Plants in Our Lives: Spore-producing Plants

The video tutorial discusses seedless plants, focusing on spore-producing plants like whisk ferns, club mosses, and modern ferns. It highlights their historical significance and current distribution. Ferns, with over 9,000 species, are particularly abundant in tropical and temperate regions. The video clarifies that ferns reproduce via spores, not seeds, and addresses common misconceptions about their reproduction.

What are seedless plants also known as?

• Spore-producing plants

• Deciduous plants

• Coniferous plants

• Flowering plants

Which group of plants is considered the oldest vascular plants?

• Mosses

• Modern ferns

• Club mosses

• Whisk ferns

During which era were club mosses a dominant form of life?

• Cretaceous era

• Ice age

• Coal-forming era

• Jurassic era

Approximately how many species of ferns exist today?

• 15,000

• 1,000

• 9,000

• 5,000

Where are ferns especially abundant?

• Urban areas

• Polar regions

• Tropical areas

• Desert areas