Botany Lesson 11: Ferns

Where are ferns usually found?

• in hot dry places

• in shady wet places

• on the tops of trees

• in deserts

Fern fronds have __________-_____________ leaves.

What are the spots sometimes found on the underside of a fern frond called?

• age spots

• lenticels

• acne

• Sori

What is the name of the structure that contains both the male and the female parts of the fern?

• prothalus

• archegonia

• antheridia

• sporangia

What is the male part of the fern called?

• prothalus

• archegonia

• antheridia

• sporangia

What is the female part of the fern called?

• prothalus

• archegonia

• antheridia

• sporangia

A _____________ is a baby frond that unfurls.

Choose the two other ways that ferns reproduce?

• gemmas

• branches

• rhizomes

• spontaneously

Runners that are spread by ferns to clone the fern are called?

• prothallus

• rhizomes

• roots

• stems

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Are ferns vascular plants?

• yes

• no

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2