lesson 12 seedless vascular plants

Question 1

what kind of roots do ferns have

Answer 1

Rhizomes

Question 2

what is a frond

Answer 2

a leafy blade of a fern or fern leaf

Question 3

what are the spots sometimes found on the underside of the frond

Answer 3

sori, which are clusters of sporangia

Question 4

in fern lifestyle what is the little structor with male and female parts

Answer 4

the prothallus

Question 5

can you name the male part

Answer 5

antheridia

Question 6

can you name the female part

Answer 6

archegonia

Question 7

what must be present for the sperm to reach the egg

Answer 7

water

Question 8

what is the little baby frond that unfurls called

Answer 8

a fiddlehead

Question 9

what are some other ways ferns produce plants

Answer 9

ferns can root by spreading runners along the ground to grow new ferns at each new rhizome location; they can self root when a frond touches its tip in the dirt and a new fern sprouts; the prothallus can make a gemma which is carried off to a new place to produce a fern.

Question 10

what are tree ferns

Answer 10

giant ferns that look like palm trees or cycads

Question 11

how are giant ferns different from cycads and palms

Answer 11

their trunks are made of a mass of roots they have fiddle heads and they reproduce with spores