Plants Flashcards
Fungi differ from plants in that fungi:
a) cannot make their own food
b) lack chlorophyll
c) lack specialized tissue
d) all of these
d) all of these
An organism which lacks chlorophyll, lives in a moist environment, and has no apparent leaf-like structure would be a:
a) Mushroom
b) Moss
c) Lichen
d) Alga
a) Mushroom
A spore is alaways:
a) an endospore produced by a bacteria
b) flagellated
c) produced by a zygote
d) haploid
d) haploid
Masses of hyphae are known as:
a) sporangiophores
b) stolons
c) rhizoids
d) mycelium
d) mycelium
An important characteristic used to distinguish between the divisions of fungi is their:
a) organization of hyphae
b) locomotor structures
c) mode of sexual reproduction
d) nutritional mode
c) mode of sexual reproduction
Which of the following is not a role of fungi?
a) parasite
b) producer
c) decomposer
d) pioneer
b) producer
A fungus for which no sexual reproduction has been observed is grouped with the:
a) deuteromycetes
b) basidiomycetes
c) protists
d) monera
a) deuteromycetes
The spores of the mushroom are contained on a structure called the:
a) zygosphore
b) ascus
c) basidium
d) sporangium
c) basidium
The function of the umbrella-shaped structure of a mushroom is:
a) respiration
b) reproduction
c) digestion of food
d) manufacture of food
b) reproduction
When Rhizopus destroys a loaf of bread, digestive enzymes are sescreted by the:
a) rhizoids
b) sporangia
c) stolons
d) spores
a) zhizoids
the sporangiaphore of a bread mould functions mainly in:
a) storing ripe spores
b) forming spores
c) spreading stolons across the medium
d) holding up the spore case
d) holding up the spore case
Rhizopus spreads across the surface of a piece of bread by menas of its:
a) sporangiophores
b) rhizoids
c) zygospores
d) stolons
d) stolons
A lichen consists of:
a) a green algae and a fungus
b) red alga and a fungus
c) a blue algae and a fungus
d) a fungus and a bacteria
a) a green algae and a fungus
The presence of pigments in algae allows for:
a) light absorption
b) aerobic respiration
c) assexual reproduction
d) sexual reproduction
a) light absorprion
The advantage of sexual reproduction in algae is:
a) the sporophytes that result
b) that it ensures survival
c) the identical young that results
d) the recombination of genetic information from different individuals
d) the recombination of genetiic information from different individiuals
One difference between green algae and higher plants is that green algae:
a) have no cellulose in their walls
b) lack chlorophyll b
c) do not store energy a starch
d) may be unicellular, filamentous, colonial
d) may be unicellular, filamentous, or colonial
In trees, the sporophyte generation:
a) contains the vascular tissue
b) is the dominant generation
c) is woody
d) is the diploid generation
e) all of these
e) all of these
Woody plants have large trunks composed mostly of:
a) palisade
b) phloem
c) xylem
d) epidermis
c) xylem
Conifers depend largely upon ____ for fertilization
a) insects
b) water
c) the wind
d) flagellae
c) the wind
The evolution of the seed is most strongly correlated with:
a) adaptation to a wet environment
b) adaptation to land
c) the evolution of an independent gametophyte
d) the development of sexual reproduction
b) adaptation to land
Naked seeds are produced by:
a) gymnospermae
b) bryophyta
c) angiospermae
d) filicinae
a) gymnospermae
The chief supporting cells of a stem of a woody plant are found in::
a) cambium
b) phloem
c) xylem
d) bark
c) xylem
A trend in the development of higher plants is decreasing:
a) physical size
b) photosynthetic ability
c) size of the sporophyte generation
d) size of the gametophyte generation
d) size of the gametophyte generation
Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
a) all tracheophytes have vascular tissue
b) all bryophytes have vascular tissue
c) all bryophytes have a conspicuous sporophyte generation
d) all tracheophytes reproduce by seeds
a) all tracheophytes have vascular tissue
Which of the following diagrams most correctly represents the events in sexual reproduction?
a) zygote => gamete => organism
b) gamete + gamete => zygote => organism
c) gamete => zygote => organism
d) zygote + zygote => gamete => organism
b) gamete + gamete => zygote => organism
Monocots differ from dicots in:
a) the number of petals
b) the number of cotyledons
c) leaf venation
d) the distribution of vascular tissues
e) all of these
e) all of these
The easiest and surest way of establishing that a leaf is from a monocot is:
a) looking for the presence of vascular tissue
b) examining the pattern of venation
c) looking for secondary growth
d) scraping its upper surface to see if it is waxy
b) examining the pattern of venation
The difference between a seed and spore is:
a) spores are formed by mitosis; seeds by meiosis
b) sporophytes form from spore; gametophytes from seeds
c) spores are monoploid; seeds are diploid
d) only the seed is a reproductive structure
c) spores are monoploid; seeds are diploid
Vascular plants developed special structures to deal with (1) desiccation of the embryo, (2) water absorption, and (3) transport of sugars from sites of photosynthesis. In respective order these structures are the:
a) spore, leaves, and xylem
b) cuticle, root, and stem
c) cuticle, stomata, and phloem
d) seed, root, and phloem
d) seed, root and phloem
In plants well adapted to life on land:
a) fertilization results in a gametophyte generation
b) fertilization does not occur
c) pollination precedes fertilization
d) all of these
c) pollination precedes fertilization
Which of these is arranged in the proper order?
a) seed formation, fertilization, germination, pollination
b) fertilization, pollination, seed formation, germination
c) germination, seed formation, fertilization, pollination
d) pollination, fertilization, seed formation, germination
d) pollination, fertlization, seed formation, germinations