Glencoe Biology

Section 2: Nonvascular Plants

Self-Check Quizzes

1.
A ____ liverwort has a fleshy, lobed structure.
A)thallose
B)leafy
C)carboniferous
D)perennial
2.
Based on this evolutionary tree, what can be concluded about nonvascular plants?

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A)They evolved from angiosperms.
B)They evolved after vascular plants.
C)They evolved before vascular plants.
D)They evolved from coniferous trees.
3.
Hornworts comprise what division of nonvascular plants?
A)division Anthocerophyta
B)division Bryophyta
C)division Anthophyta
D)division Coniferophyta
4.
Why are liverworts suspected to be the most primitive of land plants?
A)They have multicellular rhizoids.
B)They have extra DNA sequences.
C)They had medieval medicinal purposes.
D)They lack DNA sequences.
5.
The one-cell outer layer of ____ allows easy absorption.
A)liverworts
B)mosses
C)lycophytes
D)sporophytes
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