Biology (Raven), 10th Edition

Chapter 30: Seedless Plants

Post-Test

1
For which of the following are sporophytes attached to gametophytes and nutritionally dependent upon them?
A)liverworts
B)mosses
C)hornworts
D)bryophytes
E)All selections are bryophytes and thus all are correct.
2
What is the proper name for the horizontal stems of ferns?
A)mycorrhizae
B)fronds
C)rhizomes
D)setae
E)rhizoids
3
Select the plant that is seedless and vascular.
A)anthocerophytes
B)hepaticophytes
C)bryophytes
D)lycophytes
E)nontracheophytes
4
What is the first member of the gametophyte generation?
A)an egg
B)a spore
C)the zygote
D)an embryo
E)a sperm
5
Select the most important adaptation that was required of plants to survive on land.
A)protection from being eaten
B)protection from increasing mutation rates
C)reproduction
D)efficient water management
E)water management and mutation protection
6
True or false: The evolutionary trend in land plants is to reduce the size of the gametophyte and increase the size of the sporophyte.
A)true
B)false
7
Select the plant from which orginated the entire terrestrial plant lineage, from mosses through the flowering plants.
A)one species of freshwater green algae
B)green, red and brown algae
C)two species of saltwater algae
D)one species of terrestrial algae
E)a species that arose from a species of freshwater algae and a species of terrestrial algae
8
What feature of cell walls in the charophytes allows cytoplasmic continuity between adjacent cells?
A)gap junctions
B)tight junctions
C)stomata
D)plasmodesmata
E)desmosomes
9
Which stage is the most dominant in the bryophyte life cycle?
A)antheridium
B)archegonium
C)sporophyte
D)gametophyte
E)spores
10
What was the extinct "bridging" group of plants which connected seedless vascular plants from those with seeds?
A)whisk ferns
B)horsetails
C)ferns
D)gymnosperms
E)tree ferns
11
Select the plant for which water is not necessary for fertilization.
A)club mosses
B)ferns
C)horsetails
D)whisk ferns
E)All of the choices require water for fertilization.
12
Select the statement that is NOT correct concerning fruit.
A)Fruits add a layer of protection for seeds.
B)Fruits co-evolved with seeds in gymnosperms.
C)Fruits aid in seed dispersal.
D)All statement are correct.
13
What process creates spores during the haplodiplontic life cycle?
A)sporogenesis
B)gametogenesis
C)meiosis
D)fertilization
E)mitosis
14
In the generalized multicellular plant life cycle, name the process that begins with a haploid generation and ends with a diploid one.
A)mitosis
B)meiosis
C)fertilization
D)gametogenesis
E)sporogenesis
15
The proper name for the female gametangia in the moss is _______; and the proper name for the male gametangia is _______.
A)egg; sperm
B)antheridia; archegonia
C)sporophyte; gametophyte
D)archegonia; antheridia
E)None of the choices are correct.
16
True or false: Fungi and early land plants cohabitated, and the fungi formed close associations with the plants that enhanced water uptake.
A)true
B)false
17
Select that which is not found in the moss leaflike structure.
A)one cell layer thick
B)green color
C)flattened blade shape
D)diploid cells
18
Where are mosses rarely found in abundance?
A)the arctic
B)the tropics
C)drought stricken areas
D)in high air pollution areas
19
Name the plant that produces sporophytes with stomata for gas exchange, is photosynthetic and provides much of the energy needed for growth and reproduction.
A)liverworts
B)algae
C)charophytes
D)hornworts
20
One type of vascular tissue, _________, conducts water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots; another type of vascular tissue, ________, conducts sucrose and hormones throughout the plant.
A)phloem; xylem
B)xylem; tracheids
C)xylem; phloem
D)tracheids; tracheids
21
Name the plant that has nor roots or leaves.
A)tree fern
B)whisk fern
C)horsetails
D)lycopsid
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