Multiple choice

Which of the following can be excluded from the main adaptations of non-vascular plants?

  1. They reproduce both asexually and sexually.

  2. The rate of evaporation is slow.

  3. The sporophyte grows as a parasite on the gametophyte.

  4. The non-vascular plant usually grows in dry places.

  5. These plants possess rhizoids.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Non-vascular plants usually grow in moist and shady places. The moist environment is essential for easy uptake of water as they lack the vascular tissues like xylem and phloem.