Question 1

What are the shared derived characteristics indicated on the phylogeny shown below?

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A)   1: xylem and phloem; 2: chloroplasts; 3: flowers
B)   1: chloroplasts; 2: pollen; 3: flowers
C)   1: pollen; 2: chloroplasts; 3: flowers
D)   1: eukaryotic cells; 2: chloroplasts; 3: flowers
E)   1: eukaryotic cells; 2: chloroplasts; 3: swimming sperm

Question 2

Which of the following is not a structure or characteristic that enables the nonvascular plants to obtain water and minerals in the absence of a vascular system?

Accepted Answer

A)   Growth in dense masses through which water can move by capillary action
B)   Leaflike structures that catch and hold water
C)   Small size, which allows minerals to be distributed evenly by diffusion
D)   An extensive root system
E)   Both c and d

Question 3

The evidence suggesting that heterospory probably affords selective advantages is that it

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A)   evolved a number of times.
B)   is found only in the most advanced land plants.
C)   is simpler than homospory.
D)   is found in the most primitive land plants.
E)   evolved along with swimming sperm.

Question 4

Which of the characteristics below links the "green algae" with land plants?

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A)   The use of chlorophylls a and b
B)   Active stomata
C)   Starch as a major storage compound
D)   Cellulose in cell walls
E)   a, c, and d

Question 5

Which of the following is not a characteristic of land plants?

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A)   Development from embryos protected by tissues of the parent plant
B)   Cell walls containing cellulose
C)   Chloroplasts containing chlorophylls a and b
D)   Starch as the storage carbohydrate
E)   Anaerobic respiration

Question 6

Which of the following characteristics is not shared by the club mosses and the horsetails?

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A)   Large, independent sporophytes
B)   Specialized vascular tissue
C)   Apical growth
D)   Simple leaves
E)   Both b and c

Question 7

Some mosses

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A)   can carry out limited transport of water and nutrients using cells called "hydroids."
B)   contain xylem.
C)   contain phloem.
D)   can be considered vascular plants.
E)   All of the above

Question 8

Most ferns are homosporous. Which of the following ferns are heterosporous?

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A)   Salviniaceae
B)   Rutaceae
C)   Marsileaceae
D)   Both a and b
E)   Both a and c

Question 9

The evolutionary origin of microphyll is thought by some biologists to be

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A)   sterile sporangia.
B)   rhizoids.
C)   specialized xylem.
D)   photosynthetic tissue developed between complex branching patterns.
E)   None of the above

Question 10

Which of the following groups has large leaves with branching vascular strands?

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A)   Horsetails
B)   Whisk ferns
C)   Hornworts
D)   Club mosses
E)   Ferns

Question 11

Which of the following represents the most ancient surviving land plant lineage?

Accepted Answer

A)   Liverworts
B)   Hornworts
C)   Mosses
D)   Ferns
E)   None of the above

Question 12

Use the following to answer questions :
Refer to the diagram below. 
-Are the gametes in the diagram produced by mitosis or meiosis?

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The answer of Use the following to answer questions :
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Question 13

Which statement is not true of the mosses?

Accepted Answer

A)   The sporophyte is dependent on the gametophyte.
B)   Sperm are produced in archegonia.
C)   There are more species of mosses than of liverworts and hornworts combined.
D)   The sporophyte grows by apical cell division.
E)   Mosses are probably sister to the vascular plants plus hornworts.

Question 14

In alternation of generations, the sporophyte generation is _______ and the gametophyte generation is _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   haploid; diploid
B)   diploid; haploid
C)   haploid; haploid
D)   diploid; diploid
E)   either haploid or diploid; either haploid or diploid

Question 15

In nontracheophytes, the larger plant is the _______, while in tracheophytes, the larger plant is the _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   gametophyte; sporophyte
B)   sporophyte; gametophyte
C)   gametophyte; antheridium
D)   sporophyte; antheridium
E)   antheridium; archegonium

Question 16

Plants invaded the land sometime during the Paleozoic era. In order to evolve and thrive on land, plants had to

Accepted Answer

A)   develop photosynthetic pigments and mechanisms for transporting water and minerals to aerial parts.
B)   develop starch for carbohydrate storage and mechanisms for transporting water and minerals to aerial parts.
C)   develop physical support structures and mechanisms for gamete dispersal.
D)   develop photosynthetic pigments that are not dependent on an aqueous environment and develop starch for carbohydrate storage.
E)   alternate generations and develop physical support structures.

Question 17

In some liverworts, there are structures that "throw" _______ from the capsule.

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A)   moisture particles
B)   spores
C)   sperm
D)   ova
E)   rhizoids

Question 18

Use the following to answer questions :
Refer to the diagram below. 
-Which letter in the diagram indicates the sporophyte, C or D?

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The answer of Use the following to answer questions :
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Question 19

Approximately _______ species of moss (Bryophyta)  have been described.

Accepted Answer

A)   9,000
B)   15,000
C)   100
D)   1,200
E)   15

Question 20

The sister group to the hornworts is the _______, or vascular plants.

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Exam 28: Plants Without Seeds: From Water to Land

The evidence suggesting that heterospory probably affords selective advantages is that it

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In some liverworts, there are structures that "throw" _______ from the capsule.

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of land plants?

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Which of the following characteristics is not shared by the club mosses and the horsetails?

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Which statement is not true of the mosses?

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Which of the characteristics below links the "green algae" with land plants?

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Which of the following represents the most ancient surviving land plant lineage?

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In alternation of generations, the sporophyte generation is _______ and the gametophyte generation is _______.

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In nontracheophytes, the larger plant is the _______, while in tracheophytes, the larger plant is the _______.

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Use the following to answer questions : Refer to the diagram below. -Which letter in the diagram indicates the sporophyte, C or D?

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Most ferns are homosporous. Which of the following ferns are heterosporous?

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Use the following to answer questions : Refer to the diagram below. -Are the gametes in the diagram produced by mitosis or meiosis?

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Which of the following is not a structure or characteristic that enables the nonvascular plants to obtain water and minerals in the absence of a vascular system?

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What are the shared derived characteristics indicated on the phylogeny shown below?

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Some mosses

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The sister group to the hornworts is the _______, or vascular plants.

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Plants invaded the land sometime during the Paleozoic era. In order to evolve and thrive on land, plants had to

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Which of the following groups has large leaves with branching vascular strands?

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The evolutionary origin of microphyll is thought by some biologists to be

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Approximately _______ species of moss (Bryophyta) have been described.

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