Non-vascular Plants

Specific type of plant tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots, through the stems, to leaves

• vascular plant

• nonvascular plant

• xylem

• phloem

Specific type of plant tissue that transports food (sugar) made in the leaves to the entire plant

• vascular plant

• nonvascular plant

• xylem

• phloem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Examples of these plants include mosses, liverworts, and other plants with no xylem or phloem

• dicot

• vascular plant

• monocot

• nonvascular plant

Which of the following plants are considered nonvascular plants?

• Monocot Plants

• Dicot Plants

• Ferns

• Moss

What do spores become after they are released from sporophytes?

• liverworts
• rhizoids
• cryptophobic
• gametophytes

__________: egg 
Antheridium: sperm

• Archegonuim 
• Rhizome
• Protonema

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

In moss' life cycle, how does a sperm cell get to an egg cell? 

• through the help of water 
• through self-pollination
• through cross-pollination
• through the help of the wind

During the gametophyte stage of life the moss will produce

• eggs only

• sperm only

• eggs or sperm depending on the sex of the plant

• spores

During the sporophyte stage of life the moss will produce

• eggs only

• sperm only

• eggs or sperm depending on the sex of the plant

• spores

Spores give rise to the juvenile stage of a moss called the

• protonema

• gametophyte

• sporophyte

• rhizoid