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| What are three main types of seedless, nonvascular plants? |
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liverworts, hornoworts, and mosses
(What is with science and they calling everything with "wort" at the end?) |
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| What are the two basic forms of liverworts? |
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| What are the main characteristics of thallose liverworts? |
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| eggs are produced on an umbrella-like structure of the thallose liverwort |
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| What are the main characteristics of leafy liverworts? |
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have stemlike and leaflike structures
arranged in three rows |
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| The main plant body is similar to those of... |
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| What is the most common nonvascular plant? |
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| How big are the leaf like structures of moss? |
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| What is the name of the structure that anchors to surfaces such as soil, rocks, and tree trunks? |
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| True or false: Moss was a pioneer species in succession. |
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| most commonly sued moss by humans that grows in acidic bogs |
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| What does sphagnum build up over time? |
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| peat (deposits of dead moss) |
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| Why is peat important or useful? |
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1) can be burned as a fuel
2) can absorb water
3) antibacterial properties
4) plays a role in the carbon cycle |
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| What phase is dominant in the moss life cycle? |
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gametophyte
it is in fact the only life cycle where gametophyte is dominant |
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| What are moss sporophytes? |
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| stalklike structures that grow up from the gametophyte |
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| What does the capsule contain? |
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| sporangia (spore producing sacs) |
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| What is the archegonium and the antheridium? |
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archegonium - produces female egg
anteridium - produces male sperm |
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| True or False: Mosses do not need water to reproduce. |
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| False; Water is needed for sperm to swim to egg so that they can live happily ever after <3 |
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| [image]Where does meiosis and fertilization take place? |
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meiosis - capsule
fertilization - archegonium
I don't understand why I put this question up when the diagram actually gives you the answers.... |
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