Moss & Fern Quiz

Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.

Land plants have a complex life cycle that involves an alternation of generations between a haploid gametophyte and a diploid sporophyte.

The sporophyte of a nonvascular plant is larger and lives longer than the gametophyte.

The life cycle of nonvascular plants involves alternation of generations.

Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts all are generally found in moist habitats.

Nonvascular plants have true leaves but lack true stems and roots.

Mosses and ferns no longer require the presence of a film of water for reproduction.

Ferns need water to reproduce because their sperm must swim to eggs.

Mosses are called pioneer plants because they can promote the development of new communities in barren areas that have been burned or destroyed by humans.

Sphagnum moss is used in potting and gardening soils because of its ability to encourage water drainage.

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

The ancestors of today’s land plants were probably

The challenges faced by early land plants included

The diploid form in a plant’s life cycle is called the

The haploid form in a plant’s life cycle is called the

Which of the following is not a bryophyte?

Which of the following is not characteristic of all nonvascular plants?

The water-retaining ability of sphagnum moss makes it ideal for

Similarities shared by monocots and primitive dicots suggest that