Question

What is the meaning of suffix ‘sperm’ in angiosperm and gymnosperm?
A. Both produce motile sperms
B. Both produce non-motile sperms
C. Both produce seeds
D. Both produce food

Answer 1

Hint: Angiosperms and gymnosperms are both seed-bearing plants with few similarities. Gymnosperms were present for at least 200 million years before the angiosperms evolved, and they may have shared a common ancestor.

Complete solution:
Angiosperms and gymnosperms are two types of seed plants as shown by the suffix ‘sperm’ which means “seed” in Latin.
a. Gymnosperms: They are one of a group of vascular plants that develop naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary, formerly considered a class of seed plants (Gymnospermae), but now considered to be polyphyletic in nature. It is divided into several extinct divisions and four subgroups with surviving members typified by Cycadophytes, Conifers, Ginkgo and Ephedras.
b. Angiosperms: Angiosperm plants contain "fruit-covered" seeds that include fruits we consume, but it also includes plants that you might not think of as fruits, such as maple seeds, acorns, beans, wheat, rice and maize. Angiosperms are classified into monocots with a single cotyledon and dicots with two cotyledons (also called eudicots or true dicots). By looking at their leaves, monocots and dicot could be identified.
Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note: In a number of environments, gymnosperms are resilient and can thrive. Angiosperms, conversely have two novel characteristics: fruit and flowers. The fruits help to spread seeds, while the ovum is covered by the flowers. In a gymnosperm, the female reproductive organ is the cone and the pollen is the male reproductive component. The reproductive system of angiosperms is present of flowers (sexual or unisexual).