Question

First true plants are _______
a) Mosses
b) Ferns
c)Amphibians of plant kingdom
d)Produce flowers

Answer 1

Hint The true plants are those which are multicellular and eukaryotic in nature. They have nucleus present in their cells and have membrane bound organelles. They perform photosynthesis and make their own food. Such plants are called true plants.

Complete answer: The first true plants were the amphibians of the plant kingdom. These amphibians’ plants belong to Bryophytes. They were the land plants who needed water for reproduction. They formed a connecting link between the primitive plants that were present earlier and the advanced land plants. They had the characteristic feature of the both primitive and the advanced plant variety.

Additional information: The mosses belong to the bryophytes. They are small non-vascular plants which grow in the damp areas. They usually cover an area green when present. they are helpful in the establishment of a habitat. The ferns are the non-flowering plants which are similar to the flowering plants in having proper roots, stems and leaves. They usually reproduce by the spores and can also reproduce by vegetatively. The flowering plants are the angiosperms, they form the seeds in ovaries. The ovaries then further develop into fruits. They have true roots, stems and leaves present.

So, the answer is ‘amphibians of plant kingdom’.

Note: The classification of the plants can be done in a very broad category of the vascular plants called as bryophytes and nonvascular plants called as tracheophytes. The vascular plants possess specialized vascular tissues which are phloem and xylem. These are absent in the non-vascular plants. The support to the non-vascular plants is provided by the turgor pressure. The bryophytes include mosses, liverworts and hornworts