Review Questions for Exam 2
Label the following figures
Name the phylum each one of these organisms belongs to:
Liverwort______
Horsetail______
Fern______
Selaginella ______
Ginkgo biloba______
Douglas Fir______
Lily______
Sago palm______
Whisk fern______
Moss______
Name the dominant generation (sporophyte or gametophyte) for each:
Liverwort______
Horsetail______
Fern______
Selaginella ______
Ginkgo biloba______
Douglas Fir______
Lily______
Sago palm______
Whisk fern______
Moss______
Describe each as homosporouos or heterosporous:
Liverwort______
Horsetail______
Fern______
Selaginella ______
Ginkgo biloba______
Douglas Fir______
Lily______
Sago palm______
Whisk fern______
Moss______
Describe each as vascular or non-vascular:
Liverwort______
Horsetail______
Fern______
Selaginella ______
Ginkgo biloba______
Douglas Fir______
Lily______
Sago palm______
Whisk fern______
Moss______
Describe a dispersal mechanisms seen in flowering plants:
Define meristem
The sporophyte generation of a plant is______(haploid, diploid or triploid).
Name the two types of gametangia:
Name the two types of gametes:
Name the structure which produces spores:
Name the process in the alternation of generation life cycle which produces spores (type of cell division)______.
Name the group which is thought to be the ancestors of terrestrial plants______
What is meant by the term “localized growth”?
Which plant phylum contains the greatest living biodiversity?
Which plant exhibits dichotomous branching and describe this feature.
Ovule ______; ovary ______; integument______
Microspore______; megaspore______
What are sporophylls?
Name two classes which belong to the phylum anthophyta :
Define pollination______
List two reasons why seeds are considered reproductively superior to spores :
What does the term coevolution mean?
List two alternative terms for microgametophyte______
List two alternative terms for megagametophyte______
What is the evolutionary significance of needles in conifers?
Define dioecious:
Define deciduous:
Define monoecious:
Define evergreen:
Define herbaceous:
Define woody:
List three benefits that flowering plants provide humans:
The location of the production of microspores in a flowering plant:______
The location of the ovules in a flowering plant______
What is scarification?______
Monocots / eudicotsRoot system type
Leaf vein pattern
Number of floral parts
Vascular tissue in the steele
Vascular bundles in stem
List two examples of root adaptations:
Roots hairs have vascular tissue. True or false
Herbaceous tissues are produced by ______growth; woody tissues are produced by _____growth. These woody tissues are the result of cell division by a(n)______meristem. As a woody plant grows the epidermis is replaced by the ______which is produced by the ______cambium.
Draw an arrow to the respective function and cell wall structure:
Parenchymaflexible supportvery thin
Collenchymastoragesecondary cell wall present
Sclerenchymarigid supportirregular thickness
Name the types of different cells found in xylem tissue:
Name the types of different cells found in phloem tissue:
Name the structures which cover or protect the following:
Flower while developing______
Root apical meristem______
Terminal bud______
Sorus______
What plant organ(s) contains the endodermis tissue?
What plant organ(s) contains the steele?
What plant organ(s) contains the cortex?
What plant organ(s) contains the mesophyll?
What plant organ(s) contains vascular bundles?
What plant organ(s) contains an epidermis with a cuticle?
Name two leaf modifications discussed on class.
Label each as monocot or eudicot; as root or stem and xylem and phloem
A biology student is walking along a forest trail and finds a 1 m tall plant that bears a pinecone-looking structure at its tallest point. When he touches this structure it emits a cloud of brownish dust. He examines these particles and finds that they are tiny single celled spheres. This student has probably found a______
a. immature pine tree
b. liverwort gametophyte
c. horsetail gametophyte
d. club moss sporophyte
The evolution of flowering plants is closely tied to the evolution of what group of animals?
Assume the diploid number in a given plant is 16. How many chromosomes should be present in:
Cells of a pollen grain______
Egg cell______
Cells in the embryo of a seed______
Cells in the endosperm of the seed______
Cells found in the petals of the flower______
Which plant cell types listed below would you expect to not find a nucleus?
Parenchyma___Collenchyma___
Tracheids___Cork cells___
Sieve tube___Sclerenchyma___
Companion cell___Guard cell___
The portion of the root which gives rise to branch or lateral roots is the ______.
Which plant tissue contains the casparian strip?
______growth is responsible for an increase in plant’s girth.
List four unique characteristics of the Kingdom Plantae:
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