Multiple choice

Which of the following can be excluded from the characteristics of mosses?

  1. Mosses are small flowerless plants.

  2. Lichens may superficially look like mosses.

  3. Mosses absorb water and nutrients through stems.

  4. Moss gametophytes have stems which may be simple or branched.

  5. They do not have proper roots.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous (non-woody) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.

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