3/16/15 Mr. Faia 6th Grade Science Seedless Plants 3/16/15 Mr. Faia 6th Grade Science
Nonvascular Plants What are the 3 nonvascular plants? Where do nonvascular plants live? What are they missing that vascular plants have?
Mosses Composed of leafy stalks and rhizoids Define rhizoid What are the 2 stages of a moss’s lifecycle?
Liverworts and Hornworts Where are liverworts and hornworts usually found? What do the gametophytes of these 2 plants look like?
Importance of Nonvascular Plants What do nonvascular plants do when they die? How is peat moss important to humans?
Seedless Vascular Plants What are the 3 Seedless Vascular plants? 40m 18m 8m
Ferns Where do ferns grow? How tall can they grow? What is a rhizome? How is it different than a rhizoid? What stage of the lifecycle would a fiddlehead be in?
Horsetails and Club Mosses How tall can horsetails grow? Where do they usually grow? What is found in horsetail stems?
Horsetails and Club Mosses Where are club mosses found? How is a club moss different than other mosses?
Importance of Seedless Vascular Help prevent soil erosion Some are edible What are horsetails used in? What do ancient seedless vascular plants form?
REVIEW Name 3 nonvascular plants. Name 3 vascular seedless plants. What is the difference between nonvascular and vascular plants? What is a rhizoid? What is a rhizome? Which is a vascular tissue? Rhizoid or rhizome? How are club mosses different from regular mosses?