EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Bryophytes are called amphibians of the plant kingdom because these plants need both water and soil for their survival. These plants though live in soil but they need water for sexual reproduction. The sperm of bryophyte(antherozoids) are flagellate and need water to swim to the eggs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bryophytes are called amphibians of the plant kingdom because these plants though live in soil but they need water for sexual reproduction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants belonging to Thallophyta are algae and hence aquatic. Therefore, they are not the amphibians of the plant kingdom. The plants belonging to Bryophyta inhabit moist soil and require water for sexual reproduction, therefore, called the amphibians of the plant kingdom. So, the given statement is ‘False’

Detailed explanation-4: -In case of pteridophytes, they disperse spores and require water for reproduction. But they are vascular with definite xylem and phloem so they are not the true amphibians of the plant kingdom rather they are known as vascular amphibians. So, pteridophytes are not amphibians.

Detailed explanation-5: -So bryophytes are called amphibians of the plant kingdom. They include Mosses, liverworts and hornworts.