Exam 26: Plants

Which of the following plant traits represent an adaptation to terrestrial life?

In the pine life cycle, when does fertilization often take place?

Which phylum contains the ferns?

Describe the major differences between bryophytes and vascular plants.

Which term refers to the slender, rootlike structures found in nonvascular plants?

Match each plant structure or stage of the plant life cycle with the term that best describes the cells in that structure or stage. Each term may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -sporophyte

This group is one of the two main angiosperm clades. This plant group has about 60 000 species that are characterized by having a single cotyledon. What is the name of this plant group?

Which of the following is a characteristic of Bryophytes?

Where do the megaspores develop in pine trees?

Which plants are often the dominant land plants in cool temperate zones, especially in areas with poor soils?

Which of the following best explains why modern seedless vascular plants are confined largely to wet or humid environments?

A seed is often described as "a baby plant in a box with its lunch." Explain this statement using more proper terms for baby plant, box, and lunch.

Which term refers to the region of constantly dividing cells near the tips of shoots and roots?

What is the name of the specialized leaves on which club moss sporangia form, and which occur near stem tips?

What plant structures comprise a sorus?

Match each plant structure or stage of the plant life cycle with the term that best describes the cells in that structure or stage. Each term may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -pine seed

What is the name for the simple body that makes up the gametophyte generation for many liverworts?

Which of the following types of plants are NOT represented in the phylum Pterophyta?

What does the word gymnosperm mean?

Which feature is found in both nonvascular and vascular plants?