UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Plants Observed in this lab... - CORRECT ANSWER - moss, ferns, lily, fast plant
sporophyte - CORRECT ANSWER - diploid phase in life cycle. produce spores through
meiosis
Bryophytes - CORRECT ANSWER - mosses. lack vascular tissue and are not seed
producing. nearly all bryophytes are land plants. Requires water for fertilization.
What phase is dominant in Bryophytes - CORRECT ANSWER - gametophyte (haploid)
archegonia - CORRECT ANSWER - egg producing structures
antheridia - CORRECT ANSWER - sperm producing structures
sporangia - CORRECT ANSWER - spore producing structure
protonema - CORRECT ANSWER - earliest stage of moss gametophyte stage. this is
when a single cell divides to become a gametophyte.
What phase is dominant in Ferns? - CORRECT ANSWER - sporophyte. (initially it is
dependent on the gametophyte (prothallus) but soon becomes independent.
Ferns - CORRECT ANSWER - also called Tracheophyta because they have vascular
tissue. Non-seed producing plants. Water is still necessary for fertilization