Briefly describe eusporangia and leptosporangia. Which is the type that occurs in all other vascular plants? Which is the type that occurs in most ferns?

Q: Describe two adaptations that are present in mosses, but not hornworts or liverworts, which reflect…

A: Bryophytes are also known as amphibian of the plants kingdom because these plants grow on land but…

Q: Describe the major classes of seedless vascular plants

A: The vascular system is an organized arrangement of specialized tissues called Xylem and Phloem,…

Q: Compare Bryophytes (mosses) and Pterophytes (ferns) in terms of... 1) similarities/difference in…

A: Bryophytes and Pteridophytes are the member of the kingdom planteevand mosses and ferns are the…

Q: One characteristic that separates ferns from complex vascular plants is that ferns do not havea. a…

A: Taxonomy is a branch of science involved with classification, particularly of organisms;…

Q: What are the four modern-day groups of gymnosperms?

A: It is derived from the Greek word gymnos which means naked and sperma meaning seed. They were the…

Q: Trace and explain when and how ferns evolved and eventually conquered and adapted to thrive extreme…

A: Answer: Introduction: Ferns have vascular tissue, that permits them to cultivate taller.

Q: The non-vascular plants are represented today by three phyla of small herbaceous plants namely:…

A: Non Vascular Plants -- Introduction --Vascular system is very important part of the plant as by the…

Q: Draw the life cycle of a fern, label all structures, and explain why ferns demonstrate Alternation…

A: Fern is defined as a member of a group or family of vascular plants that will reproduce through the…

Q: Define about Ferns and Their Allies ? Explain the Fern diversity ?

A: Ferns and their allies both come under the nonflowering, lower, seedless vascular plants containing…

Q: How do the reproductive organs of ferns differ from foliage leaves?

A: Foliage can be defined as the leafy parts of the tree or plant.

Q: Describe the characteristics of the seedless vascular plants. A. Phylum Lycopodiophyta: (Club…

A: Seedless vascular plants are plants in which vascular tissue is present but flower or seed is…

Q: Describe the four groups of seedless vascular plants

A: Introduction: Vascular plants are also known as tracheophytes. These plants have specialised tissues…

Q: Explain the differences between microphylls, microsporangia, megaphylls, and megasporangia.

A: The primitive plant have different types of structure known as microphylls, megaphylls. These also…

Q: How would we be affected if all ferns were to become extinct in a few years?

A: Kingdom Plantae is a diverse group of organisms. It includes simple thalloid organisms to complex…

Q: What is different about ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants compared to the rest of the plants?

A: Blooming plants (angiosperms) are vascular seed-bearing plants that bear their seeds through…

Q: What are the distinguishing features of club mosses, whisk ferns, and horsetails? How are these…

A: the distinguishing features of club mosses, whisk ferns, and horsetails are;

Q: What is the meaning of the following structures in ferns and ferns allies?

A: Ferns are the gymnosperms that are vascular, non seed bearing, fruitless and flowerless plants that…

Q: Moss gametophyte and sporophyte Describe the colors of the structure and their textures. Indicate…

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Q: How does the symmetry of a moss gametophyte compare with that of a liverwort gametophyte?

A: Symmetry & other features comparison:                          Liverwort Gametophyte…

Q: Identify four derived traits that distinguish plants from charophyte green algae and facilitate life…

A: Charophyte green algae are the predecessors of land plants. Some characteristics that land plants…

Q: What are the zosterophyllophytes? How did they differ from rhyniophytes? Why do we think they are…

A: Step 1 The plant kingdom contains multicellular phototrophs living on land mostly. The earliest…

Q: True or false? Ferns produce seeds inside sori.

A: Pteridophyta is considered a highly evolved group of Cryptograms. The Pteridophytes are also called…

Q: How are seedless vascular plants similar to and different frombryophytes?

A: Seedless vascular plants are similar to bryophytes and in order for sexual reproduction to take…

Q: List two features that distinguish the seedless vascular plants from the bryophytes.

A: Bryophytes are the simplest and primitive non-flowering embryophytes that do not contain vascular…

Q: Describe the life cycle of mosses and compare their gametophyte and sporophyte generations.

A: Mosses: Mosses are also known as heterosporous in which they develop two distinct spores, one is…

Q: Are ferns evolutionarily an older or younger group than the gymnosperms and angiosperms?

A: Kingdom Plantae is a vast kingdom which includes plants . It is divided into :-  A ) Thallophyta  B…

Q: List three ways that ferns, which lack secondary growth,are able to elevate their leaves and thus…

A: Ferns are group of vascular plants, which show alteration of generations in their life cycle. These…

Q: How might Bryophytes and Lycophytes (“true” mosses and spikemosses) have contributed to the…

A: Bryophytes and lycophytes have led to the evolution of flowering plants and other land plants. There…

Q: The rhizome of ferns like the one shown in the previous question, have a dictyostele vascular…

A: In a vascular plant, the stele is basically the central part of the root or stem that has the…

Q: Describe the function of an indusium in ferns. Is there a comparable structure in horsetails? If…

A: In certain ferns, a flap of tissue partially or completely covers each sorus. It develops from the…

Q: What features distinguish progymnosperms from seed ferns?

A: The seed ferns can also be referred to as Pteridospermatophyta. The extinction of seed ferns…

Q: The rhizome of ferns like the one shown in the previous question, have a dictyostele vascular…

A: Most of the characteristics of lycophytes and higher vascular plants vary in their evolution. Such…

Q: Describe the life cycle of ferns.

A: The life cycle of the fern has two different stages; sporophyte, which releases spores, and…

Q: What are ferns? Describe its salient features.

A: Ferns Classification Domain-Eukarya Kingdom-Plantae Division-Pteridophyta Class-Pteridopsida…

Q: What adaptations do ferns have that both algae and bryophytes lack?

A: Bryophytes are thought to have descended from algae. Both algae and bryophytes have cellulose-based…

Q: Why are the stem-like and leaf-like structures of a moss plant not called stem and leaves?

A: Bryophytes belong to a non-vascular plant, which lack an internal organization of a vascular system…

Q: The rhizome of ferns like the one shown in the previous question has a dictyostele vascular…

A: Vascular tissue The tissue which help in the conduction of water, minerals of food materials in the…

Q: 26. Draw a phylogenetic tree including all of the following groups: charophyte green algae…

A: Evolution is the process of gradual changes occurring in the species over a period of time.…

Q: Which statement about ferns is TRUE? Ferns are unicellular organisms. Ferns are nonvascular…

A: Ferns are the members of Phylum Pteridophyta that belongs to the Kingdom Plantae. They are the…

Q: What is a cone? How are cones of conifers similar to those of lycophytes and cycads? How do they…

A: The gymnosperms can be described as a group of seed-producing plants with naked or exposed seeds,…

Q: In mosses, the leaves are very primitive because:

A: Mosses are primitive plants comes under bryophyta, which have primitive structures of leaf, roots…

Q: What are three main parts of vascular plants?

A: Vascular plants are also known as tracheophytes. They are a large group of land plants that have…

Q: Give three ecological importance of ferns.…

A: Ferns belong to the a group of vascular plants that can undergo reproduction via spores. These…

Q: If Rhynia or its contemporaries were the ancestors to the ferns, how did the gametophytes and…

A: Rhynia existed during Siluria and Devonian times.

Q: Name two genera of living lycophytes. What are their common names? About how big do they get? Are…

A: Answer: Introduction: Lycophytes are a class of spore-containing vascular plants having more than…

Q: List the key derived traits found in monilophytes andseed plants, but not in lycophytes.

A: Vascular plants are the plants that contain the vascular system (xylem and phloem) that is involved…

Q: What are charcteristics features of bryophytes and gymnosperms?

A: The Kingdom Plantae includes autotrophic organisms that are able to make their own organic…