Exam 30: Seedless Plants

Which one of the following statements about a typical fern life cycle is false?

Plants have a ______ life cycle in which the haploid and diploid stages are multicellular.

To reproduce sexually, bryophytes require

Cooksonia is a genus of very early tracheophyte plants.Unlike modern tracheophytes they only grew to a few centimeters in height.What feature provides the best explanation for their diminutive size?

Among the bryophytes, which of the following contain distinct stemlike axis, small leaves, and rootlike rhizoids?

The gametophyte is green and nutritionally independent in

All of the following statements about ferns are correct except

Which plants are characterized by a conducting system, the possession of cuticles, specialized stems, and roots, stomata, and, in many species, seeds?

Which one of the following structures in the moss life cycle is not haploid?

Which of the following features are common to both moss leaves and true leaves?

The dominant stage in the life cycle of tracheophyte plants is the

The development of tracheids helped land plants to

The aquatic ancestry of bryophytes is most clearly demonstrated by what character?

How do lycophytes differ from bryophytes?

In plants, the sporophyte generation produces _______ as a result of meiosis.

What is a 15 meter tall tree fern?

Plants as well as brown, green, and red algae show a basic life cycle which involves the alternation of generations between a(n)

In which of these groups does it appear that the cuticle evolved?

Hepaticophytes lack stomata and tracheids.What would provide evidence to justify their inclusion in the Bryophytes and not the Charophytes?

Which one of the following traits would be found in a typical fern but not a moss?