Ferns (tracheophyta)

Question 1

Describe xylem tissue

Answer 1

Transports water from roots to plant and helps stabilize

Question 2

Describe phloem tissue

Answer 2

movement of nutrients and sugars

Question 3

What are true roots

Answer 3

absorbs water and minerals from soil through a vascular cylinder

Question 4

What are rhizomes

Answer 4

horizontal underground stems

Question 5

Where do the roots arise from

Answer 5

arise from rhizomes to branch into the soil

Question 6

What are true leaves

Answer 6

photosynthetic organs with vascular tissue gathered into veins
covered with cuticle

Question 7

What are fern leaves called

Answer 7

fronds

Question 8

What are young fern leaves called

Answer 8

fiddleheads

Question 9

How do ferns reproduce

Answer 9

By spores that germinate to produce a gametophyte
alternation of generations
Fertilization requires water

Question 10

Is the gametophyte or sporophyte dominant in ferns

Answer 10

sporophyte

Question 11

describe the reproductive parts of the fern sporophyte

Answer 11

has fronds with clusters of sporangia called sori that produce haploid spores

Question 12

What are clusters of sporangia called in ferns

Answer 12

sori

Question 13

What do sori produce in ferns

Answer 13

haploid spores