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1 |  |  The angiosperms are the most diverse and widespread of all the plants. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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2 |  |  The diploid generation in plants produces spores. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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3 |  |  The gametophyte is dominant in flowering plants. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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4 |  |  A plant and its pollinator have a mutualistic relationship. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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5 |  |  A flower produces _____. |
|  | A) | microspores |
|  | B) | megaspores |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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6 |  |  In flowering plants, the gametophyte _____. |
|  | A) | is haploid |
|  | B) | produces spores |
|  | C) | produces the flowers |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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7 |  |  In flowering plants, the sporophyte _____. |
|  | A) | is diploid |
|  | B) | is what we generally recognize as the plant |
|  | C) | contains vascular tissue |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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8 |  |  Which of the following adaptations allows flowering plants to sexually reproduce without water? |
|  | A) | pollen production |
|  | B) | pollen tube development |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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9 |  |  In flowering plants the pollen grain is transported by _____ to the megagametophyte. |
|  | A) | water |
|  | B) | wind |
|  | C) | animals |
|  | D) | both B and C |
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10 |  |  Flowers are modified _____. |
|  | A) | leaves |
|  | B) | roots |
|  | C) | stems |
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11 |  |  Which of the following is incorrectly matched? |
|  | A) | sepals - attract pollinators |
|  | B) | petals - colored leaves |
|  | C) | pistil - ovules |
|  | D) | anther - pollen production |
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12 |  |  In the plant life cycle there is a _____. |
|  | A) | diploid generation |
|  | B) | haploid generation |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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13 |  |  Which of the following is part of the pistil? |
|  | A) | anther |
|  | B) | stigma |
|  | C) | filament |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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14 |  |  Perfect flowers have _____. |
|  | A) | a pistil |
|  | B) | stamens |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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15 |  |  All flowers have sepals, petals, stamens and a pistil. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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16 |  |  Stamens are composed of _____. |
|  | A) | anthers |
|  | B) | filaments |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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17 |  |  Pollen grains develop from microspores in the _____. |
|  | A) | stigma |
|  | B) | anther |
|  | C) | ovary |
|  | D) | receptacle |
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18 |  |  Wind-pollinated flowers often have no petals at all. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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19 |  |  If staminate and pistillate flowers are on separate plants, the plant is dioecious. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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20 |  |  The megagametophyte is also called the _____. |
|  | A) | pollen grain |
|  | B) | seed |
|  | C) | embryo sac |
|  | D) | generative cell |
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21 |  |  The ovule produces _____. |
|  | A) | microspores |
|  | B) | megaspores |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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22 |  |  A microsporocyte undergoes _____ to produce four haploid microspores. |
|  | A) | mitosis |
|  | B) | meiosis |
|  | C) | binary fission |
|  | D) | fertilization |
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23 |  |  A pollen grain contains _____. |
|  | A) | a tube cell |
|  | B) | a generative cell |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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24 |  |  The microgametophyte produces _____. |
|  | A) | an egg |
|  | B) | two sperm |
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25 |  |  The egg cell and the two polar nuclei can be found in the _____. |
|  | A) | embryo sac |
|  | B) | pollen grain |
|  | C) | anther |
|  | D) | stigma |
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26 |  |  In flowering plants, the gametophyte is _____. |
|  | A) | microscopic |
|  | B) | haploid |
|  | C) | dependent on the sporophyte |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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27 |  |  The mutualistic relationship between flowers and their pollinators developed through the process of _____. |
|  | A) | divergent evolution |
|  | B) | convergent evolution |
|  | C) | coevolution |
|  | D) | artificial selection |
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28 |  |  Bee-pollinated flowers _____. |
|  | A) | are brightly colored |
|  | B) | are sweet smelling |
|  | C) | have ultraviolet shadings called honey guides |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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29 |  |  The only reward flowers offer their pollinators is food (nectar). |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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30 |  |  A light-colored or white flower that opens only at night is most likely pollinated by a _____. |
|  | A) | bat |
|  | B) | bee |
|  | C) | bird |
|  | D) | butterfly |
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31 |  |  Flowers pollinated by hummingbirds tend to be red and have little odor. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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32 |  |  Pollination and fertilization mean the same thing. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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33 |  |  Genetic recombination resulting in new and varied plants occurs if _____ takes place. |
|  | A) | cross-pollination |
|  | B) | self-pollination |
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34 |  |  During pollination, pollen is transferred to the _____. |
|  | A) | style |
|  | B) | anther |
|  | C) | ovary |
|  | D) | stigma |
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35 |  |  The embryo can also be referred to as a _____. |
|  | A) | spore |
|  | B) | gametophyte |
|  | C) | seed |
|  | D) | young sporophyte |
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36 |  |  One sperm nucleus unites with the egg cell to produce _____. |
|  | A) | a haploid spore |
|  | B) | a diploid zygote |
|  | C) | a triploid zygote |
|  | D) | triploid endosperm |
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37 |  |  The endosperm that forms from the union of a sperm nucleus and the polar nuclei of the central cell is _____. |
|  | A) | haploid |
|  | B) | diploid |
|  | C) | triploid |
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38 |  |  The endosperm nourishes the embryo and seedling as they undergo development. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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39 |  |  Double fertilization in plants results in two diploid zygotes. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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40 |  |  The suspensor _____. |
|  | A) | anchors the embryo |
|  | B) | transfers nutrients from the sporophyte plant to the embryo |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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41 |  |  A seed contains _____. |
|  | A) | an embryo |
|  | B) | stored food |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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42 |  |  The portion of the embryo below the cotyledon that contributes to stem development is the _____. |
|  | A) | radicle |
|  | B) | hypocotyl |
|  | C) | epicotyl |
|  | D) | first leaf |
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43 |  |  In a _____, the cotyledon absorbs food molecules from the endosperm rather than storing food. |
|  | A) | monocot |
|  | B) | dicot |
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44 |  |  Dicotyledons have two seed leaves. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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45 |  |  Which of the following is not part of the embryo? |
|  | A) | the hypocotyl |
|  | B) | the radicle |
|  | C) | the epicotyl |
|  | D) | the cotyledons |
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46 |  |  The epicotyl is the portion of the embryo between the cotyledon(s) and the first leaves. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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47 |  |  When the cotyledons can be seen, the dicot embryo is _____ shaped. |
|  | A) | torpedo |
|  | B) | heart |
|  | C) | globular |
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48 |  |  The shoot and root tip can be distinguished in a _____ shaped embryo. |
|  | A) | torpedo |
|  | B) | heart |
|  | C) | globular |
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49 |  |  The endosperm is taken up by the cotyledons during the development of a dicot embryo. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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50 |  |  A fruit is a mature _____. |
|  | A) | ovule |
|  | B) | ovary |
|  | C) | anther |
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51 |  |  Which of the following is an example of a fruit? |
|  | A) | a tomato |
|  | B) | cucumbers |
|  | C) | squash |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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52 |  |  A _____ fruit develops from a single ovary. |
|  | A) | compound |
|  | B) | simple |
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53 |  |  A _____ is a good example of a simple fleshy fruit. |
|  | A) | strawberry |
|  | B) | pole bean |
|  | C) | plum |
|  | D) | hickory nut |
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54 |  |  Which of the following fruits developed from a compound ovary? |
|  | A) | peach |
|  | B) | avocado |
|  | C) | plum |
|  | D) | tomato |
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55 |  |  The pericarp of a grain is tightly fused to the seed and cannot be separated from it. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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56 |  |  The seed develops from the _____. |
|  | A) | anther |
|  | B) | receptacle |
|  | C) | ovule |
|  | D) | ovary |
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57 |  |  A _____ is an example of a compound fruit. |
|  | A) | blackberry |
|  | B) | pineapple |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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58 |  |  Seeds are dispersed by _____. |
|  | A) | animals |
|  | B) | water |
|  | C) | wind |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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59 |  |  Which of the following is characteristic of seeds that are dispersed by wind? |
|  | A) | wooly hairs |
|  | B) | hooks and spines |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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60 |  |  In the temperate zone, seeds germinate immediately after dispersal. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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61 |  |  Germination takes place if there is sufficient _____ to sustain growth. |
|  | A) | warmth |
|  | B) | oxygen |
|  | C) | water |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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62 |  |  The roots develop from the _____. |
|  | A) | hypocotyl |
|  | B) | radicle |
|  | C) | plumule |
|  | D) | cotyledons |
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63 |  |  In a monocot like corn, the plumule is enclosed in a protective sheath called the ____. |
|  | A) | cotyledon |
|  | B) | pericarp |
|  | C) | endosperm |
|  | D) | coleoptile |
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64 |  |  Protoplasts are cells without _____. |
|  | A) | a nucleus |
|  | B) | a membrane |
|  | C) | a wall |
|  | D) | cytoplasm |
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65 |  |  Plant cells are totipotent. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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66 |  |  Plants can routinely reproduce asexually by vegetative propagation because they contain nondifferentiated _____ tissue. |
|  | A) | collenchyma |
|  | B) | meristem |
|  | C) | xylem |
|  | D) | phloem |
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67 |  |  Meristem culture is easily done when _____ is/are added to the liquid medium. |
|  | A) | auxin |
|  | B) | cytokinin |
|  | C) | both A and B |
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68 |  |  Plants that carry a foreign gene which was introduced into their cells are called _____. |
|  | A) | transgenic plants |
|  | B) | hybrids |
|  | C) | protoplasts |
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69 |  |  Plants can be cultured in a laboratory setting by _____. |
|  | A) | creating protoplasts |
|  | B) | culturing mature anthers |
|  | C) | culturing meristem |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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70 |  |  Which of the following has been genetically engineered to be resistant to insect predation or herbicides? |
|  | A) | cotton |
|  | B) | soybeans |
|  | C) | potatoes |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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71 |  |  Plants have been engineered to produce human antibodies, hormones and clotting factors. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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72 |  |  The dicot weed, Arabidopsis thaliana has been engineered to be _____. |
|  | A) | drought-tolerant |
|  | B) | salt-tolerant |
|  | C) | cold-tolerant |
|  | D) | herbicide resistant |
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73 |  |  Foreign genes can be introduced to plant cells using _____. |
|  | A) | the tobacco mosaic virus |
|  | B) | a particle gun |
|  | C) | a bacterial plasmid |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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74 |  |  Corn and wheat protoplasts produce fertile plants making it easy to regenerate these cereal grains. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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75 |  |  Rice with an introduced C4 photosynthetic cycle would perform well in hot, dry weather. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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76 |  |  Complete strawberry plants grow from the nodes of rhizomes, underground horizontal stems. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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77 |  |  Plants generated from somatic embryos are genetically identical to one another. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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78 |  |  Crop plants _____ |
|  | A) | have the same number of nucleotide base pairs as Arabidopsis |
|  | B) | are easily studied in a laboratory setting |
|  | C) | have about the same number of functional genes as Arabidopsis |
|  | D) | all of the above |
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