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Bio 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Why do seedless plants have to live in wet environments?

A

Their savored need to travel through water and they lack vascular tissue.

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2
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What do the pteridophytes have that the lycophytes do not?

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Vascular tissue in leaves

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3
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Which of the following is Not a difference between gymnosperm and pteridophytes?

  • gymnosperms are more effective at regulating their stomata in response to soil moisture conditions.
  • The way they reproduce
  • gymnosperms have a beached vascular system and pteridophytes do not
A

-gymnosperms have a beached vascular system and pteridophytes do not

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4
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True or false: Xylem moved dissolved sugars from the roots to the shoots using negative pressure.

A

False

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5
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Why do lycophytes need to live in wet environments?

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Their speed need to move through the water.

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6
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Which of the following are not true of ginkgoes?

  • nature seeds smell like vomit
  • they are a type of gnetophyte
  • thought to help with memory
  • male and female flowers are on separate trees
A
  • they are a type of gnetophyte
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7
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What do naked seeds or gymnosperms lack?

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A fruit

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8
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What is unique about the flowers of ginkgoes?

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The male and female flowers are found on separate trees.

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9
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How many living species of Ginkgo are there?

A

One(1)

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10
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True or false: plants with showy flower petals would probably Not use wind to spread their pollen.

A

True

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11
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True or false: the pollen tube is produced by the pistil and allows for the movement of sperm from the pollen to the ovule.

A

False, the pollen tube nucleus does this.

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12
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Which of the following is not directly involved in the seed-forming process in an ovule?

  • pollen
  • egg cell
  • polar nuclei
  • sperm
A

Pollen

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13
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Which pair of words best completes the following sentence?

In double fertilization, one sperm fuses with and _____________ to form an embryo while another sperm fuses with two polar nuclei to for the_____________.

  • zygote, peduncle
  • egg cell, endosperm
  • endosperm, ovary
  • ovule, cytyledon
A

-egg cell, endosperm

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14
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True or false: pollination ends when the sperm reaches the ovule.

A

False

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15
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Peduncle of a flower example or description

A

The stem-like structure of an Apple.

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16
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The anther of a plant description;

A

Part of the male flower part were pollen is produced.

17
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The stigma of a plant description:

A

Were the pollen needs to land on the female part of a flower

18
Q

The petals of a plant description

A

Attracts pollinators

19
Q

Sepal of a plant description:

A

Protects the young developing flower

20
Q

The receptacle part of a flower:

A

Point of attachment for the four main parts of the flower.

21
Q

Which of the following is true of monocots?

  • they have beached/netted venation
  • vascular bundles are arranged in a ring in the stems
  • sunflowers would be a good example
  • they have a fibrous root system
A

-They have a fibrous root system

22
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Which of the following is true of monocots?

  • tomatoes would be a good example
  • have a tap root
  • vascular burlesque are arranged in a ring
  • have a parallel leaf venation
A

-have a parallel leaf venation

23
Q

True or false: most invasive species are problematic because they carry disease that kill native vegetation.

A

False the only takeover and that’s how they kill native vegetation.

24
Q

True or false: Atmospheric levels of oxygen increased as coal formation increased.

A

True, because the formation of coal takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere

25
Q

True or false: plants were in existence at least 450,000,000 (450 billion) years ago.

A

True

26
Q

What is the term that Botanists use for flowering plants?

A

Anthophyta

27
Q

What plant part did early photographers use to produce a flash of light for their photographs?

A

Lycophyte spores because they were flammable

28
Q

True or false: gymnosperms were the dominate plants prior to the large meteor crash of the Yucatán Peninsula?

A

True

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