POB Test Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Select microhabitats where mosses live. - CORRECT ANSWERS Stone walls
Fences
Shady cracks in exposed rocks
Which of the following plants can be used in gardens to improve the water-holding capacity
of the soil? - CORRECT ANSWERS Peat Moss
The vascular tissue in plants that transports water and minerals up from the roots is called
the? - CORRECT ANSWERS Xylem
A mature moss sporophyte is ____. - CORRECT ANSWERS Brown and not
photosynthetic
What does phloem do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Transports organic nutrients
In vascular plants, which generation is dominant? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Sporophyte
Seedless vascular plants disperse their offspring by releasing windblown? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Spores
Peat moss can be used in garden ____ to improve its water-holding capacity. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Soil
What are the two groups of seedless vascular plants? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Lycophytes and Ferns
Underground coal beds contain the remains of ____ plants, such as forests of ferns and early
seed plants. - CORRECT ANSWERS Carboniferous
,Which of the following are parts of the developing sporophyte in mosses? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Capsule
Foot
Lycophytes, also called club mosses, were some of the first land plants to have what kind of
tissue? - CORRECT ANSWERS Vascular
What kind of plants is the gametophyte generation the dominant generation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Nonvascular
In vascular plants, which generation is dominant? Sporophyte - CORRECT
ANSWERS Sporophyte
Select all true statements about lycophytes. - CORRECT ANSWERS Tightly packed
leaves that cover the stems and branches
Have a fleshy, underground stem called rhizome
Have vascular tissues, despite resembling true mosses
What is an underground horizontal stem called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Rhizome
Microphylls are small leaves found in the plant group called club? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Moss
Unlike bryophytes, lycophytes? - CORRECT ANSWERS Produce vascular tissue
Select all pteridophytes - CORRECT ANSWERS Ferns
Whisk ferns
Horsetails
In lycophytes, an underground horizontal stem that sends up upright aerial stems is called
a(n)? - CORRECT ANSWERS Rhizome
,Small leaves of lycophytes are called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Microphylls
What are the vertical leaves of a fern called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Fronds
In the sporophyte stage of the fern life cycle, ____ on the underside of each frond produce
____. - CORRECT ANSWERS Sporangia; spores
Fiddleheads are structures found on the sporophyte stage of? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Fern
True or False? Another term for a fern is a frond. - CORRECT ANSWERS False
Select economic values of ferns. - CORRECT ANSWERS Decorative bouqets
Building materals
Food
Ornamental plants
In the life cycle of a fern, how do sperm reach egg cells? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Swimming through a film of water
What is the dominant generation in ferns? - CORRECT ANSWERS Sporophyte
Which of the following are the major groups of seed plants around today? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
The leaves of sporophyte ferns start out in curled-up forms called what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Fiddlehead
, What two important adaptations allow plant embryos of hymnosperms and angiosperms to
survive harsh conditions?
Stored food
Seed coat - CORRECT ANSWERS Stored food
Seed coat
Gymnosperms and angiosperms are both considered to be? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Seed plants
A pollen grain is the multicellular ____ gametophyte. - CORRECT ANSWERS Male
Pollination occers when pollen is brought into the vicinity of which gametophyte? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Male
A pollinator, usually an insect, carries what from flower to flower? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Pollen
What is the mature male gametophyte? - CORRECT ANSWERS Fully developed
pollen grain
What forms after a pollen grain germinates and sperm travel through it to the female
gametophyte? - CORRECT ANSWERS Pollen tube
What is the transfer of pollen called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Pollination
True or False? External water is needed to accomplish fertilization in seed plants? -
CORRECT ANSWERS False
Within an ovary. The female gametophyte develops inside what, which then becomes the
seed after fertilization occurs? - CORRECT ANSWERS Ovule
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Select microhabitats where mosses live. - CORRECT ANSWERS Stone walls
Fences
Shady cracks in exposed rocks
Which of the following plants can be used in gardens to improve the water-holding capacity
of the soil? - CORRECT ANSWERS Peat Moss
The vascular tissue in plants that transports water and minerals up from the roots is called
the? - CORRECT ANSWERS Xylem
A mature moss sporophyte is ____. - CORRECT ANSWERS Brown and not
photosynthetic
What does phloem do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Transports organic nutrients
In vascular plants, which generation is dominant? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Sporophyte
Seedless vascular plants disperse their offspring by releasing windblown? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Spores
Peat moss can be used in garden ____ to improve its water-holding capacity. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Soil
What are the two groups of seedless vascular plants? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Lycophytes and Ferns
Underground coal beds contain the remains of ____ plants, such as forests of ferns and early
seed plants. - CORRECT ANSWERS Carboniferous
,Which of the following are parts of the developing sporophyte in mosses? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Capsule
Foot
Lycophytes, also called club mosses, were some of the first land plants to have what kind of
tissue? - CORRECT ANSWERS Vascular
What kind of plants is the gametophyte generation the dominant generation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Nonvascular
In vascular plants, which generation is dominant? Sporophyte - CORRECT
ANSWERS Sporophyte
Select all true statements about lycophytes. - CORRECT ANSWERS Tightly packed
leaves that cover the stems and branches
Have a fleshy, underground stem called rhizome
Have vascular tissues, despite resembling true mosses
What is an underground horizontal stem called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Rhizome
Microphylls are small leaves found in the plant group called club? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Moss
Unlike bryophytes, lycophytes? - CORRECT ANSWERS Produce vascular tissue
Select all pteridophytes - CORRECT ANSWERS Ferns
Whisk ferns
Horsetails
In lycophytes, an underground horizontal stem that sends up upright aerial stems is called
a(n)? - CORRECT ANSWERS Rhizome
,Small leaves of lycophytes are called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Microphylls
What are the vertical leaves of a fern called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Fronds
In the sporophyte stage of the fern life cycle, ____ on the underside of each frond produce
____. - CORRECT ANSWERS Sporangia; spores
Fiddleheads are structures found on the sporophyte stage of? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Fern
True or False? Another term for a fern is a frond. - CORRECT ANSWERS False
Select economic values of ferns. - CORRECT ANSWERS Decorative bouqets
Building materals
Food
Ornamental plants
In the life cycle of a fern, how do sperm reach egg cells? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Swimming through a film of water
What is the dominant generation in ferns? - CORRECT ANSWERS Sporophyte
Which of the following are the major groups of seed plants around today? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
The leaves of sporophyte ferns start out in curled-up forms called what? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Fiddlehead
, What two important adaptations allow plant embryos of hymnosperms and angiosperms to
survive harsh conditions?
Stored food
Seed coat - CORRECT ANSWERS Stored food
Seed coat
Gymnosperms and angiosperms are both considered to be? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Seed plants
A pollen grain is the multicellular ____ gametophyte. - CORRECT ANSWERS Male
Pollination occers when pollen is brought into the vicinity of which gametophyte? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Male
A pollinator, usually an insect, carries what from flower to flower? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Pollen
What is the mature male gametophyte? - CORRECT ANSWERS Fully developed
pollen grain
What forms after a pollen grain germinates and sperm travel through it to the female
gametophyte? - CORRECT ANSWERS Pollen tube
What is the transfer of pollen called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Pollination
True or False? External water is needed to accomplish fertilization in seed plants? -
CORRECT ANSWERS False
Within an ovary. The female gametophyte develops inside what, which then becomes the
seed after fertilization occurs? - CORRECT ANSWERS Ovule
