Seedless Vascular Plants

Question 1

Lycophytes: what is the most prominent structural difference between a moss’s leaf and a lycophyte’s leaf? (

Answer 1

Lycophyte= xylem and phloem

moss= hyaline and photosynthetic cells

Question 2

Monilophytes:
 Be able to identify structure
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Answer 2

sporangium (balls) and photosynthetic tissue)

Question 3

 Label different parts of a fern – rhizome, frond, pinnate, spore and sporangium. (5)

Answer 3

– rhizome, frond, pinnate, spore and sporangium. (5)

Question 4

Be able to understand the reproductive cycle of fern.(5)

Answer 4

1. S- m2- spores dispersed by wind
2. spores- germinate- GAMETOPHYTE
3. Gametophyte- gametes
4. g- fertilisation -> zygote (2n)
5. z—> S