Ch 31, 29, 30, 35 Review Questions

Ch 35

Plant Form

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the stems of vascular plants?

Primary growth occurs only at the shoot apical meristem

Ch 31

Fungi

Which of the following gymnosperms possesses a form of vascular tissue that is similar to that found in the angiosperms?

Gnetophytes

Palisade and spongy parenchyma are typically found in the mesophyll of

eudicots

A fungal cell that contains two genetically identical nuclei is described as

homokaryotic

The lack of seeds is a characteristic of all

lycophytes.

Root hairs form in the zone of

maturation.

In a pine tree, the microspores and megaspores are produced by the process of what?

meiotic cell division

An example of a drupe is a

plum

The rapid growth seen in fungi is largely due to which characteristic of unicellular and hyphal structures?

A high surface-area-to-volume ratio

Which of the following plant structures is NOT matched to its correct function? Stomata-allow gas transfer, Tracheids-allow the movement of water and minerals, Cuticle-prevents desiccation

All of the choices are matched correctly.

Which of the following statements about the pterophytes is accurate?

All pterophytes have a dominant sporophyte generation.

Which of the following potentially represents the oldest known living species of angiosperm?

Amborella

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the bryophytes?

Archegonium and antheridium represent haploid structures that produce reproductive cells.

Which of the following genera most likely directly gave rise to the land plants? Volvox, Chlamydomonas, Ulva, Chara

Chara

Which of the following plant cell type is mismatched to its function?

Collenchyma-performs photosynthesis

If two genetically different, haploid (n) hyphae underwent plasmogamy, what would be the genetic makeup of a resulting mycelium?

Heterokaryotic

Which of the following terms is NOT associated with a male part of a plant?

Megaspore

Which statement about meristem cells is incorrect?

Meristem cells have secondary cell walls for protection.

Which cells lack living protoplasts at maturity?

Sclerenchyma

Ch 30

Seed Plants

Ch 29

Seedless Plants

Which of the following adaptations allows plants to pause their life cycle until environmental conditions are optimal?

Seeds

Fungal cell walls and some bacterial cell walls have which of the following in common?

The presence of N-acetylglucosamine

Which of the following would NOT be found in a bryophyte? Mycorrhizal associations, Rhizoids, Tracheid cells, Photosynthetic gametophytes

Tracheid cells

Which of the following fungal groups is not monophyletic? Zygomycota, Basidiomycota, Glomeromycota, Ascomycota

Zygomycota

The function of guard cells is to

allow carbon dioxide uptake.

A life cycle that alternates between a multicellular haploid generation and a multicellular diploid generation is seen in and _________________.

blastoclads; plants

In the context of fungal reproduction, what is the genetic makeup of a dikaryon?

n + n

Roots differ from stems because roots lack

nodes

The pericarp is the...

ovary wall

Unlike eudicot stems, monocot stems lack

pith

In vascular plants, one difference between root and shoot systems is that

root systems undergo secondary growth, but do not form bark.

The integuments of an ovule will develop into the

seed coat

The food-conducting cells in an oak tree are called

sieve-tube members.

Evolutionary innovations that increase desiccation tolerance include...

waxy cuticles