Identify the incorrect statement regarding mosses:

1. Leaves are one cell thick except at the midrib and lack stomata
2. The first gametophyte stage is protonema that is creeping and green
3. The second stage is the leafy stage, which develops from the secondary protonema as a lateral bud.
4. Rhizoids are elongated and unicellular
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In mosses, the sex organs are seen in:

1. Protonema stage

2. Leafy stage

3. Capsule of the sporophyte

4. Seta of the sporophyte

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The plant body of moss (funaria) is

(1) completely sporophyte

(2) predominatly sporophyte with gametophyte

(3) completely gametophyte

(4) predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte

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Beginning with the germination of a moss spore, what is the sequence of structures that develop after germination?
i.   embryo 
ii.   gametes
iii.  sporophyte 
iv.  protonema
v.  gametophore
1. iv →i → iii → v → ii
2. iv → iii → v → ii → i
3. iv → v → ii → i → iii  
4. iii → iv → v → ii → i

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