Download Nonvascular Plants Quiz Answers

Nonvascular Plants Quiz Answers
1. True or False: Nonvascular plants and vascular seedless plants first
dominated the early forests.
true 2. True or False: Hornworts were the first plants to have vascular tissues.
false 3. Nonvascular seedless plants are also known as ____________.
byrophytes 4. What are the three phyla of nonvascular plants?
The three phyla of nonvascular plants are mosses, liverworts and hornworts. 5. Why are nonvascular plants usually very short?
Nonvascular plants are usually very short because they do not have tissues to move nutrients and water up a stem. 6. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) In mosses, a gametophyte is diploid, having two sets of chromosomes.
b) In mosses, after fertilization the diploid sporophyte forms.
c) In mosses, spores are formed by the sporophyte.
d) In mosses, after fertilization, the haploid gametophyte is formed.
7. Which nonvascular plant has long and pointed sporophytes?
a) mosses
b) hornworts
c) liverworts
d) hogworts
8. What part of the nonvascular plant releases spores?
a) the leaf
b) the sporophyte
c) the sporangium
d) the spore forming unit
9. What nonvascular plant has a flattened appearance?
a) mosses
b) hornworts
c) liverworts
d) flatworts
10. Which statement is associated with hornwors?
a) Hornworts often have a ribbon-like appearance.
b) Hornworts are often recognized as the green “fuzz” on damp rocks and trees.
c) The "horn" part of hornwort comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for herb.
d) The hornlike sporophytes of hornworts grow from a base of flattened lobes,
which are the gametophytes.