. Which of these land plants have a dominant sporophyte phase? Please select all correct answers.   Multiple answers:Multiple answers are accepted for this question Select one or more answers a Conifers. b Cycads. c Ferns. d Mosses. e Liverworts. f Angiosperms.

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1. Which of these land plants have a dominant sporophyte phase? Please select all correct answers.
 
Multiple answers:Multiple answers are accepted for this question
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a
Conifers.
b
Cycads.
c
Ferns.
d
Mosses.
e
Liverworts.
f
Angiosperms.

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- current answer: Compare the life cycles of mosses and ferns by filling in the blanks below. Mosses - Spores are made in the sporophyte phase. Gametes are made in the - blank1 - phase. Sperm-producing structures are called - blank2 -. Egg-producing structures are called - blank3 -. Majority of tissues are haploid. Ferns - Spores are made in the - blank4 - phase. Gametes are made in the - blank5 - phase. Sperm-producing structures are called - blank6 -. Egg-producing structures are called - blank7 -. Majority of tissues are - blank8 -.


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Spores are made in the sporophyte phase.
Gametes are made in the 
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Sperm-producing structures are called 
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Egg-producing structures are called 
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Majority of tissues are haploid.
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Spores are made in the 
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 phase.
Gametes are made in the 
blank5 - Word Answer

 phase.
Sperm-producing structures are called 
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Egg-producing structures are called 
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Majority of tissues are 
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3. Explain why ferns and mosses must depend on water for reproduction, and why gymnosperms and angiosperms do not.

4.Explain how xylem and phloem enabled some land plants to inhabit drier environments than their ancestors.

5. Stomata likely evolved as a solution to which of the following land plant problems?

Select an answer and submit. 
a
Threats from predators.
b
Lack of nutrients.
c
Lack of water.
d
The pull of gravity.
e
Excess UV radiation.
 
6.Which land plant innovations served to protect land plant offspring? Please select all correct answers.
 
Multiple answers:Multiple answers are accepted for this question
Select one or more answers and submit. 
a
Cuticle.
b
Spores.
c
Sporophyte dominance.
d
Secondary growth.
e
Seeds.
f
Vascular system.
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Video: The Sex Lives of Nonvascular Plants. (9:15).
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