AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

PLANT REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement is NOT true about mosses and liverworts?
A
they are the first to cover a new environment
B
they form a new layer of soil in which plants cna grow
C
they provide nesting materials for birds
D
they grow large to reach the sunlight
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mosses are essentially non-vascular, which means they lack any internal vascular tissues to transport water and nutrients, or at least those tissues are poorly developed. This is why mosses are so small! They don’t have the rigid internal structures that would allow them to grow taller like vascular plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Difference Between Liverworts and Mosses Mosses are simple in structure, tiny and leafy arrangements found around the thallus exhibiting radial or spiral symmetry. Liverworts, on the other hand, have foliose and thallus which are green-leaf like arrangements attached to the stem.

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: -7. What is the main difference between mosses and liverworts? Explanation: Mosses grow into an intermediary stage from spores called protonema after which they grow into leafy like thallus. Whereas, in liverworts this intermediary stage is absent i.e. the spores develop into thallus without protonema.

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