Quiz 3 - Ch. 17

Question 1

Two main nutrients in plant fertilizer

Answer 1

Nitrogen and Phosphorous

Question 2

Cuticle

Answer 2

waxy covering, protects plants from desiccation

Question 3

“phyte”

Answer 3

refers to plants

Question 4

Bryophytes

Answer 4

moss, liverwort, hornwort

Tied to H2O for gametes = grow in very wet places

Nonvascular = small, lack true roots and leaves

Question 5

Seedless Vascular Plants

Answer 5

ferns, club mosses

Vascular/have roots and firm stems

Require moisture for reproduction

Question 6

Gymnosperms

Answer 6

conifers, ginkgo, cycad, ephedra

“Naked” “seeds”

Vascular tissue/true roots, stems, and leaves

Air disperses pollen/seeds – not tied to water for reproduction

Question 7

Angiosperms

Answer 7

trees (other than conifers), shrubs, flowers, grasses

“Container” “Seeds”

Flowering Plants

not tied to water for reproduction – seed/pollen dispersal by variety of ways

Question 8

Sporophyte

Answer 8

diploid; longest/main stage of plant (ex: if you see a grown tree)

Question 9

Gameotophyte

Answer 9

haploid; multi-cellular thing grown from spores that eventually make sperm/egg gametes in plants

Question 10

Heterotophs

Answer 10

need organic materials from others

Question 11

Autotrophs

Answer 11

produce organic compounds through photosynthesis

Question 12

Fungi

Answer 12

decompose organic matter to gain nutrients

heterotrophs

enzymes released to outside of cells and digested nutrients absorbed

both asexual and sexual life cycles

Question 13

Lichen

Answer 13

symbiotic associations of fungi and photosynthetic organisms