Non-vascular plant

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/non-vascular-plant

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the physiological characteristic?Absence of xylem and phloem; poikilohydric nature; gametophyte dominance in life cycle
2. What are non-vascular plants and why are they called "tiny titans"?They are plants that don’t have xylem or phloem, so they stay small and need moisture. Even though they are tiny, they can live in places where bigger plants can’t, making them powerful little helpers.
3. How do non-vascular plants get water and nutrients without veins?They use simple diffusion and capillary action to move water and nutrients, which works best when they are close to moisture.

Xylem and Phloem: Specialized vascular tissues in plants responsible for the transport of water, minerals, and sugars.
Gametophyte Dominance: The life cycle stage where the haploid gametophyte generation is the larger, longer-lived, and more conspicuous phase.
Poikilohydric: Organisms whose water content varies directly with the humidity of their environment.