Question

What is the difference between sporophyte and sporangium?

Answer 1

Sporophyte:

1. The sporophyte is the diploid and multicellular sporophyte (spore-producing) stage of the plant's life cycle, exhibiting alternation of generations.
2. This structure starts from a diploid zygote, which produces haploid spores by meiotic division.
3. This is the predominant phase in many vascular plants.

Sporangium:

1. The sporangium is the cystic (capsule) structure of many plants and fungi in which reproductive spores are produced and stored.
2. All terrestrial plants undergo several generations of changes (alternation of generations) to reproduce;
3. The sporangium is produced on the sporophyte, which is the second-generation asexual structure.

	Sporophyte	Sporangium
1.	It is a diploid multicellular organism or generation of a plant that begins with a diploid zygote and generates haploid spores by meiotic division.	It is a sac-like structure found in plants and certain creatures that are used to generate and store spores.
2.	It begins with a diploid zygote, which then divides into haploid spores by meiotic division.	The majority of sporangia create haploid spores by meiosis, while others can produce spores via mitosis.
3.	The sporophyte is a multicellular creature generated by numerous rounds of mitosis	The sporangium is a structure seen in diploid sporophytes.