Question 11

A reproductive cell capable of developing into an adult without fusion with another cell

Answer 11

Spore

Question 12

The diploid phase of a plant

Answer 12

Sporophyte