Seedless Plants

Which is not a derived trait of land plants?

• Cuticle

• Stomata

• Apical meristems

• Mycorrhizae

• Leaves

Which is not a derived trait of most land plants?

• Alternation of generations life cycle

• Seeds and fruit

• Multicellular gametangia

• Dependent embryos

• Sporopollenin on spores/pollen

Which describes the Bryophytes?

• Sporophyte dominant, gametophyte reduced but independent

• Gametophyte dominant, sporophyte independent

• Sporophyte dominant, gametophyte dependent

• Gametophyte dominant, sporophyte dependent

How is fertilization accomplished by the mosses?

• Internally

• By seeds

• By water

• By wind

Which taxa are sporophyte dominant with a reduced gametophyte?

• Bryophyta

• Anthocerophyta

• Hepaticophyta

• Tracheophyta

Which structure is responsible for conducting water up from the roots?

(a)  

Which structure is responsible for conducting sugars to various parts of the plant?

(a)  

Which type of leaves are found in all plants besides lycophytes?

• Microphylls

• Megaphylls

Which describes the ferns?

• Sporophyte independent, gametophyte dependent

• Sporophyte dependent, gametophyte independent

• Both dependent and photosynthetic

• Both independent and photosynthetic