Plant phyla

Question 1

Bryophyta

Answer 1

1) Small plants
2) No vascular system
3) No seeds
4) Reproduce through spores (single-celled)
5) No True Roots
6) Paper thin leaves
7) Simple stems and leaves
8) No flowers
9) Diffusion to absorb CO2
10) Eg: Club mosses

Question 2

Filicinophyta

Answer 2

1) True Roots, leaves, stems
2) Vascular system present
3) Known as ferns
4) Spores for reproduction
5) No seeds
6) Large flat leaves
6) Eg: Ferns, Horsetails

Question 3

Coniferophyta/ Gymnospermophyta

Answer 3

1) Means naked seeds
2) True roots, woody stems and leaves
3) Leaves modified into needles
4) Vascular plants
5) Seeds present
6) seeds are not single celled, protected by package
7) seeds found in cones( protect seeds from drying)
8) Eg: Douglas fur, Pine, Cedar

Question 4

Angiospermophyta

Answer 4

1) Flowering plants
2) Flowers attract pollen agents
4) Most complex
5) True leaves,roots and stems
6) Vascular plants
7) Flat leaves with no needles
8) seeds with fleshy outer covering; ovaries
9) Eg: Daisy, Cherries, grasses, Daffodil, Periwinkle