Quiz 07 - Plants Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land (Chapter 29) QUSTIONS AND SOLUTIONS

Quiz 07 - Plants Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
(Chapter 29) QUSTIONS AND SOLUTIONS

Which one of the following statements about plants is incorrect?
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A) Plants are typically photosynthetic organisms.
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B) Plants most likely evolved from aquatic algal ancestors.
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C)Plants have influenced Earth's atmospheric chemistry, climate, and soils. mp mp mp mp mp mp mp mp mp




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D)The plant kingdom is monophyletic. mp mp mp mp mp




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E)All of the above statements about plants are correct. - ANSWER - All of the above statements about plants are correc
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Arrange the following plant phyla in order of evolutionary appearance, from earliest to most recent.
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i.lycophytes
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Plant embryos develop by repeated ____ from a single-celled ________ resulting from fertilization. - ANSWER - mitos
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Which one of the following plant phyla is believed to have the simplest and most ancient leaves? - ANSWER - lycophyt
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Which one of the following types of plant would be classified as nonvascular? - ANSWER - hornworts
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Which one of the following statements about bryophytes is correct? - ANSWER - Bryophytes exhibit the reproductive
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process referred to as alternation of generations.
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The tough material in plant spore cell walls that prevents damage during transport through the air is referred to as
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_______________, and the protective enclosures for multiple spores are referred to as ___________. - ANSWER -
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Which one of the following do lycophytes and pteridophytes have in common? Both lycophytes and pteridophytes are:
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ANSWER - vascular, seedless plants.
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Which one of the following is not a gymnosperm? - ANSWER - mosses
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Leaves with branched veins are most accurately referred to as: - ANSWER - euphylls.
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