1. prevent desiccation (drying out) Correct Answers waxy
cuticle
2. absorb water Correct Answers true roots
3. Transport water and nutrients Correct Answers vascular
tissues
4. support themselves against gravity Correct Answers
secondary wall (lignin)
5. disperse/reproduce on dry land Correct Answers decay
resistant polymer (sporopollenin)
Lycopodium: adaptations: Correct Answers -vascular tissues
(xylem and phloem for transporting minerals)
-thick secondary wall for support
Lycopodium: autotrophic/heterotrophic Correct Answers
autotrophic
lycopodium: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Common Name
Correct Answers Eukarya, Plantae, Lycopodiophyta, Club Moss
lycopodium: dominant generation (gametophyte or sporophyte)
Correct Answers sporophyte
Lycopodium: Habitat Correct Answers undergrowth in forested
areas of North America, including sask
, Lycopodium: how is food/energy obtained? Correct Answers
Rhizoids absorb water and inorganic nutrients
Lycopodium: non-vascular or vascular Correct Answers
vascular
Lycopodium: Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic Correct Answers
Eukaryotic
Lycopodium: reproduction Correct Answers grow in line
because they are connected by rhizomes (horizontal stem)
Lycopodium: sessile or motile Correct Answers sessile
lycopodium: unicellular/multicellular Correct Answers
multicellular
phloem: Correct Answers -vascular tissue
-transports sugars and hormones
polypodium: adaptations to mode of life Correct Answers -large
leaves for efficient photosynthesis
-sori on the underside of leaves allows for air currents and
animals to disperse them
polypodium: autotrophic/heterotrophic Correct Answers
autotrophic