Exam 30: Overview of Green Plants

Advances in molecular systematics show that whisk ferns and horsetails are the closest living relatives of

The ________ plants include among others,the ferns,conifers,and the flowering plants,all of which contain nutrient-conducting systems.

Which of the following is not one of the whorls of a complete flower?

For which of the following organisms is the sporophyte stage the dominant stage in the life cycle?

Flowers do not contain a(n)

All of the following statements about seed plants are correct except

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -Seed-forming;motile sperm;palm-like plants.

Which of the following is not true about ferns?

In plants,the sporophyte generation produces _______ as a result of meiosis.

Fertilization in angiosperms leads to the formation of a diploid zygote and the typically triploid primary

Plants,and their predecessors,green algae,do not share the property of

Which one of the following floral structures is not part of a carpel?

The object called a ______ contains the embryo and food supply in heterosporous plants.

Gymnosperms and angiosperms differ in whether their ______ are completely enclosed by sporophytic tissue or not,at the time of pollination.

Which one of the following structures in the moss life cycle is not haploid?

Carbohydrates are transported away from the green parts of the plant by the cells of

Plants have a ______ life cycle in which the haploid and diploid stages are multicellular.

In all seed plants,male and female ___________ develop within the parent sporophyte and are completely dependent on it for nutrition and water.

All of the following statements about ferns are correct except

Which one of the following choices states a major difference between the life cycle of an angiosperm and a gymnosperm such as pine?