Bio 2 Quiz 3

Gametophytes also produce female gametangia known as:

Archegonia

Which of the following is the structural and molecular data that indicate that land plants probably descended from a group of green algae?

Charophytes

Misses have stems, roots, and leaves.

False

What is the dominant stage of a bryophytes life cycle?

Gametophyte

What do moss form, during its life cycle, when a haploid spore germinates?

Protonema

Each individual gametophyte has tiny, hair like absorptive structures known as:

Rhizoids

When two gametes fuse, the diploid portion of the life cycle is called

Sporophyte generation

What is characteristic of land plants that distinguishes them from green algae?

They develop from embryos enclosed in maternal tissue.

Modern botanists think that all land plants evolved from a common ancestor, an ancient green algae. What is the best explanation for this hypothesis?

They share many biochemical and metabolic traits.

Which of the following do bryophytes not possess (which sets them apart from other plants)?

Vascular tissue