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Advanced Biology - Plant Biodiversity Quiz - Ch. 29 & 30 - 60 points



Multiple Choice - Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.  2 points each
 

 1. 

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all plants?
a.
are eukaryotic
c.
produce seeds
b.
have cell walls
d.
are multicellular
 

 2. 

Without gas exchange, a plant would be unable to
a.
make food.
c.
make minerals.
b.
absorb sunlight.
d.
absorb water from the soil.
 

 3. 

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
 

 4. 

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
 

 5. 

A plant is a(an)
a.
unicellular prokaryote.
c.
unicellular eukaryote.
b.
multicellular prokaryote.
d.
multicellular eukaryote.
 

 6. 

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.
 

 7. 

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)
 

 8. 

Living on land required that plants
a.
evolve photosynthetic pigments.
c.
exchange gases.
b.
conserve water.
d.
have cell walls.
 

 9. 

Bryophytes need standing water to
a.
reproduce.
c.
undergo photosynthesis.
b.
draw up water by osmosis.
d.
grow tall.
 

 10. 

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.
 

 11. 

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.
 

 12. 

Which one of the following structures has functions similar to that of roots?
a.
gemma
c.
capsule
b.
rhizoid
d.
stalk
 

 13. 

Which of the following includes all the others?
a.
xylem
c.
phloem
b.
vascular tissue
d.
tracheids
 

 14. 

Flowering plants that complete a life cycle within a single growing season are called
a.
annuals.
c.
perennials.
b.
dicots.
d.
monocots.
 

 15. 

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
 

 16. 

Land plants are not
a.
multicellular
d.
heterotrophs
b.
eukaryotic
e.
none of the above
c.
photosynthetic
 

 17. 

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 plants
 

Short Answer
 

 18. 

Compare and contrast at least four characteristics of monocots and dicots including the arrangement of vascular bundles in each. 4 points
 

 19. 

Compare and contrast angiosperms and gymnosperms.  Describe at least three differences and three similarities.  4 points
 

 20. 

Compare and contrast Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.  6 points
 

Matching - 2 points each
 
 
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-
 

 21. 

formed, molded
 

 22. 

a partition
 

 23. 

leaf
 

 24. 

bearer
 

 25. 

fruit
 

 26. 

mouth
 

 27. 

plant
 

 28. 

like, form
 



 
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