Question 1

How can one distinguish between annuals,biennials,and perennials?

Accepted Answer

A) how tall they grow 
B) the number of flowers they produce 
C) the amount of root development 
D) the environment they grow in 
E) the time from seed germination to seed production 
A) how tall they grow 
B) the number of flowers they produce 
C) the amount of root development 
D) the environment they grow in 
E) the time from seed germination to seed production

Question 2

Where is the primary meristem located?

Accepted Answer

A) dermal tissue 
B) vascular tissue 
C) woody stem 
D) root and stem tips 
E) stem tip only 
A) dermal tissue 
B) vascular tissue 
C) woody stem 
D) root and stem tips 
E) stem tip only

Question 3

What do eudicots have that is not present in monocots?

Accepted Answer

A) parallel venation 
B) leaf blade 
C) netted venation 
D) nodes 
E) internodes 
A) parallel venation 
B) leaf blade 
C) netted venation 
D) nodes 
E) internodes

Question 4

Scientists discovered that the primary reason leaves either develop as simple or compound is related to

Accepted Answer

A) whether the KNOX gene is active or not active. 
B) where the leaf primordium is positioned. 
C) whether auxins are moving in the stem tip. 
D) how fast the KNOX gene arrives at the primordium. 
E) the protein PHANTASTICA and its interaction with auxins. 
A) whether the KNOX gene is active or not active. 
B) where the leaf primordium is positioned. 
C) whether auxins are moving in the stem tip. 
D) how fast the KNOX gene arrives at the primordium. 
E) the protein PHANTASTICA and its interaction with auxins.

Question 5

Experiments suggest that the KNOX protein is closely associated with what plant hormone during the induction of leaf primordia?

Accepted Answer

A) auxin 
B) ethanol 
C) abscisic acid 
D) ethylene 
E) gibberellic acid 
A) auxin 
B) ethanol 
C) abscisic acid 
D) ethylene 
E) gibberellic acid

Question 6

The word meristem is derived from a Greek word meaning to divide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In terms of adaptation and diversity,what stage of the alternation of generations in flowering plants is analogous to the production of hundreds of fertilized eggs from a pair of wood frogs?

Accepted Answer

A) gametophyte stage 
B) sporophyte stage 
C) embryogenic stage 
D) gametogentic stage 
A) gametophyte stage 
B) sporophyte stage 
C) embryogenic stage 
D) gametogentic stage

Question 8

What is a feature of woody stems (in temperate regions)but not of herbaceous stems?

Accepted Answer

A) bud scale scars 
B) internodes 
C) nodes 
D) axillary buds 
E) shoot tip 
A) bud scale scars 
B) internodes 
C) nodes 
D) axillary buds 
E) shoot tip

Question 9

If a cross section of a eudicot herbaceous stem were compared with the cross section of its root,how would they differ?

Accepted Answer

A) location of dermal tissue 
B) location of ground tissue 
C) location of vascular tissue 
D) location of terminal buds 
A) location of dermal tissue 
B) location of ground tissue 
C) location of vascular tissue 
D) location of terminal buds

Question 10

As you experiment with microRNA,you find that you are able to disable it entirely.What do you predict would be the primary effect of this on a plant?

Accepted Answer

A) It would be left unable to grow leaves. 
B) Chlorophyll production would cease. 
C) Photosynthesis would cease. 
D) Leaf shape would be unchangeD. 
A) It would be left unable to grow leaves. 
B) Chlorophyll production would cease. 
C) Photosynthesis would cease. 
D) Leaf shape would be unchangeD.

Question 11

The mesophyll of the leaf

Accepted Answer

A) is located between the leaf veins. 
B) is exposed to direct sunlight. 
C) is mostly along the edges of the leaf. 
D) is sometimes found in roots or stems. 
E) is made up of palisade and spongy parenchyma cells. 
A) is located between the leaf veins. 
B) is exposed to direct sunlight. 
C) is mostly along the edges of the leaf. 
D) is sometimes found in roots or stems. 
E) is made up of palisade and spongy parenchyma cells.

Exam 27: An Introduction to Flowering Plant Form and Function

How can one distinguish between annuals,biennials,and perennials?

Where is the primary meristem located?

What do eudicots have that is not present in monocots?

Scientists discovered that the primary reason leaves either develop as simple or compound is related to

Experiments suggest that the KNOX protein is closely associated with what plant hormone during the induction of leaf primordia?

The word meristem is derived from a Greek word meaning to divide.

In terms of adaptation and diversity,what stage of the alternation of generations in flowering plants is analogous to the production of hundreds of fertilized eggs from a pair of wood frogs?

What is a feature of woody stems (in temperate regions)but not of herbaceous stems?

If a cross section of a eudicot herbaceous stem were compared with the cross section of its root,how would they differ?

As you experiment with microRNA,you find that you are able to disable it entirely.What do you predict would be the primary effect of this on a plant?

The mesophyll of the leaf

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