Exam 30: Seedless Plants

Plants and their predecessors, green algae, do not share the property of

Which of the following groups is most closely related to the tracheophytes?

A bryologist (a scientist that studies mosses, and their allies) gives a lecture to your biology class.In her lecture, she makes a reference to fern reproduction.She says, "Fern spores germinate into ____."

The most abundant group of seedless tracheophyte plants are the

Why are most bryophytes less than 10 cm tall?

The colorless rootlike projections of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, which anchor them to the substrate are called

A waxy cuticle prevents desiccation.What is the cost of this adaptation?

Why is a rhizoid not considered a true root?

In all seed plants, male and female ___________ develop within the parent sporophyte and are completely dependent on it for nutrition and water.

Survival on land for organisms is difficult because of the problem of

Azolla filiculoides is a small aquatic fern that is typically 1-2 cm tall.How would a botanist distinguish it from a bryophyte?

Which one of the following statements about haplodiplontic life cycles is false?

Bryophytes, like ferns and certain other tracheophyte plants, require

Hornworts differ from mosses and liverworts in containing

For which of the following organisms is the sporophyte stage the dominant stage in the life cycle?

In tracheophyte plants, water and dissolved minerals are conducted away from roots by

Which of the following represents a monophyletic group?