Question 1

Which of the following structures in the life cycle of a plant are diploid?

Accepted Answer

A)   spores
B)   gametophytes
C)   gametes
D)   sporophytes
E)   all of these are diploid D

Question 2

The mutualist relationship between certain fungi and the roots of most plants is called

Accepted Answer

A)   mycelium.
B)   mycorrhiza.
C)   mycotoxic.
D)   lichens.
E)   hyphae. B

Question 3

What holds a moss plant in place in the soil?

Accepted Answer

A)   holdfasts
B)   rhizoids
C)   roots
D)   rhizomes
E)   the soil itself B

Question 4

In which of the following ways do cycads and ginkgos differ from conifers?

Accepted Answer

A)   cycads and ginkgos have flagellated sperm; conifers do not have flagellated sperm
B)   conifers have microspores and megaspores; cycads and ginkgos have only one type of spore
C)   cycads and ginkgos form fruits; conifers do not
D)   conifers form seeds on the surface of the ovules; cycads and ginkgos form seeds in enclosed structures
E)   conifer form seeds from female gametophytes; cycads and ginkgos form seeds from male gametophytes

Question 5

Four of the five answers listed below possess vascular tissue.Select the EXCEPTION.

Accepted Answer

A)   grasses
B)   mosses
C)   conifers
D)   ferns
E)   ginkgos

Question 6

Which plant is consumed by more people worldwide than any other plant?

Accepted Answer

A)   wheat
B)   corn
C)   rice
D)   potatoes
E)   legumes

Question 7

Match the following letters with the number with which they best correspond.
 a.angiosperms
b.conifers
c.club mosses
d.bryophytes
e.ferns
f.gymnosperms
g.ginkgos
h.horsetails
-gametophyte is the dominant part of their life cycle

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Which of the following plants are widely planted in cities because of their resistance to air pollution?

Accepted Answer

A)   lycopods
B)   ginkgos
C)   cycads
D)   conifers
E)   grasses

Question 9

Gametophytes are

Accepted Answer

A)   haploid plants that produce spores.
B)   diploid plants that produce spores.
C)   haploid plants that produce gametes.
D)   diploid plants that produce gametes.
E)   diploid or haploid plants that produce gametes.

Question 10

Match the organism with its life cycle characteristic.
a.conifer
b.horsetail
c.liverwort
d.orchid
e.truffle
f.all of these except truffles
g.all of these except truffles and mosses
h.all of these
-produces seeds but no endosperm

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Which of the following is NOT true about peat bogs?

Accepted Answer

A)   they are found throughout the world at high latitudes
B)   they are harvested and used in planting mixtures
C)   they are harvested and used as fuels
D)   they are anaerobic
E)   they are highly alkaline

Question 12

Fungi

Accepted Answer

A)   are producers.
B)   usually have life cycles in which the diploid phase dominates.
C)   include Focus and liverworts.
D)   are typically marine forms.
E)   are generally saprobes.

Question 13

What is the current situation regarding the wheat stem rust fungus?

Accepted Answer

A)   it has been eradicated
B)   it has wiped out most of the wheat around the world
C)   resistant wheat strains have made the fungus mostly ineffectual
D)   a new strain of wheat stem rust has emerged that is infecting resistant varieties of wheat
E)   it is only a problem in the United States

Question 14

What is the chromosome number of endosperm?

Accepted Answer

A)   haploid
B)   diploid
C)   triploid
D)   quatraploid
E)   it depends on which plant it is in

Question 15

Match the following letters with the number with which they best correspond.
 a.angiosperms
b.conifers
c.club mosses
d.bryophytes
e.ferns
f.gymnosperms
g.ginkgos
h.horsetails
-general group of plants that form their seeds on the surface of ovules

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Which of the following are seed plants?

Accepted Answer

A)   cycads
B)   ginkgoes
C)   conifers
D)   angiosperms
E)   all of these

Question 17

In what way or ways does or do seedless vascular plants differ from seed plants?

Accepted Answer

A)   seedless vascular plants do not have a sporophyte stage; seed plants do
B)   the sporophyte of the seed plants gives rise to gametes; the sporophyte of seedless vascular plants gives rise to spores
C)   the gametophyte of the seedless vascular plants is free-living; the gametophyte of seed plants is not
D)   the sporophyte of seedless vascular plants is haploid; the sporophyte of the seed plants is diploid
E)   the gametophyte of the seed plants form spores; the gametophyte of the seedless vascular plants form gametes

Question 18

Seedless vascular plants most likely evolved directly from

Accepted Answer

A)   bryophytes.
B)   angiosperms.
C)   ferns.
D)   gymnosperms.
E)   green algae.

Question 19

Of the following,how does the life cycle of a club fungus differ from the life cycle of a flowering plant?

Accepted Answer

A)   in the club fungus life cycle, there are no gametes
B)   in the club fungus life cycle, there is no haploid stage
C)   in the club fungus life cycle, there is no diploid stage
D)   in the club fungus life cycle, there are no zygotes
E)   none of these is a difference between the life cycle of a club fungus and a flowering plant

Question 20

The nuclear condition (ploidy)that club fungi spend most of their lives in is

Accepted Answer

A)   diploid.
B)   haploid.
C)   dikaryotic.
D)   mycokaryotic.
E)   triploid.

Exam 14: Plants and Fungi