Multiple Choice - Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question. 2 points each
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Which
of the following is NOT a characteristic of all plants? a. | are eukaryotic | c. | produce seeds | b. | have cell walls | d. | are multicellular | | | | |
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Without gas exchange, a plant would be unable to a. | make food. | c. | make minerals. | b. | absorb sunlight. | d. | absorb water from the soil. | | | | |
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Working from deep geologic strata toward shallow geologic strata, what is the sequence
in which fossils of these groups should make their first appearance?
1. | charophyceans | 2. | single-celled green algae | 3. | hornworts | 4. | plants with a dominant
sporophyte | | |
a. | 1, 3, 2,
4 | b. | 3, 1, 2, 4 | c. | 2, 1, 3, 4 | d. | 3, 2, 4, 1 | e. | 2, 4, 1, 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Because bryophytes do not have vascular tissue, they a. | do not conduct water. | b. | grow close to the ground. | c. | can draw up water only a few centimeters above the
ground. | d. | all of the
above | | |
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5.
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A
plant is a(an) a. | unicellular
prokaryote. | c. | unicellular
eukaryote. | b. | multicellular
prokaryote. | d. | multicellular
eukaryote. | | | | |
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Xylem
tissue is important to ferns because it a. | can conduct water over long
distances. | b. | allows water to
diffuse into the roots. | c. | carries carbohydrates to all parts of the
plant. | d. | allows ferns to
reproduce in dry environments. | | |
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Which
of these is most important in making the typical seed more resistant to adverse conditions than the
typical spore? a. | a different type
of sporopollenin | d. | ability to be
dispersed | b. | an internal
reservoir of liquid water | e. | waxy
cuticle | c. | integument(s) | | | | |
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Living
on land required that plants a. | evolve photosynthetic
pigments. | c. | exchange gases. | b. | conserve water. | d. | have cell walls. | | | | |
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Bryophytes need standing water to a. | reproduce. | c. | undergo photosynthesis. | b. | draw up water by osmosis. | d. | grow tall. | | | | |
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The
following characteristics all helped seedless plants become better-adapted to land
except a. | a dominant
gametophyte. | d. | stomata. | b. | vascular tissue. | e. | a branched sporophyte. | c. | a waxy cuticle. | | | | |
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Plants
use the energy of sunlight to a. | exchange gases with the
atmosphere. | b. | take in water
from the soil. | c. | carry out
cellular respiration. | d. | carry out photosynthesis. | | |
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Which
one of the following structures has functions similar to that of roots? a. | gemma | c. | capsule | b. | rhizoid | d. | stalk | | | | |
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13.
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Which
of the following includes all the others? a. | xylem | c. | phloem | b. | vascular tissue | d. | tracheids | | | | |
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Flowering plants that complete a life cycle within a single growing season are
called a. | annuals. | c. | perennials. | b. | dicots. | d. | monocots. | | | | |
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The
most recent common ancestor of all land plants was most similar to modern-day members of which
group? a. | Cyanobacteria | d. | brown
algae | b. | red
algae | e. | golden algae | c. | Charophycea | | | | |
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Land
plants are not a. | multicellular | d. | heterotrophs | b. | eukaryotic | e. | none of the above | c. | photosynthetic | | | | |
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All of
the following are examples of seedless vascular plants, except a. | Lycophytes | b. | whisk ferns | c. | Pterophytes | d. | horsetails | e. | all of the above are seedless vascular
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Short Answer
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18.
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Compare and contrast at least four characteristics of monocots and dicots including
the arrangement of vascular bundles in each. 4 points
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19.
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Compare and contrast angiosperms and gymnosperms. Describe at least three
differences and three similarities. 4 points
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20.
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Compare and contrast Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and
Animalia. 6 points
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Matching - 2 points each
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Ch. 29
& 30 a. | -angio | m. | peri- | b. | -phore | n. | -stoma | c. | bryo- | o. | phragmo- | d. | -phyte | p. | -plast | e. | gymno- | q. | proto- | f. | -sperm | r. | -nema | g. | hetero- | s. | pter- | h. | -sporo | t. | -oid | i. | homo- | u. | co- | j. | mega- | v. | -carp | k. | micro- | w. | pro- | l. | -phyll | x. | rhizo- | | | | |
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21.
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formed, molded
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22.
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a
partition
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23.
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leaf
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24.
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bearer
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25.
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fruit
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26.
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mouth
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27.
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plant
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28.
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like,
form
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