AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the sporophyte phase a diploid (having two sets of chromosomes) plant body grows and eventually produces spores through meiosis. These spores divide mitotically to produce haploid (having a single set of chromosomes) gamete-producing bodies called gametophytes .

Detailed explanation-2: -In moss sporophyte plant, spores are produced in a capsular structure known as sporangium. The sporangium is attached to the gametophyte and obtains its nutrition with the help of a small stalk known as seta (Figure 2). The male gametes in these plants swim through the water to reach the female gamete.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sporophyte produces spores by meiosis. The spores grow into gametophytes. The gametophytes produce gametes (eggs and sperm). Fusion of gametes (fertilization) produces a zygote.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sexual phase, called the gametophyte generation, produces gametes, or sex cells, and the asexual phase, or sporophyte generation, produces spores asexually.