Biology 2 Lab Objectives

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Laboratory 16 Lab Objectives

1. Gametophyte and sporophyte generations


of the moss and fern.

2. Archegonium and antheridium of a


moss & tell what is produced there.
Archegonium – produces EGG

Antheridia – produces Sperm


3. Ways in which the bryophytes are not fully adapted to life on land:
a. Need water to reproduce
b. Lacking vascular tissue
c. Lacking True leaves
d. Lacking Roots
4. Wisk fern, club moss, horsetail, and fern:
a. Whisk Fern

b. Club Moss

c. Horsetail
d. Fern

5.
a. Fern archegonium:
b. Fern antheridium:

6. The fern is better adapted to living on land because it has vascular tissue and
produces windblown spores.
7.
Dominant Vascul Flagellat Method of Offspring Dispersal
Generatio ar ed
n Tissue Sperm
Moss gametoph No Yes Sperm swim to egg, and embryo
yte develops within archegonium
Fern sporophyt Yes No Spores are released when cells of the
e annulus dry out and the sporangium
opens

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