AP Biology (Mader), 11th Edition

Chapter 23: Plant Evolution and Diversity

Post-Test

1
Plants are best described as _____.
A)multicellular or single-celled heterotrophic eukaryotes
B)multicellular, photosynthetic eukaryotes
C)single-celled prokaryotic
D)multicellular or single-celled, chemoautotrophic eukaryotes
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
All of the following characteristics are among the adaptations of plants to life on land EXCEPT:
A)Protection of the embryo from drying out
B)Waxy cuticle on stems and leaves to prevent drying out
C)Waxy cuticle on roots to prevent drying out
D)Vascular system (in most plants) to move water internally
5
In the moss life cycle, the ______ is the dominant generation.
A)diploid gametophyte
B)haploid gametophyte
C)haploid sporophyte
D)diploid sporophyte
6
Which of these statements is NOT true about fertilization in a fern plant?
A)Eggs are produced in archegonia.
B)Sperm are produced in antheridia.
C)Eggs and sperm are produced by the gametophyte generation.
D)Sperm are carried to the egg mostly by wind.
7
The diploid generation of plants is called the _____.
A)sporophyte
B)spore
C)gametophyte
D)gamete
8
The fiddlehead is a young sporophyte that unfolds into a ______.
A)prothallus
B)rhizome
C)fern frond
D)seed
9
The eudicotyledons ______.
A)have parallel veins in their leaves
B)have two seed leaves, or cotyledons
C)include grasses
D)flower parts in threes or multiples of threes
10
Which of the following plants produce seeds?
A)Fern
B)Lycophytes
C)Horsetails
D)A pine tree
11
The _____of angiosperms protect and aid in the dispersal of seeds.
A)flowers
B)cones
C)fruits
D)peduncle
12
Extracts which improve blood circulation are produced from this tree, which is also plentiful in the fossil record.
A)Liverworts
B)Cycads
C)Gnetophytes
D)Ginkgoes
13
Which of the following cells transport water and minerals?
A)Phloem
B)Xylem
C)Fibers
D)Parenchyma
14
In the ovule each megaspore mother cell undergoes _____ to produce four megaspores.
A)meiosis
B)mitosis
C)binary fission
D)germination
15
Which of the following statements does NOT apply to conifers?
A)Conifers usually have evergreen, needle-like leaves.
B)Monocots and eudicots are two classes of conifers.
C)They produce resin, which protects them from attack by fungi and insects.
D)Conifers produce seeds in cones.
16
Which of the following statements about megaphylls is FALSE?
A)They have one strand of vascular tissue.
B)Both ferns and seed plants have megaphylls.
C)They are efficient collectors of solar energy.
D)They made plants 'more fit'.
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)Ferns
C)Liverworts
D)Eudicots
19
The dominant plants during modern times are:
A)Seedless vasculars
B)Nonvasculars
C)Gymnosperms
D)Angiosperms
20
All of the following are true of plant evolution EXCEPT:
A)Decrease in the size of gametophyte
B)From seedless to seed producing
C)Increase in the size of sporophyte
D)From vascular to nonvascular tissue
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