Simple Plants (Moss to Fern) Study Guide

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Simple Plants (Moss to Fern) Study Guide

 What were the ancestors to modern land plants?

 Name several challenges faced by early land plants.

 What is the waxy covering of a plant called?

 What is the purpose of the cuticle in plants?

 What are vascular tissues and what is their purpose?

 What carries water and minerals in plants?

 What carries food in plants?

 Explain alternation of generations.

 What is the diploid stage in a plant called?

 What is the haploid stage in a plant called?

 Which stage is dominant in mosses, liverworts, and hornworts?

 Which stage is dominant in ferns?

 What do sporophytes produce?

 What do gametophytes produce?

 Name 3 nonvascular plants.

 Name a vascular plant that reproduces by spores.

 How do ALL nonvascular plants reproduce?

 What do ALL nonvascular plants require for their reproduction and fertilization to take place?

 Why are moss good PIONEER plants?

 What are some uses for peat moss by florists?

 Spores on moss plants are released from what structures?

 What happens to a moss spore once it is released?

 Name the structure in moss that produces eggs.

 Name the structure in moss that produce sperm

 Be able to identify the parts of the life cycle of a fern.

 Be able to list and discuss problems encountered by early land plants and their solutions to these problems.

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