Question 1

Mosses are dependent on water for reproduction because

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A)  sperm are passively transported to eggs by water. 
B)  gametogenesis occurs only when the plants are moist. 
C)  eggs and sperm are released into water and then unite. 
D)  sperm must swim through water to reach and fertilize eggs. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  sperm are passively transported to eggs by water. 
B)  gametogenesis occurs only when the plants are moist. 
C)  eggs and sperm are released into water and then unite. 
D)  sperm must swim through water to reach and fertilize eggs. 
E)  None of the above

Question 2

You are walking along a roadside and find a plant with the following characteristics: a very thin, waxy cuticle, stomata, simple leaves in whorls around a central stem, independent sporophytes and gametophytes, and sporangia in strobili. This plant is most likely a member of which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bryophyta 
B)  Monilophyta 
C)  Anthocerophyta 
D)  Lycopodiophyta 
E)  Cycadophyta 
A)  Bryophyta 
B)  Monilophyta 
C)  Anthocerophyta 
D)  Lycopodiophyta 
E)  Cycadophyta

Question 3

There are approximately _______ living species of horsetails.

Accepted Answer

A)  9,000 
B)  15,000 
C)  100 
D)  1,200 
E)  15 
A)  9,000 
B)  15,000 
C)  100 
D)  1,200 
E)  15

Question 4

The vascular system can be said to have been launched by a single evolutionary event. Sometime during the Paleozoic era (before 440 Mya), the sporophyte generation of a now long-extinct land plant produced a new cell type, the _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The vascular system can be said to...

Question 5

Which of the following plants is a non-seed vascular plant?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hornwort 
B)  Moss 
C)  Dogwood tree 
D)  Ginkgo tree 
E)  Fern 
A)  Hornwort 
B)  Moss 
C)  Dogwood tree 
D)  Ginkgo tree 
E)  Fern

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions :
Refer to the diagram below.  
-Are the spores in the diagram haploid or diploid?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Use the following to answer questions :
Refer...

Question 7

Which statement is not evidence for the origin of land plants from the green algae?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some green algae have multicellular sporophytes and multicellular gametophytes. 
B)  Both plants and green algae have cellulose in their cell walls. 
C)  The two groups have the same photosynthetic pigments. 
D)  Both plants and green algae produce starch as their principal storage carbohydrate. 
E)  All green algae produce large, stationary eggs. 
A)  Some green algae have multicellular sporophytes and multicellular gametophytes. 
B)  Both plants and green algae have cellulose in their cell walls. 
C)  The two groups have the same photosynthetic pigments. 
D)  Both plants and green algae produce starch as their principal storage carbohydrate. 
E)  All green algae produce large, stationary eggs.

Question 8

A property shared by the sporophyte of mosses and seed plants is

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A)  a well developed vascular system. 
B)  flowers. 
C)  a dominant gametophyte generation. 
D)  apical cell division. 
E)  true leaves. 
A)  a well developed vascular system. 
B)  flowers. 
C)  a dominant gametophyte generation. 
D)  apical cell division. 
E)  true leaves.

Question 9

The nonvascular plants are considered to be

Accepted Answer

A)  a monophyletic group. 
B)  a polyphyletic group. 
C)  a paraphyletic group. 
D)  the most highly derived (evolved) of the plants. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  a monophyletic group. 
B)  a polyphyletic group. 
C)  a paraphyletic group. 
D)  the most highly derived (evolved) of the plants. 
E)  None of the above

Question 10

Diagram the evolutionary relationships among the nonvascular plants and nonseed vascular plants. Label the major differentiating characteristics at each branch of your tree.

Accepted Answer

To diagram the evolutionary relationship

Question 11

In which of the following groups are sporangia arranged in strobili?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horsetails 
B)  Whisk ferns 
C)  Hornworts 
D)  Club mosses 
E)  Ferns 
A)  Horsetails 
B)  Whisk ferns 
C)  Hornworts 
D)  Club mosses 
E)  Ferns

Question 12

An abundant type of coal, called cannel coal, is formed almost entirely from the fossilized spores of a species of

Accepted Answer

A)  club mosses. 
B)  mosses. 
C)  horsetails. 
D)  flowering plants. 
E)  hornworts. 
A)  club mosses. 
B)  mosses. 
C)  horsetails. 
D)  flowering plants. 
E)  hornworts.

Question 13

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the correct group from the list below with the descriptions that follow.

-Gametophytes are green, leaflike layers that lie flat on the ground.

Accepted Answer

A)  Liverworts 
B)  Hornworts 
C)  Mosses 
A)  Liverworts 
B)  Hornworts 
C)  Mosses

Question 14

Land plants differ from photosynthetic protists in that only the plants

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A)  are photosynthetic. 
B)  are multicellular. 
C)  possess chloroplasts. 
D)  have multicellular embryos protected by the parent. 
E)  are eukaryotic. 
A)  are photosynthetic. 
B)  are multicellular. 
C)  possess chloroplasts. 
D)  have multicellular embryos protected by the parent. 
E)  are eukaryotic.

Question 15

The first vascular plants were probably

Accepted Answer

A)  rhyniophytes. 
B)  lycophytes. 
C)  mosses. 
D)  monilophytes. 
E)  liverworts. 
A)  rhyniophytes. 
B)  lycophytes. 
C)  mosses. 
D)  monilophytes. 
E)  liverworts.

Question 16

Although Earth is estimated to be 5 billion years old, and although life first appeared about 4 billion years ago, land plants did not appear until about _______ years ago.

Accepted Answer

A)  3-4 billion 
B)  400-500 million 
C)  40-50 million 
D)  3-4 million 
E)  400,000-500,000 
A)  3-4 billion 
B)  400-500 million 
C)  40-50 million 
D)  3-4 million 
E)  400,000-500,000

Question 17

Several important adaptations evolved in the common ancestor of land plants to allow the successful colonization of land. Which of the following is not one of those changes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Evolution of a water-impermeable cuticle 
B)  Evolution of a carbohydrate energy-storage molecule 
C)  Evolution of gametangia 
D)  Evolution of a mechanism for structural support 
E)  A mutualistic association with a fungus that promotes nutrient uptake 
A)  Evolution of a water-impermeable cuticle 
B)  Evolution of a carbohydrate energy-storage molecule 
C)  Evolution of gametangia 
D)  Evolution of a mechanism for structural support 
E)  A mutualistic association with a fungus that promotes nutrient uptake

Question 18

An important synapomorphy of the euphyllophytes is overtopping, a growth pattern in which one branch differentiates from and grows beyond the others. Overtopping growth allowed for

Accepted Answer

A)  more access to sunlight for photosynthesis. 
B)  evolution of a new leaf type. 
C)  development of a new species. 
D)  Both a and b 
E)  All of the above 
A)  more access to sunlight for photosynthesis. 
B)  evolution of a new leaf type. 
C)  development of a new species. 
D)  Both a and b 
E)  All of the above

Question 19

Which of the following is a synapomorphy for the plant clade that includes charophytes and glaucophytes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chloroplasts 
B)  Chlorophyll b 
C)  Multicellular sporophyte 
D)  Retention of the egg in the parental organism 
E)  Branched apical growth 
A)  Chloroplasts 
B)  Chlorophyll b 
C)  Multicellular sporophyte 
D)  Retention of the egg in the parental organism 
E)  Branched apical growth

Question 20

The waxy coating on leaves that reduces evaporation of water from the plant body is called the _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The waxy coating on leaves that reduces...

Exam 28: Plants Without Seeds: From Water to Land

Mosses are dependent on water for reproduction because

There are approximately _______ living species of horsetails.

The vascular system can be said to have been launched by a single evolutionary event. Sometime during the Paleozoic era (before 440 Mya), the sporophyte generation of a now long-extinct land plant produced a new cell type, the _______.

Which of the following plants is a non-seed vascular plant?

Use the following to answer questions : Refer to the diagram below. -Are the spores in the diagram haploid or diploid?

Which statement is not evidence for the origin of land plants from the green algae?

A property shared by the sporophyte of mosses and seed plants is

The nonvascular plants are considered to be

Diagram the evolutionary relationships among the nonvascular plants and nonseed vascular plants. Label the major differentiating characteristics at each branch of your tree.

In which of the following groups are sporangia arranged in strobili?

An abundant type of coal, called cannel coal, is formed almost entirely from the fossilized spores of a species of

Use the following to answer questions: Match the correct group from the list below with the descriptions that follow. -Gametophytes are green, leaflike layers that lie flat on the ground.

Land plants differ from photosynthetic protists in that only the plants

The first vascular plants were probably

Although Earth is estimated to be 5 billion years old, and although life first appeared about 4 billion years ago, land plants did not appear until about _______ years ago.

Several important adaptations evolved in the common ancestor of land plants to allow the successful colonization of land. Which of the following is not one of those changes?

An important synapomorphy of the euphyllophytes is overtopping, a growth pattern in which one branch differentiates from and grows beyond the others. Overtopping growth allowed for

Which of the following is a synapomorphy for the plant clade that includes charophytes and glaucophytes?

The waxy coating on leaves that reduces evaporation of water from the plant body is called the _______.

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