Exam 26: Plants

Which term refers to a haploid organism that produces gametes?

This group is one of the two main angiosperm clades. This group has about 200 000 species, and most have two cotyledons. What is the name of this plant group?

Which sentence describes the relationship between sporophyte and gametophyte in the fern life cycle?

What did Darwin famously refer to as an "abominable mystery"?

Describe the major differences between seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.

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. -protonema

Which sentence best describes the relationship between sporophyte and gametophyte in the moss life cycle?

Much of the world's coal reserves were formed from the buried remains of the dominant plants of the Carboniferous period. What were the dominant plants of the period?

Which phrase refers to an advantage that angiosperms have in the form of a nutritive tissue produced during fertilization?

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. -pollen grain

Which term refers to a structure with stems and leaves that arise from apical meristems?

Which phylum of vascular, seed-bearing plants comprises about 80% of all living gymnosperms?

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. -true leaf

What is the name of the phylum of nonvascular plants that produces hornlike sporophytes?

Suppose you are a botanist and you discover a plant that has a dominant gametophyte, but no xylem or phloem. Into which group should you classify this plant?

When a plant is heterosporous, what does this mean?

Which phylum consists of vascular, seed-bearing plants and has about 185 known living species?

Suppose you are a botanist and you discover a plant that has large blue flowers and a woody fruit. Into which group should you classify this plant?

From which generation does the pollen grain develop?

What is the name of the lignified, tubelike structures that branch throughout the body of some plants, conducting water and solutes?