BIOLOGY 1120 EXAM 2 WITH
CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
I am characterized by having a test and axopods. Who am I?
( correct answers ) actinopods
Members of the are thought to have given rise to plants. ( correct
answers ) green algae
Pseudopodia are used by Amoeba for ingesting food as well as for: (
correct answers
) locomotion
You find a protist that has a single flagellum surrounded by a collar of
microvilli. You correctly conclude that this organism is a(n): ( correct
answers ) choanoflagellate
Alternation of generations in plants refers to the alternation of:
( correct answers ) diploid and haploid stages.
The generation is dominant in mosses, as it can live independently.
( correct answers ) haploid gametophyte
Which of the following is a characteristic shared between green algae and
plants? ( correct answers )
Chlorophylls a and b in plastids
What are the multicellular sex organs in plants? ( correct
answers ) gametangia
Which is a differentiating characteristic of land plants from green algae?
( correct answers ) Land plants have a waxy cuticle.
Many seedless plants produce spores of one morphological type, which is
referred to as: ( correct answers ) homospory
What is the male sexual structure that produces sperm in plants? ( correct
answers ) Antheridium
Which of the following is a vascular plant? ( correct
answers ) fern
Which vascular tissue is responsible for conducting water and dissolved
minerals in plants? ( correct answers ) xylem
are divided into three distinct phyla: mosses,
liverworts, and hornworts. ( correct answers ) Bryophytes
, After a moss spore germinates, it forms a prothallus. ( correct
answers ) false
Some liverworts reproduce asexually by forming tiny balls of tissue called:
( correct answers ) gemmae
A gemma is a sexual reproductive structure produced by certain liverworts.
( correct answers ) false
When a moss spore lands in a suitable spot, it germinates and grows into a
filament of cells called a: ( correct answers ) protonema.
Each archegonium produces many eggs. ( correct answers )
false
What do the large female cones of a pine tree contain?
( correct answers ) Megasporangia
The most diverse, successful, and familiar group of plants today are the:
( correct answers ) angiosperms.
Why are seeds reproductively superior to spores? ( correct
answers ) Seeds contain a young plant
and also are protected by a seed coat
Plants that have a distinct haploid stage and diploid stage exhibit:
( correct answers ) alternation of generations
Seed plants produce ovules, each of which is a megasporangium
surrounded by
. ( correct answers ) integuments
The female gametophyte generation in angiosperms is found in the:
( correct answers
) ovule of the ovary.
A flower that has sepals, petals, and stamens, but lacks carpels, is known as:
( correct answers ) incomplete and imperfect
In the process of double fertilization, one sperm fuses with the egg and the
other sperm fuses with a spore. ( correct answers ) false
The fertilization process of flowering plants involves
nuclear fusion(s). ( correct answers ) two
Which statement about mycorrhizae is FALSE? ( correct
answers ) Arbuscular mycorrhizae are
extracellular
A is a filament that makes up the vegetative body of most fungi.
( correct answers ) hypha
CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
I am characterized by having a test and axopods. Who am I?
( correct answers ) actinopods
Members of the are thought to have given rise to plants. ( correct
answers ) green algae
Pseudopodia are used by Amoeba for ingesting food as well as for: (
correct answers
) locomotion
You find a protist that has a single flagellum surrounded by a collar of
microvilli. You correctly conclude that this organism is a(n): ( correct
answers ) choanoflagellate
Alternation of generations in plants refers to the alternation of:
( correct answers ) diploid and haploid stages.
The generation is dominant in mosses, as it can live independently.
( correct answers ) haploid gametophyte
Which of the following is a characteristic shared between green algae and
plants? ( correct answers )
Chlorophylls a and b in plastids
What are the multicellular sex organs in plants? ( correct
answers ) gametangia
Which is a differentiating characteristic of land plants from green algae?
( correct answers ) Land plants have a waxy cuticle.
Many seedless plants produce spores of one morphological type, which is
referred to as: ( correct answers ) homospory
What is the male sexual structure that produces sperm in plants? ( correct
answers ) Antheridium
Which of the following is a vascular plant? ( correct
answers ) fern
Which vascular tissue is responsible for conducting water and dissolved
minerals in plants? ( correct answers ) xylem
are divided into three distinct phyla: mosses,
liverworts, and hornworts. ( correct answers ) Bryophytes
, After a moss spore germinates, it forms a prothallus. ( correct
answers ) false
Some liverworts reproduce asexually by forming tiny balls of tissue called:
( correct answers ) gemmae
A gemma is a sexual reproductive structure produced by certain liverworts.
( correct answers ) false
When a moss spore lands in a suitable spot, it germinates and grows into a
filament of cells called a: ( correct answers ) protonema.
Each archegonium produces many eggs. ( correct answers )
false
What do the large female cones of a pine tree contain?
( correct answers ) Megasporangia
The most diverse, successful, and familiar group of plants today are the:
( correct answers ) angiosperms.
Why are seeds reproductively superior to spores? ( correct
answers ) Seeds contain a young plant
and also are protected by a seed coat
Plants that have a distinct haploid stage and diploid stage exhibit:
( correct answers ) alternation of generations
Seed plants produce ovules, each of which is a megasporangium
surrounded by
. ( correct answers ) integuments
The female gametophyte generation in angiosperms is found in the:
( correct answers
) ovule of the ovary.
A flower that has sepals, petals, and stamens, but lacks carpels, is known as:
( correct answers ) incomplete and imperfect
In the process of double fertilization, one sperm fuses with the egg and the
other sperm fuses with a spore. ( correct answers ) false
The fertilization process of flowering plants involves
nuclear fusion(s). ( correct answers ) two
Which statement about mycorrhizae is FALSE? ( correct
answers ) Arbuscular mycorrhizae are
extracellular
A is a filament that makes up the vegetative body of most fungi.
( correct answers ) hypha
