UNIT 2 Bio 11 Non vascular plants

What is non-vascular plantae

multicellular eucaryotic auto troves that do not have tubes (roots stems or leaves)

What type of nonvascular plant has tiny leaf-like structures that grow from a central stem like structure grows in moist shady spots

Mosses

What type of nonvascular plant resembles a human liver often found growing on rocks near streams

liver wort

What type of non-vascular plant is flat leaf lake structure usually found growing in soil or fields

hornwort

What are the four characteristics of nonvascular plants

low growing plants that get materials directly from surroundings, has small root like structures called rhizoids, cells are supported using cell walls made of cellulose, sexual and asexual reproduction

What are the two ways nonvascular plants reproduce

sexual and asexual

What is the sexual way nonvascular plants reproduce

spore formation

What is the asexual nonvascular plants reproduce

vegetative propagation

What is the first stage of the sexual reproduction

sporophyte stage

What happens in the sporophyte stage

plant produces spores that grow into new organisms

What is the second stage of sexual reproduction

give me to fight stage plants produce sperm sperm and eggs which join together during reproduction to make a zygote