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1
Plants are best described as _____.
A)heterotrophic
B)multicellular
C)prokaryotic
D)chemoautotrophic
2
Plants more easily obtain _____on land.
A)sunlight
B)carbon dioxide
C)both A and B
3
Plants have a(n) _____ life cycle.
A)haplontic
B)alternation of generations
C)diplontic
4
All plants have a vascular system that transports water up to and nutrients down from the leaves.
A)True
B)False
5
Some plants protect their embryos inside _____.
A)a seed
B)pollen grains
C)an amniote egg
D)a cuticle
6
The sporophyte and gametophyte generations of plants are identical in length and appearance.
A)True
B)False
7
Pollen grains transport _____ without water.
A)eggs
B)embryos
C)sperm
D)glucose
8
Water loss from stems and leaves is prevented by _____.
A)root hairs
B)a waxy cuticle
C)keratin
D)lignin
9
Plants are believed to be closely related to _____.
A)cyanobacteria
B)green algae
C)red algae
D)brown algae
10
Plants and green algae are believed to be related because both _____.
A)store extra food as starch
B)have cell walls that contain cellulose
C)have chlorophyll a and b
D)all of the above
11
Multicellular green algae _____.
A)perform internal fertilization
B)have multicellular gametangia
C)don't protect the embryo
D)all of the above
12
Plants produce heterogametes.
A)True
B)False
13
The diploid generation of plants is called _____.
A)sporophyte
B)spore
C)gametophyte
D)gamete
14
The sporophyte undergoes _____ to produce haploid spores.
A)mitosis
B)meiosis
C)binary fission
15
Spores germinate and develop into the haploid generation.
A)True
B)False
16
Which of the following correctly describes the gametophyte?
A)diploid
B)it undergoes mitosis to produce gametes
C)it is the dominant stage of the alternation of generations for most plants
D)all of the above
17
The zygote that forms from the union of two gametes could be referred to as a young _____.
A)sporophyte
B)gametophyte
18
The bryophytes include the _____.
A)mosses
B)liverworts
C)hornworts
D)all of the above
19
Most mosses can reproduce asexually by budding.
A)True
B)False
20
Bryophytes are as complex as vascular plants.
A)True
B)False
21
Nonvascular plants have true _____.
A)roots
B)stems
C)leaves
D)none of the above
22
Nonvascular plants are quite small (short) since they don't have an efficient way to transport water to any height.
A)True
B)False
23
The gametophyte of the nonvascular plants _____.
A)is the dominant stage of their alternation of generations
B)produces swimming sperm
C)does photosynthesis
D)all of the above
24
The _____ are believed to be more closely related to vascular plants than the other nonvascular plants.
A)mosses
B)liverworts
C)hornworts
25
Nonvascular plants cannot sexually reproduce without water.
A)True
B)False
26
Which of the following is classified as moss?
A)Reindeer moss
B)Spanish moss
C)Bog or Peat moss
D)none of the above
27
Flagellated sperm are produced by the _____.
A)sporophyte
B)archegonia
C)antheridia
28
Nonvascular plant spores are dispersed by _____.
A)the wind
B)bees
C)birds
D)bats
29
The rootlike hairs that anchor nonvascular plants are called _____.
A)protonema
B)thalli
C)rhizoids
D)stomates
30
Mosses are found growing in _____.
A)damp, shaded areas in the temperate zone
B)deserts
C)bogs and streams
D)all of the above
31
The extinct trees in the great swamp forest of the Carboniferous period became the coal that we mine today.
A)True
B)False
32
Vascular plants contain the vascular tissue _____.
A)parenchyma
B)xylem
C)phloem
D)both B and C
33
The _____ generation is dominant in vascular plants.
A)sporophyte
B)gametophyte
34
Which of the following are vascular plants?
A)gymnosperms
B)ferns and their allies
C)angiosperms
D)all of the above
35
An advantage to having a dominant sporophyte stage is that a faulty gene on one chromosome can be masked by a functional gene on the homologous chromosome.
A)True
B)False
36
Which of the following do not produced seeds?
A)gymnosperms
B)angiosperms
C)ferns and their allies
D)none of the above
37
Seeds are dispersed by _____.
A)wind
B)animals
C)water
D)all of the above
38
In seedless vascular plants windblown _____ disperse the species.
A)spores
B)pollen grains
C)gametophytes
D)fruits
39
Ferns and their allies produce flagellated sperm that must swim to the archegonia where fertilization takes place.
A)True
B)False
40
Pores in the leaves, whose size can be regulated to control water loss, are called _____.
A)cuticles
B)sporangia
C)rhizoids
D)stomata
41
According to the fossil record the last group of plants to evolve were the _____.
A)gymnosperms
B)mosses
C)ferns
D)angiosperms
42
Which of the following are seedless vascular plants?
A)mosses
B)horsetails
C)liverworts
D)conifers
43
Since seedless vascular plants are so closely related they are all lumped together into one division.
A)True
B)False
44
Whisk ferns have no leaves or roots.
A)True
B)False
45
The _____ 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
46
The majority of club mosses live in the tropics and subtropics where many of them have parasitic relationships with the trees.
A)True
B)False
47
The gametophytes of the seedless vascular plants are _____.
A)independent of the sporophyte
B)non-vascular
C)dependent on water
D)all of the above
48
Ferns have economic value because _____.
A)one type is a source of an expectorant
B)tropical tree fern wood is a good building material because it resists termite destruction
C)they are often used as ornamental plants
D)all of the above
49
Ferns can spread into drier areas by means of vegetative reproduction.
A)True
B)False
50
The black spots on the underside of a fern frond are _____.
A)pollen grains
B)sori
C)insect galls
D)a fungal infection that needs treatment
51
Conifers are the most prevalent of the gymnosperms.
A)True
B)False
52
Seeds _____ embryonic sporophytes.
A)protect
B)disperse
C)feed
D)all of the above
53
Gymnosperms and angiosperms _____.
A)are vascular plants
B)produce seeds
C)produce heterospores
D)all of the above
54
Since gymnosperm sperm are delivered to the egg through a pollen tube no external water is needed for fertilization.
A)True
B)False
55
A _____ develops into the immature microgametophyte.
A)microspore
B)pollen grain
C)ovule
D)megaspore
56
Flagellated sperms are replaced by _____ in the gymnosperm and angiosperm life cycles.
A)spores
B)ovules
C)pollen grains
D)seeds
57
The seeds of gymnosperms are enclosed within a fruit.
A)True
B)False
58
The anatomical features of _____ make them seem more closely related to the angiosperms than the gymnosperms.
A)bryophytes
B)gnetophyte
C)pterophytes
D)ginkgophytes
59
In the gymnosperms, reproductive organs are usually borne in cones.
A)True
B)False
60
The _____ cones are larger and located near the branch tips of higher branches.
A)seed
B)pollen
61
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 the above
62
The _____ is a coniferous forest extending in a broad belt across northern Eurasia and North America.
A)tundra
B)savannah
C)taiga
D)chaparral
63
In the ovule each megaspore mother cell undergoes _____ to produce four megaspores.
A)meiosis
B)mitosis
C)binary fission
D)germination
64
Fertilization is an entirely separate event from pollination.
A)True
B)False
65
Gymnosperms produce wind blown pollen.
A)True
B)False
66
Lesser known gymnosperms include _____.
A)ginkgo trees
B)gnetophytes
C)cycads
D)all of the above
67
Which of the following is unique to angiosperms?
A)seeds
B)pollen
C)flowers
D)vascular tissue
68
The ____ of angiosperms attracts animals like insects and birds that assist pollination.
A)petals
B)fruit
C)sepals
D)ovary
69
The _____ of the flower becomes the fruit.
A)petals
B)ovary
C)anther
D)none of the above
70
The _____ are a subgroup of angiosperms.
A)conifers
B)monocots
C)club moss
D)liverworts
71
There are more species of angiosperms than all other plant groups combined.
A)True
B)False
72
Plants with an internal skeleton composed of the xylem of previous seasons are called _____ plants.
A)nonvascular
B)woody
C)herbaceous
73
The _____ transports the sperm from the stigma to the embryo sac within the ovary.
A)filament
B)style
C)pollen tube
D)calyx
74
Flowers disperse their pollen by _____.
A)insects
B)wind
C)butterflies
D)all of the above
75
The _____of the angiosperms increases the dispersal of seeds.
A)flowers
B)cones
C)fruits
D)sori
76
Which of the following is an example of an angiosperm?
A)an oak tree
B)corn
C)a lily
D)all of the above
77
The dicotyledons ______.
A)have parallel veins in their leaves
B)have two seed leaves
C)are exemplified by grasses
D)flower parts in threes
78
Angiosperms are adapted to a limited number of habitats and are not widely dispersed.
A)True
B)False
79
In angiosperms the female gametophyte is retained within the sporophyte.
A)True
B)False
80
The pollen producing structure of angiosperms is the _____.
A)ovary
B)pollen cone
C)anther
D)receptacle
81
The _____ of the flower are involved in reproduction.
A)stamen
B)sepals
C)carpels
D)both A and C
82
Double fertilization in angiosperms results in a zygote and the _____.
A)fruit
B)pollen
C)seed
D)endosperm





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