AP Biology (Mader), 11th Edition

Chapter 27: Flowering Plants: Reproduction

Post-Test

1
All of the following describe gametophytes EXCEPT:
A)Haploid
B)Arise from spores
C)Produce flowers
D)Produce gametes
2
All of the following are true about the sporophyte in flowering plants EXCEPT:
A)Is diploid
B)Develops from either microspores or megaspores
C)Produces haploid spores
D)Is the dominant generation
3
In flowering plants the pollen grain is transported by _____ to the megagametophyte.
A)water
B)soil
C)animals
D)All of these
4
Flowers are modified _____.
A)independent gametophytes
B)adventitious roots
C)stem tips bearing whorls of modified leaves
5
Which of the following is correctly matched?
A)Sepals - attract pollinators
B)Petals – protection of flower bud
C)Carpel – egg production
D)No; anthers produce pollen, but do not bear flowers.
6
All of the following are characteristics of dried fruits that are dispersed by wind, EXCEPT:
A)Wooly hairs
B)Plumes
C)Fleshy and colorful
D)Wings
7
A _____ is an example of a multiple fruit.
A)legume
B)pineapple
C)samara
8
The seed develops from the _____.
A)anther
B)receptacle
C)ovule
D)ovary
9
Which of the following fruits developed from a compound ovary?
A)Peach
B)Legume
C)Samara
D)Tomato
10
A fruit is a mature _____.
A)ovule
B)ovary
C)anther
11
The shoot and root tip can be distinguished in a _____ -shaped embryo.
A)torpedo
B)heart
C)globular
12
The portion of the embryo below the cotyledon that contributes to stem development is the _____.
A)radicle
B)hypocotyl
C)epicotyl
D)first leaf
13
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
14
During pollination, pollen is transferred to the _____.
A)style
B)anther
C)ovary
D)stigma
15
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
16
The mutualistic relationship between flowers and their pollinators developed through the process of _____.
A)divergent evolution
B)convergent evolution
C)coevolution
D)artificial selection
17
The growth of a tissue in an artificial liquid or solid culture medium is called _____.
A)totipotency
B)cell suspension
C)sexual reproduction
D)tissue culturing
18
In eudicots, the ___________ usually store all of the nutrient molecules the embryo uses.
A)cotyledons
B)ovule
C)endosperm
D)None of these
19
A seed contains all of the following structures EXCEPT:
A)Endodermis
B)The embryo
C)Stored food
D)Seed coat
20
Pollen grains develop from microspores in the _____.
A)stigma
B)anther
C)ovary
D)receptacle
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