Inquiry into Life
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Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Describe the alternation-of-generation life cycle including the role of the sporophyte and gametophyte generations.
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- Diagram the relationship between the sporophyteand gametophyte generations in bryophytes, ferns,gymnosperms, and angiosperms. Show the relative sizesand physical interactions (if any) of the two generations.arrow_forwardDescribe the similarities in sexual reproduction of moss and fern.arrow_forwardIdentify the sporophyte and gametophyte generationsarrow_forward
- Draw a simple diagram illustrating alternation of generations in plants, including the sporophyte and gametophyte generations, spores, gametes (eggs and sperm), meiosis, and fertilization. Be sure to indicate whether each generation or kind of cell is haploid or diploid.arrow_forwardWhich of the following processes occurs in a plant's sexual life cycle? sporophytes produce gametes by meiosis sporophytes produce gametes by mitosis gametophytes produce gametes by meiosis gametophytes produce gametes by mitosisarrow_forwardDescribe at least 2 methods of asexual and sexual reproduction of plants. Cite examples and provide pictures.arrow_forward
- Which of the following comparisons between the moss life cycle and fern life cycle are correct? A) Mosses have flagellated sperm that need water to reach the female gamete, while the sperm of ferns are unflagellated and are not dependent on water.B) The sporophyte generation is smaller than the gametophyte generation in mosses, but the sporophyte generation is much larger than the gametophyte generation in ferns.C) The spores are produced in capsules on stalks in mosses but in small structures called sori on the underside of leaves in ferns.D) The gametes are produced in gametangia in mosses but in specialized structures on the underside of leaves in ferns.E) Both kinds of plants depend on wind for dispersal of spores.arrow_forwardDraw the life cycle of a typica bryophyte such as moss. Your drawing should contain the following terms: 2N and N, Sporophyte and Gametophyte, Sporangium, Meiosis, Spores, Protonema, Antheridium, Sperm, Archegonium, Egg and Fertilizationarrow_forwardFigure 23.28 Which of the following statements about the Laminaria life cycle is false? In zoospores form in the sporangia. The sporophyte is the 2n plant. The gametophyte is diploid. Both the gametophyte and sporophyte stages are multicellular.arrow_forward
- In flowers, the structures that produce male gametophytes are called _______ ;the strcutures that produce female gametophytes are called _______ . a. pollen grains; flowers c. anthers; stigma b. stamen; carpels d. megaspores; microsporesarrow_forwardIn an angiosperm life cycle, sexual reproduction includes: meiosis within the male gametophyte to produce sperm. meiosis within the female gametophyte to produce eggs. meiosis within the ovary to produce megaspores. fertilization leading to development of microspores. fertilization leading to development of megaspores.arrow_forwardFigure 25.24 Which of the following statements about the fern life cycle is false? Sporangia produce haploid spores. The sporophyte grows from a gametophyte The sporophyte is diploid and the gametophyte is haploid. Sporangia form on the underside of the gametophyte.arrow_forward
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