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Question
A liverwort plant is unable to complete its life cycle in a dry environment. State two reasons
Solution
A liverwort is a bryophyte which is unable to complete its life cycle in a dry environment because
i. The fertilisation of male and female gametes takes place in water.
ii. Male gametes, antherozoids, swim in water to reach the eggs for sexual reproduction to take place
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