Nonvascular plants

Question 1

Bryophytes

Answer 1

• the earliest lineages to diverge from the common ancestor of land plants
• paraphyletic group that diverged before the evolution of vascular tissue

Question 2

Bryophytes consist of three phyla of non-vascular plants

Answer 2

liverworts, mosses, and hornworts

Question 3

Phylum for liverworts

Answer 3

hepatophyta

Question 4

Phylum for mosses

Answer 4

Bryophyta

Question 5

Bryophyta refers to one phylum _____ but bryophyte refers to:

Answer 5

mosses versus all nonvascular plants

Question 6

Phyla for hornworts

Answer 6

Anthocerophyta

Question 7

Bryophytes lack

Answer 7

true vascular tissue and lignin

Question 8

Bryophytes tissues are _____ thick

Answer 8

few cells

Question 9

Bryophytes absorb water by:

Answer 9

through their surfaces (they don’t have roots)

Question 10

Only ____ and ____ have stomata for gas exchange

Answer 10

mosses and hornworts

Question 11

• Bryophyte sporophytes are

Answer 11

unbranched, and lack roots and leaves

Question 12

for bryophytes, gametophytes are ____ than sporophytes

Answer 12

larger and longer-living

Question 13

Bryophytes are common and diverse in

Answer 13

moist forests and wetlands

Question 14

Mosses have an important role in regulating water flow because

Answer 14

Mosses can lose most cellular water, and
then rehydrate and reactivate cells when
moisture becomes available