Mosses grow on tree trunks, and horsetails (Figure 14.9) display their jointed stems and spindly leaves on the forest floor.Yet, seedless plants represent only a small fraction of the plants in our environment. Seedless vascular plants reproduce through unicellular, haploid spores instead of seeds; the lightweight spores allow for easy dispersion in the wind. Liverworts have colonized many habitats on Earth and diversified to more than 6,000 existing species (Figure14.2.2a).Some gametophytes form lobate green structures, as seen in Figure 14.2.2b.The shape is similar to the lobes of the liver and, hence, … Seedless vascular plants require water for sperm motility during reproduction and, thus, are often found in moist environments. ____ 37. Liverworts. Seedless, vascular plants such as ferns formed vast ancient forests in low-lying wetlands during the Carboniferous period (360–299 million years ago). _____ 5. b. ground tissue. The life cycles of these plants have two distinct stages – one in which SPORES are produced, and one in which sex cells (sperm and eggs) are produced. Plants originated in aquatic environments and gradually migrated to land during their long course of evolution. Some terrestrial plants developed vascular tissues (xylem and phloem), fibers and secondary growth for support, true roots, stems, and leaves rhizoids small root-like structures which anchor the plants to substrates and allow diffusion of water into plant cells C) Stomata are important in terrestrial plants because they allow the roots to absorb water and nutrients from the soil. Rhizoids are protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae.They are similar in structure and function to the root hairs of vascular land plants.Similar structures are formed by some fungi.Rhizoids may be unicellular or multicellular. Seedless vascular plants are plants that contain vascular tissue, but do not produce flowers or seeds. Succulent plants such as cacti, aloes, and agaves, beat the dry heat by storing plenty of water in their roots, stems, or leaves. Answer: D Sorus are a. plants that live anchored to an object or another plant. c. With vascular tissue, the plants could finally circulate resources throughout the plant. B) Stomata, when closed, allow CO2 to diffuse into plants. Blood vessels in people are to vessel elements in plants as the circulatory system is to a. dermal tissue. The characterization of further rhizoid-specific genes and their regulatory elements in basally diverging plants will allow us to assess the importance of changes in cis-regulatory elements in re-wiring a rhizoid developmental programme to give root hairs on the sporophyte. This allowed them to evolve to much larger sizes but they were still seedless and relied on spores. Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) may be viewed as the plants most closely related to the ancestor that moved to land. c. vascular tissue. a. the rhizoids allow the plants to survive in areas with little or no water b. the rhizoids allow the plants to survive in areas with little or no sun c. the rhizoids allow the plants to survive in areas with little or no soil _____ 6. It's hot in the desert. D) Stomata are important in terrestrial plants because they allow CO2 to diffuse into the plant. rhizoids. c. epiphyte. It's awful dry too. An incredible variety of seedless plants populates the terrestrial landscape. ____ 38. Most seedless plants live in damp and shady habitats. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Why are rhizoids helpful to the survival of certain seedless plants? Certain types of mosses, called PEAT MOSSES, grow in vast expanses of wetlands in the northern parts of the world. b. clusters of sporangia on the undersides of fern fronds where fern spores develop. 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