Chapter 20 BIO-BOTANY, What features distinguish the bryophytes discussed in this chapter from other plants, biology homework help

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Chapter 20 BIO-BOTANY

1.What features distinguish the bryophytes discussed in this chapter from other plants?

2.What adaptations do bryophytes have for their particular habitats?

3. Why is a bryophyte leaf technically not the same as a flowering plant leaf.

4. Define calyptra, operculum, capsule, peristome, paraphysis, foot, seta, archegoniophore, thallus, underleaves, and elaters

Chapter 22 BIO-BOTANY

1.What is a gymnosperm? How is it distinguished from other major groups of plants?

2 How are the leaves of pines different from those of broadleaf flowering plants?

3.What part of a pine are considered edible?

4.What is resin? Discuss some of its uses, past and present

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Chapter 20 BIO-BOTANY
Part 1
Bryophytes comprise of non-vascular plants with simple leaflike parts. Some of common
examples of bryophytes plants comprise of hornworts, mosses as well as liverworts. Among
features which distinguish them from other plants include the following: Bryophytes can
withstand desiccation in the hot environment. Mostly, these plants are green in color and grow
on damp on damp banks. These plants have mycorrhizal fungi which comprises of rhizoids
which is quite different in other plants. Lastly, these plants don’t have xylem and phloem as for
other plants. They contain leptoids which serve as food conducting cells.
Part 2
Among adaptations which make Bryophytes plants to exist on land include presence of
waxy cuticle and gametangia. Waxy cuticle plays a positive role in ensuring plant tissues do no...


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