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| What is the oldest group of vascular plants? |
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| True of False: Club mosses are mosses. |
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| False; Club mosses are vascular plants, not nonvascular just like real mosses are. |
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Match the following words to where they are found: whisk ferns, horsetails, ferns
a. grow in wetland areas and along streams and rivers
b. grow from undergound stems called rhizomes
c. grow mostly in the tropics and subtropics |
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whisk ferns - c
horsetails - a
ferns - b
I know this may be a hard question but this is all just review for you guys :) |
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| True or False: Whisk ferns are closely related to ferns. |
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| Horsetails have cell walls that contain a rough compound called...? |
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| newly formed frond which uncurl as they grow |
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| [image]What are these clusters of sporangia? |
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sori!!!
For some reason I like that name :) |
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| What is the gametophyte of a fern called? |
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| How do rhizoids play a part in fern reproduction? |
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| They are used to anchor the prothallus into the soil |
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What happens to the prothallus after the gametophyte stage?
a. It remains during the sporophyte stage, similar to the gametophyte in the moss life cycle
b. It eventually rots away
c. It is used to nourish the zygote. |
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Catergorize each step into either the sporophyte stage or the gametophyte stage:
a. spore grows into prothallus
b. zygote is formed
c. sporangia produces haploid spores
d. sperm swims to egg
e. spores released into the air |
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sporophyte:
b, c, e
gametophyte:
a, d |
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