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| | ==1. How are ferns different from flowering plants or trees? == | | ==1. How are ferns different from flowering plants or trees? == |
| − | ferns just replanish and dont give out seeds, and after a while die away. But trees give seeds and will replenish every year unless it is cut down or dies.
| + | Flowering plants (including trees) produce seeds, while ferns produce spores. |
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| | ==2. Where is the true stem of a fern? What part grows above the ground? What is the most favorable environment in which ferns grow? == | | ==2. Where is the true stem of a fern? What part grows above the ground? What is the most favorable environment in which ferns grow? == |
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1. How are ferns different from flowering plants or trees?
Flowering plants (including trees) produce seeds, while ferns produce spores.
2. Where is the true stem of a fern? What part grows above the ground? What is the most favorable environment in which ferns grow?
3. How do ferns reproduce? Locate and describe three kinds of sori (from three kinds of ferns).
4. How do spores travel from the parent plant to a new location? How long does it take a spore to develop into a mature plant? Observe from live ferns or pictures how a young fern is different from an adult fern.
5. Know the medicinal uses of three ferns.
6. Draw or photograph ten kinds of ferns and properly identify them.
7. In addition to the common ferns there are fernlike plants known as club mosses and horsetails. Be able to recognize two club mosses and one horsetail. How are they similar to ferns?
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