Seedless Non Vascular Plants

What do seedless vascular plants use for reproduction?

• Rhizoids

• Spores

• Pollen

How do plants use rhizoids?

• Rhizoids are used to attach plants to the growing medium

• Rhizoids are used to transport water and minerals throughout the plant

• Rhizoids are used by plants to produce sporangia and spores.

What term do we use for plants lacking xylem and phloem?

• vascular plants

• nonvascular plants

• tracheid plants

Where is moss least likely to grow?

• in a damp cave

• near a shady tree trunk

• under a rock

• in a dry, sunny field

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The reason that moss plants don't grow very tall is because it 

• has vascular tissue
•  is miniature
•  lacks vascular tissue
•  likes to hide

Select all plant examples that are nonvascular.

• mosses

• horsetails

• hornworts

• club mosses

• liverworts

In which surroundings do nonvacular plants grow best?

• moist and shady

• dry and dark

• moist and sunny

• dry and sunny

• moist and dark

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Which of the following traits would NOT be found in seedless non vascular plants

• Wooded stems

• cells that photosynthesize

• low growing

• Rhizoids

Mosses are often the first to grow in an area. This trait is called. . .

• rhizoids

• pioneer species

• saprophytes

All of these are bryophytes except:

• ferns

• mosses

• liverworts

• hornworts