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