Question

Which of the following describes the properties of ferns?

A. They don't have vascular tissue and reproduce with spores.
B. They have vascular tissue such as xylem and phloem and reproduce with spores.
C. They have vascular tissue such as xylem and phloem and reproduce with seeds.
D. They don't have vascular tissue and reproduce with seeds

Answer 1

The answer is C.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mosses are the category of plants that do not have vascular tissue or seeds. Ferns do not have seeds but do have vascular tissues. Angiosperms and gymnosperms have vascular tissue and seeds. Seedless vascular plants, which include club mosses, horsetails, and ferns, have vascular tissues. These tissues allow fluids to travel through the plant. Xylem is a specialized plant tissue that carries water from the roots throughout the rest of the plant, and phloem carries nutrients and sugars. You can see these tissues in the cross-section tissues of a vascular plant shown below. Although ferns have vascular tissue, they still reproduce using spores, and not seeds, following the alternation of generations.

Answer 2

Answer: C. They have vascular tissue such as xylem and phloem and reproduce with spores.

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