Biology (Mader), 10th Edition

Chapter 23: Plant Evolution and Diversity

Post-Test

1
Plants are best described as _____.
A)heterotrophic
B)multicellular
C)prokaryotic
D)chemoautotrophic
2
Plants have a(n) _____ life cycle.
A)haploid
B)alternation of generations
C)diploid
3
Some plants protect their embryos inside _____.
A)a seed
B)pollen grains
C)an amniote egg
D)a cuticle
4
Pollen grains transport _____ without water.
A)eggs
B)embryos
C)microspores
D)glucose
5
Water loss from stems and leaves is prevented by _____.
A)root hairs
B)a waxy cuticle
C)keratin
D)lignin
6
The _____ of the flower are involved in reproduction.
A)stamen
B)sepals
C)carpels
D)All of these
7
The diploid generation of plants is called _____.
A)sporophyte
B)spore
C)gametophyte
D)gamete
8
The pollen-producing structure of angiosperms is the _____.
A)ovary
B)pollen cone
C)anther
D)receptacle
9
The eudicotyledons ______.
A)have parallel veins in their leaves
B)have two seed leaves
C)are exemplified by grasses
D)flower parts in threes
10
Which of the following is an example of an angiosperm?
A)An oak tree
B)Corn
C)A lily
D)All of these
11
The _____ of the angiosperms increase the dispersal of seeds.
A)flowers
B)cones
C)fruits
D)peduncle
12
The _____ transports the sperm from the stigma to the embryo sac within the ovary.
A)filament
B)style
C)pollen tube
D)calyx
13
The _____ of the flower becomes the fruit.
A)petals
B)ovary
C)anther
D)None of these
14
In the ovule each megaspore mother cell undergoes _____ to produce four megaspores.
A)meiosis
B)mitosis
C)binary fission
D)germination
15
Conifers _____.
A)usually have evergreen needle-like leaves
B)produce resin, which protects them from attack by fungi and insects
C)are cone-bearing trees
D)All of these
16
Flagellated sperms are replaced by _____ in the gymnosperm and angiosperm life cycles.
A)spores
B)ovules
C)pollen grains
D)seeds
17
________ have silica deposited in the cell walls of their stems and they were used by early Americans to scrub the pots.
A)Club mosses
B)Horsetails
C)Whisk ferns
D)Ferns
18
Which of the following are seedless vascular plants?
A)Mosses
B)Horsetails
C)Liverworts
D)Bryophytes
19
The rootlike hairs that anchor nonvascular plants are called _____.
A)protonema
B)thalli
C)rhizoids
D)stomates
20
Pores in the leaves, whose size can be regulated to control water loss, are called _____.
A)cuticles
B)sporangia
C)rhizoids
D)stomata
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