Exam 16: The Evolution of Plants and Fungi

Like plants,fungi have ________; however,in plants they are composed of ________,whereas in fungi they are composed of ________.

In angiosperms,the ________ is a nutrient-storing tissue that nourishes a developing embryo.

The ________ help(s)plants retain water.

What global climatic change gave gymnosperms an advantage over ferns?

Which of the following is a component of the female structure of a flowering plant?

Scenario Questions Read the following scenario to answer the following questions. People utilize plants to meet many everyday needs, including food, fiber, and building materials. However, not many of the over 300,000 known species of plants are used by people. One species with a lot of future promise is the jatropha tree. This species is native to Central America and is now found throughout the tropics. Many people believe the jatropha could help alleviate poverty in many areas of the world, as the seeds produce an oil that can be used for cooking, lighting, or generating electricity. This oil can also be mixed with diesel fuel or petrol to produce a biofuel. Mature trees produce between 5 and 15 kg of seeds per year and can live more than 30 years. However, critics argue that planting the jatropha tree will take land needed for food production, which will in turn harm the poor. -Which of the following statements concerning the jatropha tree is TRUE?

Why is the symbiotic relationship of truffle mushrooms and tree roots considered to be crucial to the colonization of land?

Suppose that,while on a forest hike,you notice a blue fungus and a pink plant growing along the hiking trail.As you continue walking,you observe that if a blue fungus and a pink plant are growing side by side,they are both much larger than if the fungus and the plant are farther apart.What can you hypothesize about the relationship between the fungus and the plant?

Which of these adaptations to a terrestrial existence evolved most recently?

Corn smut is a fungus that grows in the ears of corn and changes corn kernels into black,powdery balls of fungus tissue.What would you hypothesize is the significance of the relationship between corn smut and corn?

Gametophytes are ________; sporophytes are ________.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Biocontrol,short for biological control,is a means to control pest populations (e.g.,insects,plants)by intentionally introducing natural enemies of those pests.Biocontrol methods have benefits of typically being less expensive and less environmentally damaging than chemical pesticides.Which of the following should NOT be considered an example of biocontrol?

The edible portion of a(n)________ is a ripened ovary.

Much of the coal we use today came from ________ that lived during the Carboniferous.

If seed production had never evolved,which organisms would be missing in today's landscape?

________ were the first plants that did not require water for transferring sperm to eggs.

Scenario Questions Read the following scenario to answer the following questions. People utilize plants to meet many everyday needs, including food, fiber, and building materials. However, not many of the over 300,000 known species of plants are used by people. One species with a lot of future promise is the jatropha tree. This species is native to Central America and is now found throughout the tropics. Many people believe the jatropha could help alleviate poverty in many areas of the world, as the seeds produce an oil that can be used for cooking, lighting, or generating electricity. This oil can also be mixed with diesel fuel or petrol to produce a biofuel. Mature trees produce between 5 and 15 kg of seeds per year and can live more than 30 years. However, critics argue that planting the jatropha tree will take land needed for food production, which will in turn harm the poor. -What would NOT be an advantage of using oil from jatropha seeds?

What are hyphae?

Gametophytes reproduce ________.