Exam 18: Protista, Plantae, and Fungi

What capability did the development of a vascular system provide?

Long known for its bitter taste,low concentrations of caffeine in the nectar of some plants appears to act as a mild stimulant to the insects that consume the nectar and improves the probability of ________ for those plants that produce it.

Mature pteridophytes can be transplanted to many different habitats,but natural reproduction in this group is limited to moist environments such as forests because these organisms

Protists are considered to represent an artificial kingdom rather than an evolutionary lineage because

The hyphal mass,or body,of a fungus is constructed from interwoven filaments called mycelia.

Many biologists have suggested revising the kingdom Protista.The primary problem with the Protista,as shown in the following figure,is that

Protists may superficially resemble organisms in the other kingdoms;one exception is the kingdom ________,whose members do not resemble protists in any meaningful way.

The kingdom Plantae consists of four major groups;among the first to colonize the land are believed to be the ________.

Fungi contribute to several important ecosystem processes;among the most important is ________ organic matter.

In addition to a process similar to binary fission in prokaryotes (as seen in Amoeba)and fragmentation (as seen in large multicellular algae),some eukaryotes can also reproduce asexually by

Phytophthora ramorum,the fungus causing sudden oak death,has been spread to uninfected forests on the boots of hikers;what reproductive method is most likely responsible?

An important adaptation for terrestrial life that helps keep terrestrial plants from desiccating when exposed to sun and wind is a waxy covering known as the ________

Although costly to produce,the large number of fruit-producing species attests to the success of fruit production as an evolutionary adaptation;in what way is fruit production helpful?

Which resource is properly matched with its source?

The flower is the basic reproductive structure of a plant;thus,all plants produce flowers.

One of the fundamental differences between phytoplankton and zooplankton is that zooplankton are ________.

What best explains the differences in shoot weight shown in the following graph?

Life on Earth began in the water;the first organisms believed to colonize the land were

During a red tide

In nature,fungi function primarily as ________,getting their nutrition from dead and dying organisms.