Question 1

Why are green algae placed in the Protista while plants are given their own kingdom?

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A)   The green algae use chlorophyll a while plants use chlorophyll b.
B)   Green algae have a cell wall of chitin while plants have cell walls of cellulose.
C)   Plants enclose and protect the embryo within the female plant while green algae do not.
D)   All plants are vascular while all green algae are non-vascular.
E)   Algae are sporophytes that reproduce only asexually while plants are gametophytes and reproduce sexually.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

What is thought to be the first major derived feature that separates land plants from charophytes?

Accepted Answer

A)   Both charophytes and land plants have chlorophyll b but only land plants have chlorophyll a.
B)   Both charophytes and land plants store excess carbohydrates but only land plants use glucose.
C)   Both charophytes and land plants protect their zygotes but only land plants also protect the resulting embryo.
D)   Both charophytes and land plants are made up of cells but only land plants have cell walls.
E)   Both charophytes and land plants have cell walls but only land plants use cellulose in their cell walls.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

The reproductive parts of an angiosperm are the

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A)   petals and sepals.
B)   petals and stamen.
C)   sepals and stamen.
D)   sepals and carpel.
E)   carpel and stamen.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Which vascular plants have seeds?

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A)   ferns
B)   club mosses
C)   whisk ferns
D)   gymnosperms
E)   horsetailsF) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

Both charophytes and land plants share which of these characteristics?

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A)   Both have true roots, and leaves.
B)   Both have chlorophyll a and store carbohydrates as starch.
C)   Both have vascular tissue and protect the zygote.
D)   Both protect the embryo and have cell walls with cellulose.
E)   Both cell walls that contain cellulose and produce seeds.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

Which part of an angiosperm seed is triploid (3n) ?

Accepted Answer

A)   embryonic sporophyte generation
B)   embryonic gametophyte generation
C)   protective seed coat
D)   fruit around the seed
E)   endospermF) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 7

A leafy plant with no true roots,no stem,and rhizoids that grow into the soil from the leaf like structure is a

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A)   rose.
B)   liverwort.
C)   conifer.
D)   ginkgo.
E)   fern.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

It is possible to take the mature frond of many ferns and rub the brown growths on the lower surface over a wet plug of peat moss.Soon small heart-shaped green structures grow on the nutritious peat moss plugs.What has happened?

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A)   You have broken off male and female structures from the bottom of the fern frond and they united on the wet plug to form the sporophyte generation called a prothallus.
B)   You have broken the sori on the bottom of the fern frond and spores fell on the plug to germinate and form the gametophyte called a prothallus.
C)   You have broken the sori on the bottom of the fern frond and spores fell on the plug to germinate and form rhizomes that develop an indusium.
D)   You have broken the indusium on the bottom of the fern frond and zygotes germinated on the plug to form the sporophyte made of an archegonium and an antheridium.
E)   You have broken the sori on the bottom of the fern frond and zygotes germinated on the plug to form the fiddleheads that will develop into more fronds.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D) B

Question 9

A land based adaptation that pine trees have is that when microsporocytes undergo meiosis to produce microspores they are then liberated as the

Accepted Answer

A)   embryo sacs.
B)   ovules.
C)   pollen grains.
D)   zygotes.
E)   egg.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

Gladiolus produces leaves with parallel veins and floral parts in multiples of three.This plant is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   bryophyte.
B)   eudicot.
C)   monocot.
D)   cycad.
E)   fern.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 11

The vascular tissue by which nutrients are transported throughout ferns is called

Accepted Answer

A)   xylem.
B)   stigma.
C)   phloem.
D)   absent in roots.
E)   produced by stomata.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B) C

Question 12

During pollination in angiosperms,pollen grains will stick to the enlarged knob in the center of the flower called the

Accepted Answer

A)   stigma.
B)   style.
C)   ovary.
D)   ovule.
E)   anther.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 13

The anther and filament are parts of the

Accepted Answer

A)   carpel.
B)   sepal.
C)   receptacle.
D)   petal.
E)   stamen.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 14

When a moss spore germinates,the single row of cells that first appears will branch and form a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   antheridium.
B)   archegonium.
C)   rhizoid.
D)   protonema.
E)   sori.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 15

The structure found in non-vascular plants that anchor them to the soil and may serve in asexual reproduction is called the

Accepted Answer

A)   antheridia
B)   archegonia
C)   rhizoids
D)   protonema
E)   soriF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Which of the following is from a division within the gymnosperm group?

Accepted Answer

A)   horsetail
B)   cycad
C)   moss
D)   fern
E)   monocotF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

Showy flowers are most likely pollinated by

Accepted Answer

A)   only insects.
B)   only birds.
C)   wind or birds.
D)   insects or birds.
E)   wind.F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a fern?

Accepted Answer

A)   Eggs are produced in antheridia.
B)   Fern sporophyte is the dominant generation in the fern life cycle.
C)   Fern gametophyte is nonvascular.
D)   Fern sporophyte leaves first appear in a curled-up form termed a fiddlehead.
E)   Fern sporophyte is vascular.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 19

The megaspore in seed plants will develop into the

Accepted Answer

A)   seeds.
B)   spores.
C)   pollen grains.
D)   female gametophyte.
E)   male gametophyte.F) All of the above
G) C) and D) D

Question 20

Structures in plants that produce the gametes are called

Accepted Answer

A)   sporangia.
B)   fruit.
C)   gametophyte.
D)   homosporophyte.
E)   sporophyte.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Exam 30: Plants

Why are green algae placed in the Protista while plants are given their own kingdom?

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What is thought to be the first major derived feature that separates land plants from charophytes?

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The reproductive parts of an angiosperm are the

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Which vascular plants have seeds?

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Both charophytes and land plants share which of these characteristics?

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Which part of an angiosperm seed is triploid (3n) ?

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A leafy plant with no true roots,no stem,and rhizoids that grow into the soil from the leaf like structure is a

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It is possible to take the mature frond of many ferns and rub the brown growths on the lower surface over a wet plug of peat moss.Soon small heart-shaped green structures grow on the nutritious peat moss plugs.What has happened?

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A land based adaptation that pine trees have is that when microsporocytes undergo meiosis to produce microspores they are then liberated as the

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Gladiolus produces leaves with parallel veins and floral parts in multiples of three.This plant is a(n)

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The vascular tissue by which nutrients are transported throughout ferns is called

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During pollination in angiosperms,pollen grains will stick to the enlarged knob in the center of the flower called the

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The anther and filament are parts of the

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When a moss spore germinates,the single row of cells that first appears will branch and form a(n)

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The structure found in non-vascular plants that anchor them to the soil and may serve in asexual reproduction is called the

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Which of the following is from a division within the gymnosperm group?

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Showy flowers are most likely pollinated by

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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a fern?

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The megaspore in seed plants will develop into the

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Structures in plants that produce the gametes are called

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