| A | B |
|---|
| rhizoids | thin rootlike structures that anchor the moss and absorb water and nutrients from the soil |
| bog | type of wetland |
| peat | when mosses become compressed into layers and form a blackish-brown material |
| nonvascular plant | low-growing plants that lack vascular tissue |
| cell wall | support for the nonvascular plant |
| sporophyte | plant generation that produces spores |
| gametophyte | plant generation that produces the gametes |
| gametes | egg and sperm |
| spore case | contains the spores of the moss |
