1. Which example below is not a clade of vascular plants?
lycophytes
pterophytes
seed plants
bryophytes
All of the above are clades of vascular plants.
2. During the Carboniferous period, the dominant plants were
giant lycophytes, horsetails, and ferns.
conifers.
angiosperms.
charophyceans.
early seed plants.
3. Which of the following is a land plant that produces flagellated sperm and has a sporophyte-dominant life cycle?
fern
moss
liverwort
charophycean
hornwort
4. Which of the following is not common to all phyla of vascular plants?
the development of seeds
alternation of generations
dominance of the diploid generation
xylem and phloem
the addition of lignin to cell walls
5. Where do fern antheridia develop?
on the underside of the gametophyte
on the tip of the gametophyte
on the tip of the sporophyte
on the tip of the haploid protonema
on the underside of the sporophyte
6. The conspicuous part of a fern plant is a _____.
haploid gametophyte
diploid gametophyte
diploid sorus
diploid sporophyte
haploid sporophyte
7. In the life cycle of a fern, the multicellular male gametangium (the sex organ that produces sperm cells) is called a(n) _____.
antheridium
archegonium
frond
sporangium
8. In the life cycle of ferns, the multicellular female gametangium (the sex organ that contains an egg) is a(n) _____.
antheridium
archegonium
frond
sporangium
9. The "dots" on the underside of a fern frond are spore cases; therefore, what is true of the plant to which the frond belongs?
It is a spore.
It is a gamete.
It is a sporophyte.
It is a gametophyte.
It is a spermatophyte.
10. Where would you find a fern gametophyte?
on the underside of the leaf (frond)
on moist soil
inside a dissected seed
11. Fern gametophytes are _____.
photosynthetic diploid organisms
produced from haploid gametes
part of the asexual life cycle
free-living, multicellular organisms
found on the underside of fern leaves (fronds)
12. To examine meiosis in ferns, you would study _____.
the antheridia
the archegonia
the sporangia
both the antheridia and the archegonia
both the archegonia and the sporangia
13. Vascular tissues of plants include _____.
xylem for conducting water and minerals, and phloem for conducting dissolved organic molecules
xylem for conducting organic molecules, and phloem for conducting water and minerals
lignin for conducting organic molecules, and phloem for conducting sugars
phloem for conducting water and minerals, and lignin for conducting organic molecules
cuticles for conducting water, and phloem for conducting organic molecules
Answers:
- c
- a
- a
- a
- a
- d
- a
- b
- c
- b
- d
- c
- a