Question 1

Land plants most likely evolved from which of the following organisms?

Accepted Answer

A)  brown algae 
B)  red algae 
C)  green algae 
D)  bryophytes 
E)  seedless vascular plants

Question 2

Which of these organisms,sometimes called living fossils,is represented by only one species?

Accepted Answer

A)  horsetails 
B)  club mosses 
C)  liverworts 
D)  ginkgos 
E)  cycads

Question 3

The domination of the flowering plants over the past 100 million years appear to be their coevolution with

Accepted Answer

A)  dinosaurs. 
B)  gymnosperms. 
C)  insects. 
D)  mammals. 
E)  humans.

Question 4

Microspores mature into

Accepted Answer

A)  ovules. 
B)  seeds. 
C)  pollen grains. 
D)  megaspores. 
E)  pollen sacs.

Question 5

All fungi are

Accepted Answer

A)  unicellular. 
B)  multi-cellular. 
C)  autotrophic. 
D)  heterotrophic. 
E)  photosynthetic.

Question 6

Mushrooms are most analogous to the ___ of a flowering plant.

Accepted Answer

A)  leaves 
B)  flowers 
C)  fruits 
D)  roots 
E)  stems

Question 7

Which of the following lists is the correct proposed sequence in the evolution of plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  angiosperms >>> bryophytes >>> seedless vascular plants >>> gymnosperms 
B)  bryophytes >>> seedless vascular plants >>> gymnosperms >>> angiosperms 
C)  gymnosperms >>> angiosperms >>> bryophytes >>> seedless vascular plants 
D)  seedless vascular plants >>> gymnosperms >>> bryophytes >>> angiosperms 
E)  gymnosperms >>> bryophytes >>> angiosperms >>> seedless vascular plants

Question 8

What type of fungus is the wheat stem rust fungus?

Accepted Answer

A)  parasite 
B)  mycorrhizal 
C)  decomposer 
D)  human pathogen 
E)  photosynthetic

Question 9

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
-gametophyte is the dominant part of its life cycle

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match the organism with its life cycle...

Question 10

The fungi with the ability to break down lignin are the ___ fungi.

Accepted Answer

A)  club 
B)  zygote 
C)  sac 
D)  club and sac 
E)  club and zygote

Question 11

What is different about ferns compared to seed producing plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  they have a gametophyte stage 
B)  they produce spores 
C)  the zygote develops into a sporophyte 
D)  the roots form from an underground stem 
E)  more than one of these is different about ferns

Question 12

From which of the following fungi was LSD first isolated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Saccharomyces 
B)  Aspergillus 
C)  Ergot 
D)  Morel 
E)  Cephalosporium

Question 13

Which of the following is a difference between ferns and seed producing vascular plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  ferns release their spores; vascular plants do not 
B)  vascular plants have xylem; ferns do not 
C)  vascular plants have phloem; ferns do not 
D)  vascular plants produce embryos; ferns do not 
E)  vascular plants have roots; ferns do not

Question 14

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
-equisetum; homosporous; rhizomes present; aerial stems joined

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match the following letters with the number...

Question 15

Which of the following characteristics is common to bryophytes and to seedless vascular plants?

Accepted Answer

A)  xylem conduction cells 
B)  sporophyte predominant 
C)  gametophyte predominant 
D)  water required for fertilization 
E)  true roots

Question 16

When the haploid hyphae of two club fungi of opposite mating type fuse,what is the nuclear condition (known as ploidy)?

Accepted Answer

A)  1n 
B)  2n 
C)  3n 
D)  n+n 
E)  2n+n

Question 17

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 that produces seeds with endosperm food reserve

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match the following letters with the number...

Question 18

The seed plants became dominant in the late ___ when the climate became ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cambrian---wetter 
B)  Carboniferous---drier 
C)  Carboniferous--wetter 
D)  Cretaceous---drier 
E)  Cretaceous---wetter

Question 19

Which of the following flowering plant structures is most like the dikaryotic hyphae of a fungus?

Accepted Answer

A)  the central cell of a female gametophyte 
B)  the immature male gametophyte 
C)  the egg cell of an ovule 
D)  the endosperm of a seed 
E)  none of these flowering plant structures are like the dikaryotic hyphae of a fungus

Question 20

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bryophytes have a short-lived sporophyte phase. 
B)  Bryophytes lack true leaves and stems but possess true roots. 
C)  Zygotes of bryophytes are released into the environment after their formation. 
D)  Bryophytes do not reproduce asexually. 
E)  Bryophytes produce male and female gametophytes that are identical in appearance.

Exam 14: Plants and Fungi