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VASCULAR PLANT QUIZ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the phylum name for mosses? | Bryophyta |
| What is an examples of a seedless nonvascular plants? | Moss, liverworts, and horn warts |
| No | |
| Does moss have true stems? | No |
| Does moss have true leaves? | No |
| What are structures used to anchor and mosses to soil, rocks, and trees? | Rhizoids |
| What do seedless nonvascular plants need for reproduction? | They need water to allow sperm to swim in fertilize eggs |
| What environment is preferable for Moss? | Moist environments |
| Why is Moss importance to humans? | It begins the dirt making process and has an important role in the carbon cycle |
| What are examples of seedless vascular plants? | Club mosses, whiskferns, horsetails, and ferns |
| What is the phylum name for ferns? | Pterophyta |
| Do ferns have true roots, stems, and leaves? | Yes |
| What structure is a large leaf on a fern? | Frond |
| What structure is newly forming fronds? | Fiddleheads |
| What structure is undergrounds stems? | Rhizomes |
| What structure is a cluster of sporangia? | Sori |
| What do seedless vascular plants depend on for reproduction? | Water |
| What does gymnosperm mean? | A seed plant whose seed is not enclosed in fruit |
| Do gymnosperms have true roots, stems, and leaves? | Yes |
| What is the reproductive structure of a gymnosperm called? | Cone |
| What are tiny male gametophytes of seed plants? | Pollen grain |
| What protects the fertilized eggs in gymosperms? | The seed |
| What is the phylum Cycadophyta name commonly called? | Cycads |
| What is the phylum Ginkgophyta commonly called? | Ginkgo Biloba |
| Conifers | |
| What is the most common gymnosperm? | Conifers |
| Where are the reproductive scales of gametophytes found? | Cones |
| What do cycads look like? | Palm trees |
| Why is the ginkgo tree sometimes called a living fossil? | Because it closely resembles it's fossil ancestors |
| What environment do conifers prefer? | Mountainous regions |
| What is the phylum name for a flower? | Anthophyta |
| Do you flowers have true roots, stems, and leaves? | Yes |
| What is the mature ovary of a flower? | Fruit |
| What organ holds female gametophytes? | Ovary |
| Where are pollen grains produced? | The anther |
| What is a stalk of stamen? | Filament |
| What is a modified leaf? | Petal |
| What is the receptive surface of a flower? | Stigma |
| What is the elongated part of a carpel? | The style |
| What makes up the carpel? | The ovary, the style, and the stigma |
| What makes up the stamen? | The filament and to anther |
| What is the leafy green part of moss? | Gametophyte |
| What are the stalk and capsule of a moss called? | Sporophyte |
| Are the spores released by spore capsules in moss haploid or diploid? | Haploid |
| What are the modified leaves of pine trees called? | Needles |
| What is released by male cones? | Pollen |
| What is the movement of male gametophytes to female gametophytes? | Pollination |
| Which is released by female cones? | Seed |
| What does gymnosperm mean? | Naked seed |
| What protects developing flowers? | Sepal |
| Is the stamen female or male? | Male |
| Is the carpel female or male? | Female |