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

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Problem 2

Lignin is not found in stems of ____________. a. mosses b. ferns c. monocots d. a and b

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Problem 3

A waxy cuticle helps land plants _____________. a. conserve water c. reproduce b. take up carbon dioxide d. stand upright

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Problem 4

True or false? Ferns produce seeds inside sori

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Problem 5

______________ attach mosses to soil. a. Rhizoids c. Roots b. Rhizomes d. Strobili

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Problem 6

Bryophytes alone have a relatively large __________ and an attached, dependent _____________. a. sporophyte; gametophyte b. gametophyte; sporophyte

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Problem 7

Club mosses, horsetails, and ferns are _____________. a. multicelled aquatic c. seedless vascular b. nonvascular seed d. seed-bearing vascular

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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

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Problem 9

The sperm of ______________ swim to eggs. a. mosses c. conifers b. ferns d. a and b

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Problem 10

A seed is a(n) ______________. a. female gametophyte c. mature pollen tube b. mature ovule d. immature microspore

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Problem 11

True or false? Only seed plants produce pollen.

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Problem 12

Which angiosperm lineage includes the most species? a. magnoliids c. monocots b. eudicots d. water lilies

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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

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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

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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

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