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Introduction to Plants 217

Section 21.2 Nonvascular Plants (continued)

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Organize the following terms with the correct definition below:

sporophyte, gametophyte, thallus, and rhizoid.

Term Definition

colorless, multicellular structures found in

nonvascular plants; used to help anchor the

plants to the soil

broad shape resembling a fleshy lobed leaf

diploid generation; grow attached to

gametophytes

haploid generation; dominant generation

Conclude how anthocerophytes became known as hornworts.

Create a graphic organizer that models the possible

common ancestr y of nonvascular and vascular plants.

Classify each group of nonvascular plants by naming one species

of the group and one identifiable structure on that species.

(^) SUMMARIZE
Bryophytes Anthocerophytes Hepaticophytes