AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In plants, such as liverworts and mosses (division Bryophyta), rhizoids attach the gametophyte to the substratum and facilitate the absorption of minerals and water.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -They don’t have roots So without roots, some moss suck nutrients up through the rhizoids and others draw in moisture and minerals from rain and the water around them through their highly absorbent surfaces.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rhizoids develop on the gametophytes of some land plants (liverworts, mosses, hornworts, lycophytes and monilophytes).

Detailed explanation-5: -Rhizoids absorb water and nutrients from the soil through the process of capillary action. Capillary action allows the water to move through rhizoids. Rhizoids are attached to roots and allow plants to absorb water from the soil rather than living in water.