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