vascular and seedless plants quiz

Bryophytes-non-vascular plants that live on land but near water. They rely on water for reproduction. Gametophytes are the dominant part of the plant.

Xylem is the vascular tissue for water movement and Phloem is vascular tissue which moves nutrients.

Vascular seedless plants- sporophytes are the dominant part of the plant.

Ferns reproduce without producing seeds. 

 Club mosses are vascular spore producing plants that differ from true mosses. Club mosses are not bryophytes.

Seeds are considered an evolutionary advantage in gymnosperms and angiosperms due protection, nourishment, reduced dependence on water, dormancy, and dispersal

Vascular seeded plants - sporophytes are the dominant part of the plant. gametophyte significantly reduced. 

gymnosperms "naked seed"

angiosperms "vessel seed", flowers serve as reproductive structures with ovules that develop into seeds.

double fertilization, synergids chemically guide the pollen tube, one sperm merges with polar nuclei that develops into triploid endosperm. Endosperm is stored nutrients utilized by the growing zygote. The zygote is formed by a fertilized egg cell and is diploid.

characters of monocots (one seed leaf, fibrous roots, parallel leaf veins, 3 or 6 stamen) vs eudicots (two seed leaves, tap root, branched leaf veins, 4 or 5 stamen)