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1
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Assuming these structures belong to an apple tree (angiosperm) arrange the following structures from largest to smallest?
1. sporophytes plant
2. embryo sac/ sporophyte plant
3. ovule
4. ovary

a. 1,4, 3, 2
b. 3, 1, 2, 4
c. 1, 2, 4, 3
d. 3, 4, 1, 2

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a. 1,4, 3, 2
Sporophytes plant, ovary, ovules, embryo sac/ sporophyte plant

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The pollen grain of the pine tree is produced in the-
a. megasporangium on the lead
b. microsporangium on the male cone
c. the antheridia of the gametophyte
d. the sorus of the sporophyte

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b. microsporangium on the male cone

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The eggs of seed plants are fertilized withing ovules, and the ovulates then develop into-
a. spores
b. fruit
c. ovaries
d. seeds

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d. seeds

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The cells within the pollen grains are ___ and will develop into the ______.
a. diploid—-spores
b. haploid—- male gametophytes
c. diploid—-sperm nuclei
d. diploid—- a new sporophyte

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haploid—-male gametophyte

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In the gymsopsperm plants, the oviulate cones (female), megasporctyes (megaspore mother cells) undergo____ and produce___ megaspores.
a. Mitosis—–2n diploid
b.Meiosis—-2N diploid
c.meiosis—-1N haploid
d. mitosis—1N haploid

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c. meiosis—-1N haploid

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In gymnosperms, the pollen in transported in the ovulate cone ovule by ____.
a. insects
b. mammals
c. rain or water
d. wind

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d. wind

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All seed plants are________.
a. all homosporous
b. mostly homosporous with some hetersporous
c. mostly hetersporous with some homosporous
d. all heterosporus

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d. all heterosporus

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What major plant structures diminishes a gymnosperm or angiosperm plants reliance on water for reproduction?
a. flower
b. fruit
c. pollen
d. spore

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c. pollen

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Which of the following traits characterizes gymnosperms?
a. the plants carry exposed seeds on modified leaves.
b. reproductive structures are located in a flower
c. After fertilization, the ovary thickens and forms a fruit,
d. the gametophyte is the longest phase of the life cycle.

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a. the plants carry exposed seeds on modified leaves.

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Megasporocytes seed producing plants will eventually produce which of the following?
a. pollen grains
b. sporophytes
c. male gametophytes
d. female gametophytes

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d. female gametophytes

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Pollen grains develop in which structures in angiosperms?
a. the anther
b. the stigma
c. the filament
d. the carpal

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a. the anther

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Which of the following structures in a flower is not directly involved in sexual reproduction?
a. the style
b. the stamen
c. the sepal
d. the anther

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c. the sepal

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Abundent and powerdy pollen produced by small, indistinct flowers like thoose found in the many grasses such as corn is probably transported by:
a. bees and butterflies
b. flies
c. birds
d. wind

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d. wind

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What is the plodidy (chromosome number) of the following structures: gametophyte, embryo in the seed, spore from a fern, sporophyte?
a. 1n, 1n, 2n, 2n
b. 1n, 2n, 1n, 2n
c. 2n, 1n, 2n, 1n
d. 2n, 2n, 1n, 1n

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b. 1n, 2n, 1n, 2n

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In the picture of the a flower below, what structures are part of the female reproductive structure?
a. sepals, petals and stigma
b. ovary, style and stigma
c. anther, filament, and the peduncle
d. peduncle, sepal and the style

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b. ovary, style and stigma

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Which of the following in a characteristics of all angiosperms?
a. complete reliance on wind in the pollinating agent
b. double internal fertilization producing zygote and endoderm
c. free leading gametophytes
d. ovules that are not contained within ovules

A

b. double internal fertilization producing zygote and endoderm

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A mature unfertilized ovule (embryo sac or female gametophyte) in an angiosperm in the result of-
a. a single meotic division
b. a single miotic division
c. both meiotic and miotic division
d. mitosis from the megapsore a mother cell

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c. both meiotic and miotic division

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Which of the following is the correct sequence during the alternation of generation life cycle in a following plant?
a. sporogtye- meiosis- gametophyte- gametes- fertalization- diploid zygote
b. sporophyte- mitosis- gametophyte- meiosis- sporophyte
c. haploid gametophyte- gametes- meiosis- fertalization- diploid sphorophyte
d. sporophyte- spores- meiosis- gamtophyte- gametes

A

a. sporophyte- meiosis- gametophyte- gametes- fertilization- diploid zygote

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Which of the following statements is true of most angiospoerms?
a. They have a tripod endosperm within the reef
b. They have an ovary that becomes a fruit
c. They have a small [reduceded] sporophyte
d. They have a triploid endosperm withing the seed and ovary that becomes a fruit

A

d. They have a triploid endosperm withing the seed and ovary that becomes a fruit

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Which of the following is a true statement about the carpel of angiosperms?
a. carpels are structures that produce male pollen grains
b. carpels become the endosperm in seed plants
c. carpels are modified microsporangia
d. carpels surround and protect developing ovules

A

d. carpels surround and protect developing ovules

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What structure is common to both angiosperms and gymnosperms?
a. ovary
b. ovule
c. anthers
d. carpel

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b. ovule

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What two process are directly involved in the seed formation of angiosperms and gymnosperms?
a. transpiration and fertilization
c. pollination and fertilization
b. fertilization and photosynthesis
d. pollination and osmosis

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c. pollination and fertilization

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A botanist discovers a new species of a plant in a tropical rain forest. After observing its anatomaty and life cycle, he notes the following characteristics flageilated sperm, xylem with trachieds, separate gametophyte and sporophytes generations within the sporophyte dominant, and no seeds. This plant is probably most closely related to-
a. mosses
b. ferns
c. gymnosperms
d. flowering plants

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b. ferns

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You receive a lump of coal as a gift and you marvel at it since you know that it came from the carboniferous period some 300-270 mya, your coal could be composed of which of these plants?
a. whish ferns and orchids
b. charaphytes and bryophytes
c. lycophytes and agniosperms
d. ferns, horsetails, and hycophytes

A

d. ferns, horsetails, and hycophytes

25
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Which of the following traits of land plants allows them to grow in height and transport water and minerals from the soil upward within the plant?
a. alternation of generations
b. waxy cuticle and stomata
c. vascular tissue and lignin
d. sporopollenin and eggs

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c. vascular tissue and lignin

26
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All angiosperm and gymnosperm plants exhibit
a. megaphyll leaves
b. microphyll leaves
c. compound leaves
d. simple leaves

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a. megaphyll leaves

27
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Which of the following is derived from the ground tissue system?
a. root hair
b. cuticle
c. periderm
d. pith & cortex

A

d. pith & cortex

28
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Choose the option that best describes the relationship between the cell wall thickness of parenchyma cells versus sclerenchyma cells.
a. The cell walls of parenchyma cells are thinner than those of sclerenchyma cells.
b. The cell walls of parenchyma cells are thicker than those of sclerenchyma cells.
c. The cell walls of both types are roughly equal.
d. The thickness of the cell walls for both types of cells is too variable for a comparison to be made.

A

a. The cell walls of parenchyma cells are thinner than those of sclerenchyma cells.

29
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Vascular plant tissue includes all of the following cell types except-
a. vessel elements
b. sieve cells
c. trachieds
d. spongy mesophyll

A

d. spongy mesophyll

30
Q

Which of the following cells make the cotton fibers found in your cotton shirt or pants?
a. parenchyma cells
b. collenchyma cells
c. sclerenchyma cells
d. tracheids and vessel elements
e. sieve-tube elements

A

c. sclerenchyma cells

31
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A student examing leaf cross-sections under a microscope finds many loosely packed cells with relatively thin cell walls. The cells have numerous chloroplasts. What type of cells are they?
a. parenchyma
b. xylem
c. endodermis
d. collenchyma

A

a. parenchyma

32
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Plant regions of continuous growth are made up of _______.
a. dermal tissue
b. meristematic and cambium tissue
c. xylem and phloem
d. trichome tissue

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b. meristematic and cambium tissue

33
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Stems that have a region known as the pith being to-
a. woody monocot plant
b. herbaceous monocot plant
c. herbaceous and woody dicot plants
d. internodes

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c. herbaceous and woody dicot plants

34
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Which of these characteristics of secondary growth in a plant?
a. increase in the # if root hairs
b. root cap formation
c. increase in diameter of a stem
d. flower formation

A

c. increase in diameter of a stem

35
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Axillary buds-
a. may develop into lateral branches or stem
b. have no meristematic cells
c. are composed of a series of internodes lacking nodes.
d. do not form vascular connections with the primary shoot.

A

a. may develop into lateral branches or stem

36
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A plant has the following characteristics: a taproot system, several growth rings evident in a cross-section of the stem, and a layer of bark around the outside. Which of the following best describes the plant?
a. herbaceous eudicots
b. woody eudicot
c. woody monocot
d. herbaceous monocot

A

b. woody eudicot

37
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Additional vascular tissue produced as secondary growth in a dicot stem originates from which cells?
a. vascular cambium
b. apical meristem
c. endodermis
d. phloem
e. xylem

A

a. vascular cambium

38
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If you are looking at the annual growth rings of a woody stem, you are looking at-
a. living parenchyma of the phloem
b. dead cells produced by the periderm
c. dead secondary xylem cells
d. living cells of the primary xylem

A

c. dead secondary xylem cells

39
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Secondary growth in stems and roots is usually found in-
a.. herbaceous monocots
b. woody dicots
c. woody monocots.
d. herbaceous dicots

A

b. woody dicots

40
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A__________ in the region of the lead that is where most of the photosynthesis takes place in a plant/
a. petiole
b. blade or laminia
c. mid- vien
d. guard cells

A

b. blade or laminia

41
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Which structure incorrectly paired with the tissue system?
a. root hair—dermal tissue
b. gallleable parenchomy—ground tissue
c. guard cells— derminal tissue
d. companion cell—-ground tissue

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d. companion cell—-ground tissue

42
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Which part of a plant absorbs most of the water and minerals take up from the soil?
a. root cap
b. root hairs
c. the thick parts of the roots near the base of the stem
d. storage roots

A

b. root hairs

43
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Vascular plant tissue includes all of the following cell types except-
a. vessel elements
b. sieve tube elements
c. trachemids
d. cortex

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d. cortex

44
Q

Which of the following cells stores sugarstarch and we consume when we eat apples and potatoes?
a. parenchyma cells
b. collennchyma cells
c. sclecnrcymyma cells
d. sieve-tube elements

A

a. parenchyma cells

45
Q

One important difference between the anatomy of roots and the anatomy of leaves is that-
a. only leaves have phyloem and only roots have xylem
b. root cells have cells and leaf cells do not
c. a waxy cucticule covers leaves but is absent from roots
d. vascular tissue is found in roots but is absent from leaves

A

c. a waxy cucticule covers leaves but is absent from roots

46
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You find a plant which has the sieve carpals and petals and the vein in the leaves are running up the stem in a parallel patterns, you decided the plant is a_______.
a. herbaceous dicot
b. woody monocot
c. woody dicot
d. herbaceous monocot

A

d. herbaceous monocot

47
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Which tissue is responsible for the recovery and rapid growth of damaged leaves of grass grazed by sheep in a pasture or your lawnmower?
a. parenchyma
b. epical meristem
c. axillary buds
d. intercalary meristem

A

d. intercalary meristem

48
Q

Which of the following tissue types transport water and minerals over long distances in angiosperms?
a. parenchyma cells
b. collenchyma cells
c. sciencechyma cells
d. vessel elements (xylem/phylem)

A

d. vessel elements (xylem/phylem)

49
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Which of the following root dippers gives rise to lateral roots?
a. phyloem
b. colocex
c. epidermis
d. pericycle

A

d. pericycle

50
Q

You go to the lumber company and purchase 2 a 4 to see the wall of your remolded homes and you notice the annual growth rings in the lumber. Anatomically you are observing____.
a. the pith of a monocot
b. the secondary xylem of the stem
c. the cortex the primary growth of the stem
d. the lateral growth to the spine of the annual dicot

A

b. the secondary xylem of the stem

51
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The

A

d. anther

52
Q

The primary function of the integument in angiosperm and gymnosperms is to-
a. protect against animal predation
b. form a seed coat
c. develop into the endosperm
d. responsible for double fertilization

A

b. form a seed coat

53
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What is the first process in the germination of a seed?
a. imbibitition or water uptake
b. fertilization
c. lateral meristem develop
d. photosynthesis

A

a. imbibitition or water uptake

54
Q

A plant like a carrot or cabbage which takes two growing seasons to grow from a seed to a prdocuding flowers and new seeds is known as (n)_______.
a. annual
b. biennal
c. perennial
d. stubborn

A

b. biennal

55
Q

The elm tree or pecan tree in the front yard will lose its leaves before the Christmas holidays. But they will grow new leaves next spring, these types of plants are known as______.

a. mysterious
b. evergreen
c. deciduous
d. herbaceous

A

c. deciduous

56
Q

The tomato or the avocado fruit we buy at the grocery store began its life as _______.
a. ovary
b. leaf
c. root
d. stem

A

d. stem

57
Q

As a youngster, you place a nail in the trunk of a young tree that is 3 meters or 10 feet tall in the front yard of your home. The nail is about 1.5 meters or 4 feet from the ground. About 20 years late you have traveled around the world and found neither fame nor fortune….
a. 1.5 meters
b. 3.0 meters
c. 15.0 meters
d. 28.5 meters

A

a. 1.5 meters

58
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Apple that we eat is composed of-
a. Parehcyma cells
b. collenchyma cells
c. sclereids
d. guard cells

A

a. Parehcyma cells

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