Question 1

Which of these statements is NOT true about fertilization in a fern plant?

Accepted Answer

A)  An egg is produced in an archegonium. 
B)  A sperm is produced in an antheridium. 
C)  The sperm is carried by the wind to the egg. 
D)  The eggs and sperm are produced on the same plant. 
E)  Eggs and sperm are produced by the gametophyte generation.

Question 2

Which statement is NOT true about ferns?

Accepted Answer

A)  The sporophyte stage lacks vascular tissue. 
B)  Antheridia and archegonia develop on the prothallus of the gametophyte stage. 
C)  Fertilization requires moisture for the sperm to swim to the egg within the archegonia. 
D)  The sporophyte stage is the dominant generation. 
E)  The gametophyte stage lacks vascular tissue.

Question 3

Which statement is true regarding both gymnosperms and angiosperms?

Accepted Answer

A)  They both have swimming sperm. 
B)  They both lack the gametophyte generation. 
C)  They both have a separate male and female gametophyte generation. 
D)  They both produce cones and flowers. 
E)  They both rely on pollinators.

Question 4

In the life cycle of the fern,meiosis takes place

Accepted Answer

A)  during development of seeds. 
B)  upon development of the gametophyte. 
C)  during the production of egg and sperm. 
D)  during the production of spores. 
E)  during the development of vascular tissue.

Question 5

If a tree has flower petals that are small and the same color as its leaves,it is likely to be pollinated by

Accepted Answer

A)  bats. 
B)  bees. 
C)  the wind. 
D)  butterflies. 
E)  moths.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a fruit according to a biologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  apple 
B)  grapes 
C)  tomato 
D)  peas in a pod 
E)  celery

Question 7

The first fossil evidence of vascular tissue is seen in the

Accepted Answer

A)  green algae. 
B)  tracheophytes. 
C)  rhyniophytes. 
D)  bryophytes. 
E)  tree ferns.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is NOT true about alternation of generations life cycle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Meiosis produces spores that are haploid. 
B)  Spores develop into the gametophyte generation. 
C)  The gametophyte produces eggs and sperm. 
D)  When the sperm fertilizes the egg, a zygote results that develops into the sporophyte. 
E)  The sporophyte generation produces spores by mitosis in structures called sporangia.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is NOT true about angiosperms?

Accepted Answer

A)  The reproductive structures are located in flowers. 
B)  The flower protects the developing male gametophyte. 
C)  They are divided into monocots and eudicots. 
D)  The seeds are enclosed by fruit. 
E)  They exhibit double fertilization.

Question 10

List the five major events in the evolutionary history of plants.

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Question 11

Double fertilization in an angiosperm produces

Accepted Answer

A)  a diploid zygote and a haploid polar nucleus. 
B)  a diploid zygote and a diploid endosperm. 
C)  a diploid embryo and a triploid zygote. 
D)  a triploid embryo and a diploid endosperm. 
E)  a diploid zygote and a triploid endosperm.

Question 12

Which statement is NOT true about seed plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  They generally do not require external water for reproduction. 
B)  Seed plants produce homospores. 
C)  The pollen grain later becomes the male gametophyte. 
D)  The female gametophyte is retained within the sporophyte. 
E)  The seed contains the embryonic sporophyte generation.

Question 13

A megasporocyte would be found in the

Accepted Answer

A)  ovary. 
B)  stigma. 
C)  anther. 
D)  filament. 
E)  style.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a significant event in the evolution of plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  protection of the embryo 
B)  evolution of vascular tissue 
C)  evolution of the seed 
D)  evolution of the flower 
E)  evolution of the rhizoid

Question 15

The small heart-shaped gametophyte called a prothallus is part of the life cycle of the

Accepted Answer

A)  mosses. 
B)  ferns. 
C)  liverworts. 
D)  ginkgoes. 
E)  gnetophyte.

Question 16

The fiddlehead is a _______ that unfolds into a ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  diploid gametophyte; fern frond 
B)  diploid sporophyte; fern frond 
C)  haploid sporophyte; fern frond 
D)  haploid gametophyte; fern frond 
E)  diploid gametophyte; moss plant

Question 17

A lily (a monocot)would have

Accepted Answer

A)  rhizoids rather than true roots. 
B)  flower parts in threes. 
C)  seeds in a cone. 
D)  netted leaf veins. 
E)  two cotyledons.

Question 18

Identify the traits of nonvascular plants that enabled them to adapt to life on land.

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Question 19

Spores are produced in the ____ of a fern.

Accepted Answer

A)  sori 
B)  antheridia 
C)  archegonia 
D)  ovule 
E)  ovary

Question 20

Which statement best describes double fertilization in an angiosperm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Two egg cells are fertilized within each ovule. 
B)  A sperm nucleus fuses with an egg cell and a sperm nucleus fuses with polar nuclei. 
C)  Two sperm are required for fertilization of one egg cell. 
D)  A flower can engage in both self pollination and cross pollination. 
E)  One sperm fertilizes the egg while two polar nuclei fuse with a second egg.

Exam 30: Plants