Spore-bearing vascular plants are which of the following?

Spore-bearing vascular plants are which of the following?

• A. Ferns, Club Mosses, Horsetails
• B. Digestive
• C. Fungi
• D. Pollination

Answer: (A)

Spore-bearing vascular plants are seedless vascular plants that reproduce by spores. Ferns, club mosses, and horsetails fit this group because they have true vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) but do not produce seeds. They release spores from sporangia, and many have life cycles that alternate between a sporophyte and a gametophyte stage, with water often needed for fertilization. The other options don’t describe this plant group: one is not a plant category at all, and fungi belong to a different kingdom entirely and lack vascular tissue; pollination is a reproductive process used mainly by seed plants, not a defining trait of spore-bearing plants.

Spore-bearing vascular plants are seedless vascular plants that reproduce by spores. Ferns, club mosses, and horsetails fit this group because they have true vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) but do not produce seeds. They release spores from sporangia, and many have life cycles that alternate between a sporophyte and a gametophyte stage, with water often needed for fertilization.

The other options don’t describe this plant group: one is not a plant category at all, and fungi belong to a different kingdom entirely and lack vascular tissue; pollination is a reproductive process used mainly by seed plants, not a defining trait of spore-bearing plants.