AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

BRYOPHYTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Its body is simple and ____ Rather than ____, it is has vegetative ____ called a ____
A
flat, leaves, tissue, thallus
B
thallus, leaves, flat, tissue
C
leaves, tissue, thallus, flat
D
flat, tissue, thallus, leaves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A thallus is composed of filaments or plates of cells and ranges in size from a unicellular structure to a complex treelike form. It has a simple structure that lacks specialized tissues typical of higher plants, such as a stem, leaves, and conducting tissue.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thallus refers to the vegetative structure that is not differentiated into distinct parts of a plant such as leaves, stems, branches, vascular bundles, etc. It is made up of cell plates and filaments. It ranges from unicellular structure to complex structure.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct option is D thallus. The plant body of algae is not differentiated into root, stem and leaves and is known as the thallus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, A thallus refers to a plant body having no distinction of stem, leaves, and roots.

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