Exam 28: The Life of a Flowering Plant

Which of the following best characterizes the monocots?

As a beaver chews from the outside to the inside of a tree,in what order does it encounter plant tissues?

The diploid number for the tomato,a eudicot,is 24.One of its pollen grains has ________ chromosomes,and the nutritive tissue of the seed has ________ chromosomes.

In which structure do pollen grains develop?

Examine the figure below.Secondary growth involves cell division in the ________.

Which of the following are the most abundant cell type found in most plants?

What typically has to happen before a fruit develops? I)flowering II)pollination III)double fertilization

The formation of a zygote and a cell with a triploid nucleus is unique to flowering plants.What is this process called?

Which of the following is a function of parenchyma cells? I)food storage II)photosynthesis III)divide and develop to become other types of cells

Which of the following is the major component of most plant cell walls?

Unlike angiosperms,gymnosperms like pines have single instead of double fertilization,but otherwise have an identical life cycle.What structure should have the greatest difference between angiosperms and gymnosperms?

A plant's diploid form is called the ________; the haploid form is called the ________.

Beavers dams are sturdy,because the part of a tree that provides structural support when the tree is alive lends its strength to the dam,even after the tree is dead.What part of a tree provides this structural support?

The ________ is the selective barrier of a root that determines which substances pass between the cortex and vascular tissue.

In a sporophyte of an angiosperm,growth occurs at ________ via ________.

Which of the following plant types complete their life cycle in 2 years?

Which of the following constitute the shoot system of a plant? I)leaves II)stems III)roots

Which of the following are the tiny projections found on roots that increase the surface area?

The arrows in the figure below illustrate ________.

A tree grows wider each year because of ________. I)apical meristem II)vascular cambium III)cork cambium