AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

BRYOPHYTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Plants that do not have a well-developed system of tubes for transporting water and other materials
A
nonvascular plants
B
vascular plants
C
chloroplasts
D
conifers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nonvascular plants, which include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, lack a system for delivering nutrients inside their bodies. Vascular tissue is made up of vessels known as xylem and phloem.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mosses, liverworts and hornworts are collectively called “bryophytes.” Bryophytes are nonvascular plants: They do not have special tissues-tissues that botanists call “xylem” and “phloem”-to transport fluids and nutrients internally. Additionally, bryophytes do not produce flowers and seeds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mosses and liverworts are small, primitive, non-vascular plants. They lack the conductive tissue most plants use to transport water and nutrients. Instead, moisture is absorbed directly into cells by osmosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem. Instead, they may possess simpler tissues that have specialized functions for the internal transport of water.

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