Exam 27: Seedless Plants

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MATCHING Match the plant phylum with the appropriate word or phrase. a.Anthocerophyta d.Lycopodiophyta b.Bryophyta e.Pteridophyta c.Hepaticophyta -Discuss adaptations for terrestrial life seen in land plants.

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Concepts to Consider: Stomata to allow carbon dioxide to enter the leaf; a waxy cuticle to reduce water loss; gametangia with sterile cells to protect the reproductive cells; lessened reliance on water for reproduction.

Which of the following statements about whisk ferns is FALSE?

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An important difference between plants and algae is that a __________ covers the aerial portion of a plant.

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What am I? I have a jointed hollow stem with reduced megaphylls.

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The __________ generation is dominant in mosses, as it can live independently.

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Horsetails belong to the phylum Pteridophyta. ____________________

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The oldest known fossils suggest that the __________ may have been the first plants to inhabit land.

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A key step in the evolution of vascular plants was the ability to produce __________, a strengthening polymer in the walls of cells that function in support and conduction.

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Terrestrial plants obtain carbon dioxide, required for photosynthesis, from the:

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MATCHING Match the plant phylum with the appropriate word or phrase. a.Anthocerophyta d.Lycopodiophyta b.Bryophyta e.Pteridophyta c.Hepaticophyta -Psilotum

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The most economically important bryophyte is:

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A sorus is a cluster of sporangia. ____________________

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Microphylls are found only in __________.

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Mosses have stems, roots, and leaves. ____________________

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MATCHING Match the plant phylum with the appropriate word or phrase. a.Anthocerophyta d.Lycopodiophyta b.Bryophyta e.Pteridophyta c.Hepaticophyta -whisk ferns

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Coal deposits formed when forested areas were inundated with water and the __________ conditions that resulted promoted incomplete decomposition of the vegetation into coal.

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__________ are small leaves with a single vascular strand.

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The oldest megafossils of vascular plants belong to the phylum Rhyniophyta. ____________________

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Microphylls evolved from stem branches. ____________________

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The sori of most ferns are found on the:

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Exam 27: Seedless Plants

MATCHING Match the plant phylum with the appropriate word or phrase. a.Anthocerophyta d.Lycopodiophyta b.Bryophyta e.Pteridophyta c.Hepaticophyta -Discuss adaptations for terrestrial life seen in land plants.

Which of the following statements about whisk ferns is FALSE?

An important difference between plants and algae is that a __________ covers the aerial portion of a plant.

What am I? I have a jointed hollow stem with reduced megaphylls.

The __________ generation is dominant in mosses, as it can live independently.

Horsetails belong to the phylum Pteridophyta. ____________________

The oldest known fossils suggest that the __________ may have been the first plants to inhabit land.

A key step in the evolution of vascular plants was the ability to produce __________, a strengthening polymer in the walls of cells that function in support and conduction.

Terrestrial plants obtain carbon dioxide, required for photosynthesis, from the:

MATCHING Match the plant phylum with the appropriate word or phrase. a.Anthocerophyta d.Lycopodiophyta b.Bryophyta e.Pteridophyta c.Hepaticophyta -Psilotum

The most economically important bryophyte is:

A sorus is a cluster of sporangia. ____________________

Microphylls are found only in __________.

Mosses have stems, roots, and leaves. ____________________

MATCHING Match the plant phylum with the appropriate word or phrase. a.Anthocerophyta d.Lycopodiophyta b.Bryophyta e.Pteridophyta c.Hepaticophyta -whisk ferns

Coal deposits formed when forested areas were inundated with water and the __________ conditions that resulted promoted incomplete decomposition of the vegetation into coal.

__________ are small leaves with a single vascular strand.

The oldest megafossils of vascular plants belong to the phylum Rhyniophyta. ____________________

Microphylls evolved from stem branches. ____________________

The sori of most ferns are found on the:

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