Phylum Bryophyta (Mosses)

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Examples of bryophytes include _____, liverworts, and hornworts.

Do bryophytes have a water vascular system? _____, they need water to reproduce and live around wet areas.

The gametophyte of bryophytes is characterized by a thin, upright shoot that resembles a 'stem' with tiny 'leaves', which are not true stems or leaves. This structure is known as _____.

The tiny leaves of bryophytes are called _____.

Thin branches that penetrate the ground and act like roots to anchor the plant, but are not true roots, are called _____.

The brown flag-like structures on top of gametophytes are known as _____.

Water passes from cell to cell in bryophytes by means of _____ and surface tension.

Osmosis only works well over short distances, which means bryophytes never grow _____.

Bryophytes lack a protective surface covering to keep water from evaporating from their cells, known as _____.

Bryophytes' leaflets are _____ cell thick, making them dry out quickly.

Bryophytes lack true roots, meaning they don't absorb or transport water quickly and are more likely to dry out. These structures are called _____.

The male and female reproductive parts of bryophytes, which include swimming sperm cells and eggs, are known as _____ and _____.

To fertilize, bryophytes use _____ to swim to the archegonium.

The flagella of bryophytes require _____ to function properly.

The archegonium and antheridium reproduce to form a _____ zygote (2n).

When a zygote germinates, it produces a _____ sporophyte.

The diploid sporophyte is dependent on the _____.

In a sporophyte capsule, haploid spores are produced through the process of _____.

Spores are released through _____ and water.

Spores land in _____ places to germinate.

After spores land, the germination process turns them into _____.

Protonema form _____ that develop into gametophytes.

The haploid gametophyte is in the _____ stage of the bryophyte life cycle.

Water is needed for sperm to _____ and fertilize the egg.

The diploid sporophyte is small and can only grow with _____ provided by the gametophyte.

The gametophyte is a leafy green plant attached to _____.

The leaf part of a gametophyte has several regions; the edge of the leaf is called the _____.

The sporophyte grows partly as a _____ and _____.

The sporophyte is made of a stalk called the _____.

Located at the top of the seta is the _____.

The little cap covering the capsule is called the _____.

Inside the capsule are _____ produced from meiosis.

When the capsule is ready to be dispersed, the _____ pops out and the spores inside are released.

Released spores grow into _____.

Along the strands of the protonema, _____ (male/female gametophyte) grow.

The top of the male gametophyte, which has a short, wide, bowl structure with finger-like projections, is called the _____.

The female gametophyte, which is taller and more spread out with tweezer-like structures, is called the _____.

Inside the archegonium is an egg that is ready to be fertilized by a _____ sperm cell.

Once fertilized, the sporophyte grows out of the top of the female gametophyte and the cycle _____.

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