Bryophytes

Question 1

bryophytes are divided into

Answer 1

liverworts
mosses

Question 2

habitat of bryophytes

Answer 2

moist shaded areas in hills /
damp, humid, shaded localities

Question 3

nickname for bryophytes

Answer 3

amphibians of plant kingdom

Question 4

why

Answer 4

live in soil but need water for sexual reproduction

Question 5

root-like structure is called

Answer 5

rhizoid

Question 6

male sex organ

Answer 6

antheridium

Question 7

female sex organ

Answer 7

archegonium

Question 8

antheridium produces

Answer 8

biflagellate antherozoids

Question 9

uses of sphagnum, a moss

Answer 9

provides peat (fuel)
packing material for trans-shipment of living material becaused of their capacity to hold water

Question 10

________ and ________ are the first organisms to colonise rocks

Answer 10

mosses
lichens

Question 11

example of liverwort

Answer 11

marchantia

Question 12

vegetative reproduction in liverworts is by

Answer 12

fragmentation

Question 13

asexual reproduction in liverworts is by

Answer 13

gemmae on gemma cups

Question 14

sporophyte of liverwort is differentiated into

Answer 14

foot
seta
capsule

Question 15

gametophyte of mosses consists of which two stages

Answer 15

protonema
leafy stage

Question 16

vegetative reproduction in mosses

Answer 16

fragmentation
budding in secondary protonema

Question 17

who have an elaborate mechanism of spore dispersal
mosses or liverworts?

Answer 17

mosses

Question 18

examples of mosses

Answer 18

funaria
polytrichum
sphagnum