Question

When you viewed the leaf-like structures under the hand lens, did you see evidence of vascularization? Describe what you observed.

Answer 1

Describe three characteristics that all members of kingdom Plantae have incommon.Plants are autotrophs. This implies that plants are able to make their own food throughthe process of photosynthesis, made possible by chlorophyll present in the chloroplasts.Plants are sessile implying that they cannot move around as they are not mobile.Plants are eukorytes. This implies that they have complex cell formation.B.Identify a characteristic that mosses have in common with ferns, but not withconifersMosses and fern are primitive plants that do not produce flowers as well as seeds. Insteadthey form spores. On the other hand, conifers are able to produce that is used in sexualreproduction. They do not reproduce through sporesC.Identify a characteristic that ferns have in common with conifers, but not withmosses.Ferns and conifers have a vascular system while mosses do not have a vascular system.