Biology Laboratory Manual, 6/e

Darrell S. Vodopich, Baylor University
Randy Moore, University of Minnesota--Minneapolis

Exercise 28 - Survey of Plant Kingdom

Choose the one answer that best answers the question.


1	Ferns are included in the phylum ___.
		A)	Anthophyta
		B)	Pterophyta
		C)	Bryophyta
		D)	Hepaticophyta


2	The phylum Sphenophyta includes ___.
		A)	true ferns
		B)	whisk ferns
		C)	scouring rushes
		D)	club mosses


3	The term sporophyll refers to ____.
		A)	leaf
		B)	stem
		C)	gametophyte
		D)	rhizome


4	The zygote in the valentine plant grows into _____.
		A)	sporophyte
		B)	gametophyte
		C)	prothallium
		D)	sporangium


5	The fern life cycle is dominated by which stage?
		A)	haploid stage
		B)	prothallial stage
		C)	gametophyte stage
		D)	diploid stage


6	A gametophyte that only has antheridia would be produced by a ____.
		A)	megaspore
		B)	homosporous plant
		C)	microspore
		D)	female zygote


7	What is a fiddle head?
		A)	gametophyte
		B)	coiled leaf
		C)	antheridium
		D)	sporangium


8	What is the genus of whisk ferns?
		A)	Salvinia
		B)	Psilotum
		C)	Lycopodium
		D)	Equisetum


9	The young embryo of a fern would be found in the tissues of the ____.
		A)	gametophyte
		B)	sporophyte
		C)	sporangium
		D)	protonema


10	The need for ferns to live in moist habitats is indicated by which characteristic?
		A)	underground rhizomes
		B)	small gametophyte
		C)	dominant sporophyte
		D)	swimming sperm

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