Question 1

A moss spore develops into a young gametophyte called a(n)  ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   gametangium
B)   antheridium
C)   protonema
D)   prothallus
E)   archegonium

Question 2

The gametophyte generation of plants begins ____, where meiosis produces ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   after fertilization; a multicellular, diploid organism
B)   after fertilization; a multicellular; haploid organism
C)   in the sporangia; a multicellular; diploid organism
D)   in the sporangia; haploid spores
E)   in the sporangia; diploid spores

Question 3

The phylum ____ consists of about 200 known species of nonvascular plants that produce hornlike sporophytes, and are the only land plants whose chloroplasts contain alga-like protein bodies called pyrenoids.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hepatophyta
B)   Monilophyta
C)   Bryophyta
D)   Lycophyta
E)   Anthocerophyta

Question 4

All plants are multicellular, and most are ____ that carry out photosynthesis.

Accepted Answer

A)   freshwater autotrophs
B)   freshwater heterotrophs
C)   marine autotrophs
D)   terrestrial autotrophs
E)   terrestrial heterotrophs

Question 5

Which tissue distributes water and dissolved mineral ions through vascular plant bodies?

Accepted Answer

A)   plasmodesmata
B)   phloem
C)   xylem
D)   rhizomes
E)   meristem

Question 6

Eggs form in protective structures called ____ in bryophytes and seedless vascular plants.

Accepted Answer

A)   antheridium
B)   stoma
C)   strobilus
D)   sporangium
E)   archegonium

Question 7

Over geological time, organic matter from seedless vascular plants, buried beneath ____, formed the fossil fuels we use today.

Accepted Answer

A)   agricultural fields
B)   ocean and river sediments
C)   volcanic ash
D)   granitic and basaltic rock
E)   Earth's mantle

Question 8

A special capsule or chamber where a plant will make the first cells of the gametophyte generation is called a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   vascular system
B)   protonema
C)   sporangium
D)   rhizome
E)   shoot system

Question 9

Molecular, biochemical, cellular, and morphological evidence supports the view that bryophytes are a monophyletic group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Except for tropical tree ferns, the stems of most ferns are underground rhizomes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Leaves that are narrow and have a single vein are termed ____, and leaves that are broad and have multiple veins are termed ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   rhizomes; rhizoids
B)   rhizoids; megaphylls
C)   microphylls; rhizomes
D)   microphylls; megaphylls
E)   megaphylls; macrophylls

Question 12

Lignified, tube-like structures that branch throughout the body of some plants, conducting water and solutes, are called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   vascular tissues
B)   apical meristems
C)   root systems
D)   rhizomes
E)   shoot systems

Question 13

A horizontal stem modified to penetrate the substrate and anchor a plant is a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   sporangium
B)   rhizome
C)   vascular system
D)   protonema
E)   shoot system

Question 14

Some bryophyte species are ____, meaning that they grow independently on another organism.

Accepted Answer

A)   tracheophytes
B)   epiphytes
C)   parasites
D)   charophytes
E)   rhizoids

Question 15

Bryophytes are clearly adapted to live in fresh water.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The phylum ____ has about 10,000 known living species of nonvascular plants, including those in the genus Sphagnum , a peat moss used by humans for its absorbent property.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hepatophyta
B)   Monilophyta
C)   Bryophyta
D)   Lycophyta
E)   Anthocerophyta

Question 17

All plants have two multicellular phases, one diploid and one haploid, a phenomenon called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   alternation of generations
B)   double fertilization
C)   polyploidy
D)   mitosis
E)   dysploidy

Question 18

The liverwort genus Marchantia can reproduce asexually by way of ____, small cell masses that form in cuplike growths on a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   antheridia; gemmae
B)   gemmae; thallus
C)   archegonia; thallus
D)   thallus; gemmae
E)   antheridia; thallus

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)   bryophytes
B)   seedless vascular plants
C)   gymnosperms
D)   angiosperms
E)   gymnosperms and angiosperms

Question 20

In vascular plants, the ____ generation is larger, more complex, and longer-lived than the ____ generation.

Accepted Answer

A)   haploid gametophyte; haploid sporophyte
B)   haploid gametophyte; diploid sporophyte
C)   diploid sporophyte; diploid gametophyte
D)   diploid sporophyte; haploid gametophyte
E)   haploid sporophyte; haploid gametophyte

Exam 28: Seedless Plants

The liverwort genus Marchantia can reproduce asexually by way of ____, small cell masses that form in cuplike growths on a ____.

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Some bryophyte species are ____, meaning that they grow independently on another organism.

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All plants have two multicellular phases, one diploid and one haploid, a phenomenon called ____.

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Over geological time, organic matter from seedless vascular plants, buried beneath ____, formed the fossil fuels we use today.

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Leaves that are narrow and have a single vein are termed ____, and leaves that are broad and have multiple veins are termed ____.

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Lignified, tube-like structures that branch throughout the body of some plants, conducting water and solutes, are called ____.

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

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The gametophyte generation of plants begins ____, where meiosis produces ____.

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Which tissue distributes water and dissolved mineral ions through vascular plant bodies?

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Except for tropical tree ferns, the stems of most ferns are underground rhizomes.

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Molecular, biochemical, cellular, and morphological evidence supports the view that bryophytes are a monophyletic group.

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A moss spore develops into a young gametophyte called a(n) ____.

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A horizontal stem modified to penetrate the substrate and anchor a plant is a ____.

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The phylum ____ consists of about 200 known species of nonvascular plants that produce hornlike sporophytes, and are the only land plants whose chloroplasts contain alga-like protein bodies called pyrenoids.

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All plants are multicellular, and most are ____ that carry out photosynthesis.

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The phylum ____ has about 10,000 known living species of nonvascular plants, including those in the genus Sphagnum , a peat moss used by humans for its absorbent property.

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A special capsule or chamber where a plant will make the first cells of the gametophyte generation is called a ____.

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Eggs form in protective structures called ____ in bryophytes and seedless vascular plants.

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In vascular plants, the ____ generation is larger, more complex, and longer-lived than the ____ generation.

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Bryophytes are clearly adapted to live in fresh water.

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The liverwort genus Marchantia can reproduce asexually by way of , small cell masses that form in cuplike growths on a .

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