Exam 9: Diversity of Plant Life

Retention of the developing embryo in the sporophyte is one of the major features of all ______.

Which of the following is a desert shrub that produces alkaloids used in the treatment of asthma and hay fever?

Guam disease has been attributed to the toxins found in:

Which of the following plants has xylem and phloem?

Which of the following is not an embryophyte?

Plants growing on other larger plants are called

The oldest living trees are the _______ pines.

_______ are gymnosperms which resemble palms and are found in tropical and subtropical areas.

Flowering plants belong to the division:

What do ferns and mosses have that conifers like pines lack?

Plants evolved from freshwater

Another name for the fern gametophyte is the _______.

The fossil record indicates that ____ were dominant features of the landscape during the Mesozoic Era.

The prokaryotes are classified in the domain(s)

The silica impregnated in the walls of club mosses gave rise to the name scouring rushes.

A plant in its life cycle has the following structures: microsporangia and megasporangia,pollen cones,archegonia,and seeds.This plant is a

In mosses,the ______ depends on the ______ for nutrition and support whereas in pine and ferns,it's the other way around.

The starch of cycads,prior to processing,is toxic.

Land plants first evolved _______million years ago.

Which of the following is a true statement about Wollemi pine?