AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

PLANT REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How does the moistness of the environment help mosses and ferns reproduce.
A
They just grow better that way.
B
The sperm must swim through a film of water to reach an egg.
C
The water picks up a fern or moss seed and disperses them downstream.
D
None of these choices are correct.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Their flagellated sperm must swim through water to reach the egg. So mosses and liverworts are restricted to moist habitats.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sperm need to swim through water in order to get to the eggs. The eggs are housed or maintained in the gametophyte, and that dependence on water is why ferns are so often linked to wet habitats.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sperm needs to swim through water in order to get to the eggs. The eggs are housed or maintained in the gametophyte. And that dependence on water is why ferns are so often linked to wet habitats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fungus, moss and fern reproduce by the method of spore formation, which is a type of asexual reproduction. Spores are asexual reproductive bodies produced by the parent plant, in special spore cases called sporangia.

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