Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. A haploid sporophyte phase produces diploid spores.

  2. The gametophyte typically consists of a photosynthetic prothallus.

  3. The gametophyte produces gametes by mitosis.

  4. A sperm is mobile and flagellate.

  5. The fertilised egg grows by mitosis.
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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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