Plant diversity, macroscopic structures

Question 1

rhizoids

Answer 1

structures that anchor bryophytes to a surface

Question 2

vascular tissue

Answer 2

complex conducting tissue. Xylem and phloem

Question 3

sporangium

Answer 3

enclosure in which spores are formed

Question 4

calyptra

Answer 4

cap like covering of the fruit that detaches at maturity in flowering plants (enlarged archegonial venter protecting the capsule with the embryonic sporophyte)

Question 5

spores

Answer 5

reproductive cell capable of developing into a new individual without fusion with another

Question 6

adventitious roots

Answer 6

plant roots that form from nonroot tissue and are produced during normal development and nodal roots on strawberry

Question 7

tap roots

Answer 7

primary root that grows vertically downward, gives of small lateral roots.

Question 8

prothallus

Answer 8

gametophyte stage in the life of a pteridophyte

Question 9

monocotyledonous

Answer 9

flowering plant with embryo bearing a single cotyledon. Parallel veins, leaves in multiples of 3

Question 10

dicotyledonous

Answer 10

flowering plant. Lateral veins, multiples of 4 or 5