Name:Aphiwe Gugulethu

Surname:Ntuli
Student number:222079979
Biol102 Practical 6: Seedless nonvascular and
vascular plants
Task 1:

Label number Specimen letter Specimen name Ploidy

1 B Sporangium Diploid
2 E Spores Haploid
3 F Protonema Haploid
4 A Archegonia Haploid
5 C Antheridia Haploid
6 D Sporophyte Diploid

Task 2:

Structure Moss Fern

Spore-producing Sporangium Sporangia
structure
Homo-/Heterospory Heterospory Homospory
Mono-/Dioicous Dioecious Monoecious
Location of gametangia Top of the gametophyte underside of the
prothallus

Task 3:

Gametophyte Sporophyte

Ploidy Haploid Diploid

Process which results in the development of Meiosis Mitosis

the structure

Products generated by the structure Gametes Spores

Represents the dominant life stage Pteridophytes Bryophytes

(Bryophytes/Pteridophytes)
Task 4:

1. To manage the chances of the filtrate contained material derived from moss and researcher desire
to make sure that the control and experimental microcosms were only because of the presence of
living cells. They were sure of that the water in experimental and control microcosm was the same,
except for the presence of living moss cells, they did this by putting more filtrate to the control
microcosms.

3. Moss promotes chemical weathering of rocks. Results have shown an increase release of calcium,
magnesium, and potassium in the experimental microcosms which contained living moss.

2. Graphs for Granite and Andesite

 Granite Bar Graph Comparing The Mean Of Each
Amount of elements weathered in micro moles Element Weathered In The Control And The Experi-
mental Microcosms
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0

Ca2+ Mg2+ K+

Andesite Bar Graph Comparing The Mean Of Each

Element Weathered In The Control And The Exper-
Amount of elements weathered in micro moles

imental Microcosms
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0

Ca2+ Mg2+ K+