Multiple choice

A fern is a flowerless plant which has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the undersides of the fronds. Which of the following statements regarding the life cycle of a typical fern is false?

  1. The fertilised egg grows by mitosis.

  2. A sperm is mobile and flagellate.

  3. The gametophyte produces gametes by mitosis.

  4. The gametophyte typically consists of a photosynthetic prothallus.

  5. A haploid sporophyte phase produces diploid spores.
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Explanation

A diploid sporophyte phase produces haploid spores by meiosis (a process of cell division which reduces the number of chromosomes by a half).

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