Mosses and Ferns

Ferns reproduce through __________.

• seeds

• flowers

• spores

Ferns grow upward like trees.

• True

• False

Leaves of ferns are known as _________ and start as fiddleheads.

• fronds

• rhizomes

• rhizoids

Some ferns are good to eat especially when they are fiddleheads.

• True

• False

These are tiny plants with no true roots, stems and flowers.

• ferns

• mosses

• trees

The spores of mosses are found in a _________.

• tablet

• capsule

• cone

Mosses grow in _______ locations.

• damp

• dry

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Roots of mosses are known as __________.

• rhizoids

• capsule

• spores

• r

Mosses are important because they ______ soil so that it does not wash away.

• hold

• absorb

• destroy

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These are plants with no seeds and flowers and are known as frond-flaunters.

• ferns

• mosses

• trees