Chapter 21

The first plants were ________. a. ferns b. flowering plants c. bryophytes d. conifers

Which of the following statements is false? a. Ferns produce seeds inside sori. b. Conifers do not produce fruits. c. Both gymnosperms and angiosperms produce pollen. d. Only angiosperms produce flowers.

In bryophytes, eggs are fertilized in a chamber on the ________and a zygote develops into a________ . a. sporophyte; gametophyte b. gametophyte; sporophyte c. sorus; cone

Horsetails and ferns are ________ plants. a. multicelled aquatic b. nonvascular seed c. seedless vascular d. seed-bearing vascular

Coal consists primarily of compressed remains of the________ that dominated ancient swamp forests. a. bryophytes b. conifers c. flowering plants d. seedless vascular plants

The ________ produce flagellated sperm. a. mosses b. conifers c. monocots d. eudicots

A seed is a ________. a. female gametophyte b. mature ovule c. mature pollen grain d. modified microspore

Spores of a fern or horsetail are________. a. haploid b. diploid c. triploid

Only angiosperms produce ________. a. pollen b. seeds c. fruits d. all of the above

The________ do not have xylem or phloem. a. mosses b. ferns c. monocots d. conifers

A waxy cuticle helps land plants ________. a. conserve water b. take up oxygen c. reproduce d. stand upright

Pollinators aid many ________. a. conifers b. mosses c. angiosperms d. ferns

________produce seeds on woody cones. a. Cycads b. Conifers c. Ginkgos d. Hornworts

Match the terms appropriately. ________bryophyte ________seedless vascular plant ________gymnosperm ________angiosperm a. seeds, but no fruit b. flowers and fruits \(c\) no xylem or phloem d. xylem and phloem, but no ovule

Match the terms appropriately. ________anther ________monocot ________rhizoid ________sorus ________fruit ________endosperm ________rhizome a. a type of angiosperm b. horizontal stem c. where pollen forms d. attaches moss to soil e. mature ovary f. nutritive tissue in seed g. where fern spores form