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The evolution of vascular tissue led to an explosion in the land plants. Considering their
requirements for light, water and air and the dry terrestrial environment that they often inhabit,
what advantage does vascular tissue confer to plants?
A) It can make some plants less susceptible to herbivory.
B) It allows gas exchange throughout the plant.
C) It allows some plants to grow taller than others.
D) Plants could grow taller, but have the disadvantage of greater surface area and increased water
loss - (answer)C) It allows some plants to grow taller than others.
All extant (living) plants show all of the following adaptive features: waxy cuticles, stomata,
vasculature, flowers, and seeds.
A) False
B) True - (answer)A) False
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What features of chlorophytes (green algae), in contrast to phaeophytes (brown algae) and
rhodophytes (red algae), are similar to plants?
A) an embryonic stage protected from the environment
B) an anatomy that includes a thallus (a structure similar to the stems/leaves/roots of plants)
C) chloroplasts containing, in particular, chlorophyll b
D) multicellularity - (answer)C) chloroplasts containing, in particular, chlorophyll b
The seedless vascular plants show more derived characters when compared to the common
ancestor of all land plants than do the nonvascular plants.
A) False
B) True - (answer)B) True
Which of the following features helps plants live in the relatively dry terrestrial environment?
A) Growth in a shaded area, out of direct sunlight.
B) Development of a method for transporting water to various tissues of the plant.
C) Development of a protective barrier to water loss.
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D) Both choices b and c help the plant avoid desiccation. - (answer)D) Both choices b and c help
the plant avoid desiccation.
Which of the following features are required for the success of only terrestrial plants in dry
environments?
A) chloroplasts
B) cuticle
C) vasculature
D) all of the above - (answer)B) cuticle
Based on only the following shared characters: a cell wall composed mainly of cellulose, storage
of carbon in the form of starch, and formation of a cell plate during cytokinesis, which of the
following groups has been determined to be the closest relative of plants?
A) cannot be determined from the information provided
B) charophytes
C) nonvascular plants
D) rhodophytes - (answer)A) cannot be determined from the information provided
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Early plants made the transition from a water-based to a land-based existence. Occupation of
land was advantageous to plants because there was direct access to sunlight and herbivorous
organisms were not yet well established. Which disadvantages had to be overcome by all plants
for terrestrial occupation?
A) The lack of any protective covering to combat desiccation.
B) The lack of vascular tissue to support upright growth.
C) The requirement of water for fertilization to occur.
D) Both choices a and b are correct - (answer)A) The lack of any protective covering to combat
desiccation.
Because nonvascular plants do not have true vascular cells and do not produce seeds, they are
more ancient than other plants growing today.
A) True
B) False - (answer)B) False
Fossils of plants have been found in deposits that date back to ______.
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The evolution of vascular tissue led to an explosion in the land plants. Considering their
requirements for light, water and air and the dry terrestrial environment that they often inhabit,
what advantage does vascular tissue confer to plants?
A) It can make some plants less susceptible to herbivory.
B) It allows gas exchange throughout the plant.
C) It allows some plants to grow taller than others.
D) Plants could grow taller, but have the disadvantage of greater surface area and increased water
loss - (answer)C) It allows some plants to grow taller than others.
All extant (living) plants show all of the following adaptive features: waxy cuticles, stomata,
vasculature, flowers, and seeds.
A) False
B) True - (answer)A) False
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What features of chlorophytes (green algae), in contrast to phaeophytes (brown algae) and
rhodophytes (red algae), are similar to plants?
A) an embryonic stage protected from the environment
B) an anatomy that includes a thallus (a structure similar to the stems/leaves/roots of plants)
C) chloroplasts containing, in particular, chlorophyll b
D) multicellularity - (answer)C) chloroplasts containing, in particular, chlorophyll b
The seedless vascular plants show more derived characters when compared to the common
ancestor of all land plants than do the nonvascular plants.
A) False
B) True - (answer)B) True
Which of the following features helps plants live in the relatively dry terrestrial environment?
A) Growth in a shaded area, out of direct sunlight.
B) Development of a method for transporting water to various tissues of the plant.
C) Development of a protective barrier to water loss.
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D) Both choices b and c help the plant avoid desiccation. - (answer)D) Both choices b and c help
the plant avoid desiccation.
Which of the following features are required for the success of only terrestrial plants in dry
environments?
A) chloroplasts
B) cuticle
C) vasculature
D) all of the above - (answer)B) cuticle
Based on only the following shared characters: a cell wall composed mainly of cellulose, storage
of carbon in the form of starch, and formation of a cell plate during cytokinesis, which of the
following groups has been determined to be the closest relative of plants?
A) cannot be determined from the information provided
B) charophytes
C) nonvascular plants
D) rhodophytes - (answer)A) cannot be determined from the information provided
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Early plants made the transition from a water-based to a land-based existence. Occupation of
land was advantageous to plants because there was direct access to sunlight and herbivorous
organisms were not yet well established. Which disadvantages had to be overcome by all plants
for terrestrial occupation?
A) The lack of any protective covering to combat desiccation.
B) The lack of vascular tissue to support upright growth.
C) The requirement of water for fertilization to occur.
D) Both choices a and b are correct - (answer)A) The lack of any protective covering to combat
desiccation.
Because nonvascular plants do not have true vascular cells and do not produce seeds, they are
more ancient than other plants growing today.
A) True
B) False - (answer)B) False
Fossils of plants have been found in deposits that date back to ______.
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