Class of: 13-Apr-2016.
Today we discussed moss sexual reproduction!
Please review the learning objectives below:
- Students will be able to identify the key structures involved in moss sexual reproduction and how they interact with each other.
- Students will be able to explain the significance of water to moss sexual reproduction.
Some questions to ponder from class:
1. What does it mean for mosses to be a nonvascular plant?
2. How could mosses transport nutrients within them without a vascular system?
3. What are the advantages of moving nutrients around this way? Disadvantages?
4. How does the sperm get to the egg cell during sexual reproduction?
5. Why do you think mosses are often called the amphibians of the plant world?
6. How are mosses like algae? How are they different?
7. How are mosses like land plants? How are they different?
8. How do mosses represent an evolutionary link between algae and land plants?