Biology: The Dynamics of Life, California Edition

Chapter 21: What is a plant?

What is a Plant?

1.
Which of these plants belongs to the division hepaticophytes?
A)Sphagnum
B)Marchantia
C)Anthoceros
D)Selaginella
2.
Which of these does NOT describe a way that land plants and green algae are alike?
A)They both have the same types of chlorophyll used in photosynthesis.
B)The both usually live in environments that are immersed in water.
C)The both store food as starch.
D)The both have cell walls.
3.
Which plant organ is responsible for transporting food from one part of the plant to another?
A)the cuticle
B)the root
C)the seed
D)the stem
4.
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Look at the seed shown. Which part of the seed is shown within the bracket?
A)the embryo
B)the vascular tissue
C)the food supply
D)the seed coat
5.
The waterproof coating on a plant's stems and leaves is called __________.
A)fertilization
B)cuticle
C)zygospores
D)algae
6.
Which of these is NOT a vascular plant?
A)fern
B)hornwort
C)rhododendron
D)sunflower
7.
Which of these divisions do redwood trees belong to?
A)cycads
B)ginkgoes
C)anthophytes
D)conifers
8.
Which plant division do whisk ferns belong to?
A)Bryophytes
B)Pterophytes
C)Psilophytes
D)Arthrophytes
9.
What is the common name of acetylsalicylic acid?
A)aspirin
B)autumn crocus
C)mayapple
D)Aloe vera
10.
Which of these statements is true?
A)Nonvascular plants are usually millions of cells thick.
B)Nonvascular plants can grow much larger than vascular plants.
C)Hornworts and mosses are part of the vascular plants divisions.
D)Vascular plants have structures that enables them to live farther away from water than nonvascular plants.
11.
Flowering plants belong to the __________ division.
A)anthophyte
B)gnetophyte
C)conifer
D)cycad
12.
Biomolecules such as the waxes that cover leaves and stems are __________, and do not dissolve in water.
A)lipids
B)proteins
C)amino acids
D)carbohydrates
13.
Which of these is a seed plant?
A)Bryophytes
B)Gnetophytes
C)Hepaticophytes
D)Pterophytes
14.
Which of these statements about plants is NOT true?
A)Green algae are probably the ancestors of plants.
B)Plants are unicellular prokaryotes.
C)Geological evidence shows that plants had not begun to live on land even a billion years ago.
D)Plant cells have thick cell walls formed of cellulose.
15.
Which of these is a non-seed plant?
A)joint fir
B)ginkgo
C)pine
D)spike moss
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