Multiple choice

Which of the following statements does not characterise ferns?

  1. The gametophyte of ferns is a free-living organism.

  2. Ferns are vascular plants, similar to lycophytes.

  3. They have a life cycle referred to as alternation of generations.

  4. Ferns are grown to remove some chemical pollutants from the air.

  5. Ferns first appeared in the fossil record 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period.
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Explanation

Ferns are vascular plants differing from lycophytes by having true leaves (megaphylls), which are often pinnate. They differ from seed plants (gymnosperms and angiosperms) in their mode of reproduction lacking flowers and seeds.

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