<p>Simple Plants (Moss to Fern) Study Guide</p><p> What were the ancestors to modern land plants?  Name several challenges faced by early land plants.  What is the waxy covering of a plant called?  What is the purpose of the cuticle in plants?  What are vascular tissues and what is their purpose?  What carries water and minerals in plants?  What carries food in plants?  Explain alternation of generations.  What is the diploid stage in a plant called?  What is the haploid stage in a plant called?  Which stage is dominant in mosses, liverworts, and hornworts?  Which stage is dominant in ferns?  What do sporophytes produce?  What do gametophytes produce?  Name 3 nonvascular plants.  Name a vascular plant that reproduces by spores.  How do ALL nonvascular plants reproduce?  What do ALL nonvascular plants require for their reproduction and fertilization to take place?  Why are moss good PIONEER plants?  What are some uses for peat moss by florists?  Spores on moss plants are released from what structures?  What happens to a moss spore once it is released?  Name the structure in moss that produces eggs.  Name the structure in moss that produce sperm  Be able to identify the parts of the life cycle of a fern.  Be able to list and discuss problems encountered by early land plants and their solutions to these problems.</p>