Nonvascular Plants

Which is not a group of non-vascular plants?

• mosses
• liverworts
• hornworts
• ferns

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The part of a non-vascular plant that produces the sex cells is called the...

• gametophyte
• sporophyte
• capsule
• rhizoid

The part of a non-vascular plant that produces the spores is called the...

• gametophyte
• sporophyte
• protonema
• rhizoid

A tiny, root-like structure made of a few thread-like cells are called a...

• rhizoid
• stalk
• capsule
• protonema

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

After the spore lands, it begins to grow these thread-like cells that will become the rhizoid.

• protonema
• sporophyte
• stalk
• capsule

If non-vascular plants did not have water...

• the spores could not leave the sporophyte
• the sperm cannot reach the egg for fertilization
• the capsule cannot release the spores
• the rhizoid cannot attach to the ground

Which of the following is not part of Alternation of Generations?

• asexual & sexual
• sporophyte & gametophyte
• rhizoid & protonema
• diploid & haploid

Non-vascular plants can survive in new or disturbed environments... this means they are a...

• pioneer species
• saprophyte
• symbiote
• epiphyte

The organism in the picture is...

• moss
• liverwort
• hornwart
• fern

The organism in the picture is...

• moss
• liverwort
• hornwart
• fern