Q: Summarize and explain the distinguishing characteristics of the early tracheophytes vascular plants.…
A: Vascular system of plant is characterized in Xylem and phloem for transit of water and solid…
Q: Draw a plant of Rhynia. Be certain to include the reproductive parts. Now assume that it has a life…
A: Rhynia plant is differentiated into horizontally creeping rhizome and an upright branched shoot…
Q: Describe two features of nonvascular plants that indicate they are adapted to the land environment.
A: Non-vascular plants, including Bryophytes and Algae, were the first plants to evolve. They reproduce…
Q: Discuss how fungi differ from plants.
A: The Whittaker proposed an elaborate five kingdom classification Monera Protista Fungi Plantae…
Q: Describe the life history of fern with the significance of alternation of generations.
A: The life cycle of ferns and the other land plants are entirely different. It is so because the…
Q: write a paragraph about the tiny organisms that live in moss.
A: Mosses belong to the division Bryophyta that includes land plants that are small nonvascular and…
Q: Expound on how a vascular plant's multicellular body is an outcome of long-term evolutionary…
A: Evolutionary developmental biology, is considered a new norm in evolutionary biology. It arose from…
Q: GIve any thoughts or conclusion about vascular plants.
A: Humans depend on plants in numerous ways. One reason we depend on plants is for consumption. Plants…
Q: . Discuss at least one difference in environmental conditions experiencedby early land plants and…
A: First land plants appeared around 470 million years ago. These were non-vascular plants like…
Q: Assess the evidence supporting the contention that charophytes are the direct ancestors of plants
A: Charophyta refers to a group of green algae that inhabits freshwater. It is an unranked clade that…
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Q: List the adaptations that led to a land existence for plants.
A: Adaptation is the behavioral or physical characteristic of the plants that helps them to survive…
Q: Features Used in spore Gametophyte form Characteristic of Others Group dispersal seta Liverworts…
A: Bryophytes are group of plant that are simple , without conducting tissue and present to grow on…
Q: Flora contain actual account of habitat and distribution of plants in a given area how?
A: Biodiversity: It is variability and varieties of life on earth. It is a measure of variation at…
Q: a. How did the pioneers use horsetail? Trace the life cycle of a typical fern
A: Ferns such as horsetail are vascular plants that do not bear seeds, flowers, or fruits. They…
Q: Compare the life cycle of a fern to that of a moss.
A: Mosses are primitive plants and are differentiated into leaves, stems, and roots. Ferns are the…
Q: Compare and contrast algae with land plants.
A: The advancement of the plants had thought to happen from new water green growth around 590 MYA…
Q: Give five plants examples each: A. Scaly or covered bud B. Naked bud C. Hairy bud
A: The buds are classified based in the presence or absence of protective covering. Scaly or covered…
Q: Make a sketch of the slide and label the following structures: megagametophyte. archegonia, eggs
A: Cones are the reproductive structures on the plant which give rise to embryo. There are male and…
Q: A major innovation of land plants is embryo protection. How is a moss embryo protected from…
A: *The answer of this question is option c that is by the archegonium. * The moss embryo protected…
Q: Name two features of lycophytes that increase survival onland.
A: Lycophytes are close relatives of ferns with a special kind of leaves called Microphylls. They…
Q: Give the account of the evolution of land plants from their supposed algal ancestry.
A: The multicellular plants have a life cycle that includes gametophytes (haploid) as well as…
Q: Using the geologic record, discuss and explain when and how plants colonized the land. Include the…
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Q: Identify: 20. The phylum of the Chromalveolates containing large plant like species
A: Giant kelp is the Chromalveolates which are large plant-like species. They are the large brown algae…
Q: Mention one significant function of ramenta in fern.
A: Ferns are a type of plants having vascular system and reproduce through spores. Ferns do not have…
Q: In 500 to 1000 words discuss extensively the distinguishing features of Mosses including its life…
A: Mosses are also called the “Amphibians of the plant kingdom”. Mosses live in damp and shady…
Q: Which feature differentlates mosses from liverworts and hornworms
A: Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts are bryophytes that are nonvascular, do not have true roots,…
Q: In which structure are sperm produced and stored in the Monilophyta? sporangia archegonia antheridia
A: Monilophytes are the vascular plants or ferns.
Q: Read on the Cactaceae, a member family of the Caryophyllales and compare its characteristics to the…
A: Cactus are herbaceous , perennial plants.
Q: Give some characteristics of fern.
A: Ferns are green ancient plants with about 12,000 species growing throughout the world.
Q: Among the three groups of bryophytes, which do you think is probably the closest to the vascular…
A: Bryophytes are small non-vascular plants that grow in wet and shady areas. It doesn't possess…
Q: The algal group from which green plants have probably arise, also show evidence that suggests this…
A: Algae are unicellular, photosynthetic, aquatic eukaryotic organisms that belong to the Protista…
Q: Describe Phylum Gingophyta, and explain why and how Ginkgo biloba became the only surviving species.…
A: Ginkgo biloba is a plant species which is found in China. It is also called the maidenhair tree. It…
Q: Write on the formation of fruits and seeds as well as alternation of generations in bryophytes
A: Bryophytes are the non-vascular terrestrial plants which are commonly found in the damp, humid and…
Q: State how bryophyte help in soil building.
A: Bryophytes: These are non vascular plants . It consists of 3 groups i/e/ 1. Mosses 2. Liverworts 3.…
Q: Give examples, names the three main inflorenscene types of grasses
A: A group or cluster of flowers formed on a stem made of a primary branch or a sophisticated pattern…
Q: Refute the claim that bryophytes have never managed to achieve tree sizes because they lack an…
A: Bryophytes is also known as amphibian of plant kingdom because they depend on plant and as well as…
Q: Give a broad conclusion about vascular plants and its importance.
A: Vascular plants are those plants which contain specialised vascular tissues in the form of xylem and…
Q: Compare and contrast the sporangia in Lycophytes and Monilophytes
A: Lycophytes belongs to the class lycopodiopsida and this class have more than 1300 remaining species.…
Q: Name the green algal group from which plants are hypothesized to have descended and describe…
A: The Prasinodermophyta and its unidentified sister, that includes the Chlorophyta and…
Q: State how bryophyte help in soil erosion.
A: Bryophyte is a group that consists of hornworts, mosses, and, liverworts. These are limited in size…
Q: Give example of some common bryophytes.
A: Bryophytes are non-vascular land plants. They mostly grow in cold and moist places, but some species…
Q: Which organisms are known as “Jokers of plant kingdom”.
A: R.H. Whittaker gave the Five Kingdom classification for the purpose of living organisms. He…
Q: What evidence supports the idea that members of the plant kingdom evolved from ancestral green algae
A: The evidence supports the idea that members of the plant kingdom evolved from ancestral green algae
Q: According to the text, name two types of the plants that grow in the tidal mud flats.
A: Mudflats are formed due to the deposition of mud by tides.Mud flat is the land which is near the…
Q: Cite and explain how the structure fits function in Bryophytes
A: Bryophytes are plants that reproduce by spores rather than flowers or seeds. The majority of…
Q: Define and distinguish the following structures: sporangium, sporangiophore, sorus, strobilus.
A: Different structures are present in different types of plants through which they reproduce.
Q: Compare and contrast the following set of terms: a. ovulate cone and staminate cone b.pterophyte…
A: When a male gamete fuses with a female gamete, a zygote is formed, giving rise to a new individual…
- Cite 3 characteristics that differentiate the land plant groups from their closest algal relatives.
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- . Three of the following are evidence thatcharophytes are the closest algal relatives ofplants. Select the exception.(A) similar sperm structure(B) the presence of chloroplasts(C) similarities in cell wall formation during celldivision(D) genetic similarities in chloroplastsLabel cach of the following on the diagrarm of the moss lite cycle below: A) Name this structure B} Name this stage C) Name this stage - A CExplain at least three important roles for fungi growing in a temperate deciduous forest. What would happen if all the fungi in these forests went extinct? Explain, in detail, why ferns are better adapted for life on land than mosses. Explain how the structure of hyphae (and a mycelium) relates to the function of these cells.
- Please answer all questions below: Identify a typical bolete spore. Describe the ecological niches occupied by members of the Boletales. Describe some of the difficulties in determining the ecological niche occupied by a specific member of the Boletales.Identify: 1. A part of the chloroplast in the green algae important in carbon dioxide fixation and for production and concentration of starch. 2. Subgroup of Kingdom Viridiplantae with cytokinesis marked by phragmoplast formation. 3. Subgroup of Kingdom Viridiplantae with centrioles and closed mitosis. 4. Chloroplast morphology of the Chlamydomonas. 5. The characteristic life cycle of Chlamydomonas. 6. Sexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas characterized by the fusion of morphologically similar gametes. 7. Sexual reproduction in Volvox characterized by the fusion of a large, immotile female gametes with small, motile male gametes. 8. The common name of the genus Chara. 9. The specific structure that produce the male gametes in Chara. 10. The specific structure that produce the female gametes in Chara.Match the following clades with the characteristics that they share Clades: Bryophytes and Tracheophyta Embryophyta and Charophycea Chlorophyta and Streptophyta Bryophytes and Tracheophyta Characteristics: -Chlorophylls a and b are autotrophic -Alternation of generations -Rosettes in the plasma membrane -Sporangia with walled spores
