Chapter 22
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life · 15 exercises
Problem 1
The first land plants were ___________. a. gnetophytes c. bryophytes b. gymnosperms d. lycophytes
5 step solution
Problem 2
Lignin is not found in stems of ____________. a. mosses b. ferns c. monocots d. a and b
4 step solution
Problem 3
A waxy cuticle helps land plants _____________. a. conserve water c. reproduce b. take up carbon dioxide d. stand upright
3 step solution
Problem 4
True or false? Ferns produce seeds inside sori
3 step solution
Problem 5
______________ attach mosses to soil. a. Rhizoids c. Roots b. Rhizomes d. Strobili
4 step solution
Problem 6
Bryophytes alone have a relatively large __________ and an attached, dependent _____________. a. sporophyte; gametophyte b. gametophyte; sporophyte
4 step solution
Problem 7
Club mosses, horsetails, and ferns are _____________. a. multicelled aquatic c. seedless vascular b. nonvascular seed d. seed-bearing vascular
4 step solution
Problem 8
Coal consists primarily of compressed remains of the ______________ that dominated Carboniferous swamp forests. a. seedless vascular plants c. flowering plants b. conifers d. hornworts
4 step solution
Problem 9
The sperm of ______________ swim to eggs. a. mosses c. conifers b. ferns d. a and b
3 step solution
Problem 10
A seed is a(n) ______________. a. female gametophyte c. mature pollen tube b. mature ovule d. immature microspore
6 step solution
Problem 11
True or false? Only seed plants produce pollen.
4 step solution
Problem 12
Which angiosperm lineage includes the most species? a. magnoliids c. monocots b. eudicots d. water lilies
4 step solution
Problem 13
Match the terms appropriately. ______bryophyte ______seedless vascular plant ______gymnosperm ______angiosperm a. has seeds, but no fruits b. has flowers and fruits c. has xylem and phloem, but no pollen d. no xylem or phloem
4 step solution
Problem 14
Match the terms appropriately. ______ovule ______cuticle ______gametophyte ______sporophyte ______fruit ______endosperm ______rhizome______sorus a. gamete-producing body b. spore-producing body c. where eggs form d. underground stem e. mature ovary f. nutritive tissue in seed g. where fern spores form h. waxy layer
9 step solution
Problem 15
Place these groups in order of their appearance with the oldest lineage first and the most recently evolved last. ____ 1 ____ 2 ____ 3 ____ 4 a. ferns b. cycads c. eudicots d. mosses
4 step solution