BIOL 1407 - Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions
"Naked" seed plants are called? Correct Answers
Gymnosperms
A ___________ is a group of flowers tightly clustered together
on a stem. Correct Answers inflorescence
A film of water is needed for transporting the angiosperm pollen
to ovules. True or false? Correct Answers False
A flower that has both stamens and carpels is considered?
Correct Answers complete and perfect
A large seaweed that floats freely on the surface of deep bodies
of water would be expected to lack what? Correct Answers
Holdfasts
A phylogenetic tree of snakes and legless lizards show that these
2 groups evolved independently - in different lineages - from a
common legged lizard ancestor. What is this an example of?
Correct Answers convergent evolution
A porous, multichambered test (shell) of calcium carbonate is
characteristic of? Correct Answers Foraminiferans
A student encounters a pondweed that appears to be a
charophyte. Which of the following features would help
determine whether it is actually from a charophyte or from some
other type of green alga? Correct Answers the structure of
, flagellated sperm cells, the presence of phragmoplasts and rings
of cellulose-synthesizing proteins
All protists are? Correct Answers eukaryotic
An angiosperm's reproductive structure is called? Correct
Answers flower
In a phylogenetic tree, the hash marks represent the evolution of
_______ characteristics in the lineage. Correct Answers
Derived
In an organism's scientific name, the first part of the name is the
genus and the second part of the name is the specific epithet.
True or false? Correct Answers True
In seedless plants, the female gametangia are known as?
Correct Answers archegonium
In the scientific name, Crotalus whaleyi, what is the correct term
for the second part of the name? Correct Answers specific
epithet
Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses are all grouped together as
the Bryophytes. Besides not having vascular tissue, what do they
all have in common? Correct Answers they require water for
reproduction
Plants alternate between 2 life stages also known as? Correct
Answers alternation of generations
"Naked" seed plants are called? Correct Answers
Gymnosperms
A ___________ is a group of flowers tightly clustered together
on a stem. Correct Answers inflorescence
A film of water is needed for transporting the angiosperm pollen
to ovules. True or false? Correct Answers False
A flower that has both stamens and carpels is considered?
Correct Answers complete and perfect
A large seaweed that floats freely on the surface of deep bodies
of water would be expected to lack what? Correct Answers
Holdfasts
A phylogenetic tree of snakes and legless lizards show that these
2 groups evolved independently - in different lineages - from a
common legged lizard ancestor. What is this an example of?
Correct Answers convergent evolution
A porous, multichambered test (shell) of calcium carbonate is
characteristic of? Correct Answers Foraminiferans
A student encounters a pondweed that appears to be a
charophyte. Which of the following features would help
determine whether it is actually from a charophyte or from some
other type of green alga? Correct Answers the structure of
, flagellated sperm cells, the presence of phragmoplasts and rings
of cellulose-synthesizing proteins
All protists are? Correct Answers eukaryotic
An angiosperm's reproductive structure is called? Correct
Answers flower
In a phylogenetic tree, the hash marks represent the evolution of
_______ characteristics in the lineage. Correct Answers
Derived
In an organism's scientific name, the first part of the name is the
genus and the second part of the name is the specific epithet.
True or false? Correct Answers True
In seedless plants, the female gametangia are known as?
Correct Answers archegonium
In the scientific name, Crotalus whaleyi, what is the correct term
for the second part of the name? Correct Answers specific
epithet
Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses are all grouped together as
the Bryophytes. Besides not having vascular tissue, what do they
all have in common? Correct Answers they require water for
reproduction
Plants alternate between 2 life stages also known as? Correct
Answers alternation of generations
