Take this brief quiz to test your understanding of plant diversity.
Mosses possess vascular tissues that ferns do not
Ferns possess roots and leaves that mosses do not
Mosses lack chlorophyll that ferns possess
Ferns lack the haploid stage that mosses possess
Parallel veins
Fibrous roots
Scattered vascular bundles
Flower parts in 4's
Angiosperms
Bryophytes
Gymnosperms
Pteridophytes
Prevent dessication
Encourage photosynthesis
Allow more transpiration to occur
Allow the exchange of K and starch
Leaves for transpiration
Alternation of generations
Apical meristems
Stomata for gas exchange
Vascular tissues
Angiosperms
Bryophytes
Gymnosperms
Pteridophytes
Allows plants to self fertilize
Prevents hybridization
Eliminates the need for water delivery for sperm
Carries eggs from one plant to the other
Pollen
Fecal matter
Animal hair
Wind
Offspring gain nutrients from the maternal unit
Allows for the screening of alleles so that bad mutations do not get passed on
Absence of vascular tissues allows more energy for growth
Females do not have to tolerate environmental stresses
Sperm
Ovule
Megaspore
Bryophyte