Chapter 14

Which of the following statements is not correct? a. Gymnosperms are the simplest vascular plants. b. Bryophytes are nonvascular plants. c. Ferns and angiosperms are vascular plants. d. Only angiosperms produce flowers.

Bryophytes have independent _________ and attached, dependent _________. a. sporophytes; gametophytes b. gametophytes; sporophytes

Ferns are classified as _________ plants. a. multicelled aquatic b. nonvascular seed c. seedless vascular d. seed-bearing vascular

The _________ produce flagellated sperm. a. ferns b. conifers c. monocots d. a and \(c\)

The _______ produced in the male cones of a conifer develop into pollen grains. a. ovules c. megaspores b. ovaries d. microspores

A seed is ________. a. a female gametophyte b. a mature ovule c. a mature pollen tube d. an immature spore

Match the terms appropriately. __________gymnosperm __________sporophyte __________horsetail __________bryophyte __________gametophyte __________stomata __________angiosperm a. gamete-producing body b. help control water loss c. "naked" seeds d. spore-producing body e. nonvascular land plant f. seedless vascular plant g. flowering plant

All fungi _______. a. are multicelled b. form flagellated spores c. are heterotrophs d. all of the above

Saprobic fungi derive nutrients from ________. a. nonliving organic matter b. living plants c. living animals d. photosynthesis

A mushroom is _________. a. the food-absorbing part of a fungus b. the only part of the fungal body not made of hyphae c. a reproductive structure that releases sexual spores d. the longest-lived part of the fungal life cycle

A ________is a fungus-plant root partnership.

True or false? Fungal skin infections are often fatal.