science: chpt. 21 test

Question 0

Specialized transport/support tissues

Answer 0

Vascular tissue

Question 1

Adaptation that enables the exchange of gases within the cell structure and outside environment

Answer 1

Stomata

Question 2

Plants with vascular tissues

Answer 2

Vascular plants

Question 3

Plants that lack specialized transport tissues

Answer 3

Nonvascular plants

Question 4

Plant structure that contains an embryo, nutrients for the embryo, and is covered with a protective coat

Answer 4

Seed

Question 5

Liverwort with a fleshy, lobed body shape

Answer 5

Thallose

Question 6

Compact cluster of spore bearing structures

Answer 6

Strobilus

Question 7

A plant that lives anchored to an object or another plant

Answer 7

Epiphyte

Question 8

A fern’s thick underground stem that serves as a food storage organ

Answer 8

Rhizome

Question 9

Fern’s spores from in a structure called _____.

Answer 9

Sporangium

Question 10

Clusters of sporangia form a _____.

Answer 10

Sorus

Question 11

Structures that store food or help absorb food for tiny sporophytes

Answer 11

Cotyledons

Question 12

Feature that contains male and female reproductive structures of cycads and other gymnosperms

Answer 12

Cone

Question 13

A plant that completes its life span in one growing season or less

Answer 13

Annual

Question 14

Plant with a two-year lifespan

Answer 14

Biennial

Question 15

Plant that can live for several years

Answer 15

Perennial

Question 16

Infer why liverworts often grow close to the ground and in areas with plenty of moisture

Answer 16

They have vascular tissue

Question 17

True/False: Both lycophytes and pterophytes produce spores

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Name 5 adaptations that help plants when moving from sea to land

Answer 18

1. Cuticle-Prevents water evaporation and protects against microorganisms
2. Stomata-enables the exchange of gas within and outside the cell
3. Vascular tissue-transports water from soil to leaves
4. Reproductive Strategies-produce with spores and gametophytes
5. Seeds-reproduce with an embryo surrounded in a protective coating