Plants 4

Question 1

Name the 3 synapomorphies of Angiosperms (flowering plants)

Answer 1

1. Flowers 2. Double fertilization 3. Fruits

Question 2

Molecular data suggests that Angiosperms originated when?

Answer 2

245 mya

Question 3

Oldest actual macrofossils of angiosperms are how old?

Answer 3

125 mya

Question 4

Fused sepals (green leaf like structures at base of flower) are collectively called ______?

Answer 4

Calyx

Question 5

Fused petals are collectively called _____?

Answer 5

Corolla

Question 6

Angiosperms have ______ gametophytes?

Answer 6

reduced

Question 7

Name the 4 whorls in a flower

Answer 7

1. sepals 2. petals 3. pistils 4. stamens PPSS

Question 8

A complete flower has _______

Answer 8

all 4 whorls

Question 9

An incomplete flower is __________

Answer 9

missing some parts

Question 10

Perfect flowers have __________

Answer 10

both stamens and pistils

Question 11

Imperfect flowers are either __________ or ________

Answer 11

without stamens or pistils

Question 12

hermaphroditic plants have _________ flowers

Answer 12

perfect

Question 13

monoecious plants have _______ flowers but both are on the same plant

Answer 13

imperfect

Question 14

dioecious plants have only _________ or _________ flowers

Answer 14

staminate or pistillate