Quiz on Nonvascular seedless plants by Jacob Yomtoob
1. This is the name for non-vascular plants
a. Lycophytes
b. Bryophytes
c. Pterophytes
d. Angiophytes
2. All of the following are Seedless non-vascular plants except
a. Ferns
b. Liverworts
c. Hornworts
d. Mosses
3. This is the name for the branched one cell thick filaments that comprise a germinating moss spore
a. Rhizoids
b. Gametophore
c. Apical Meristem
d. Protonema
4. Which of the following is false regarding bryophytes:
a. Due to lack of vascular tissue, they are limited to in height.
b. The gametophytes are anchored by rhizoids.
c. Archegonia are the male reproductive organ while antheridia are the female.
d. Since their body parts are too thin, bryophytes cannot support a tall plant.
True or False
5. In bryophytes, the gametophyte stage is the dominant stage of the life cycle.
6. Bryophytes have flagellated sperm
7. Eggs remain in the base if the antheridia.
8. Bryophytes do not require much water to reproduce
9. Bryophytes can reproduce asexually
10. Sporophytes are independent of their parental gametophyte.
11. Spores are produced in the capsule by mieosis.
12. Stomata are present in hornwort and moss sporophytes and aid air exchange
13. Mosses can survive in cold and dry habitats by losing their body water and rehydrating in better
conditions
14. Mieosis occurs in the gametophyte of bryophytes
15. Haploid spores are released from the capsule.
Answers
1 B 2 A 3 D 4 C 5 True 6 True 7 False Archegonia 8 False 9 True 10 False 11 True 12 True 13 True
14 False Sporophyte 15 True