Nonvascular Land Plants

Question 1

1) Land plants can be divided into which two groups?

Answer 1

1) Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses:
* Lack vascular tissue
* Most are small in size
2) Ferns + seedless plants + seed-bearing plants:
* Have vascular tissue
* Most are large in size

Question 2

2) List three features of Rhizoids.

Answer 2

1. For anchorage
2. Lack root cap
3. Lack xylem and phloem

Question 3

3) Rhizoids of liverworts & hornworts are:

Answer 3

unicellular

Question 4

4) Rhizoids of mosses are

Answer 4

multicellular

Question 5

5) Liverwort sporophyte is

Answer 5

less complex than sporophyte of mosses & lacks peristome.

Question 6

6) Liverworts may be

Answer 6

thallose or foliose