How Plants Colonized Land) Dynamic
Study Module
*A primary department in plant systematics is primarily based on whether or not a specific
species has __________.*
A. Vascular tissue
B. Sporophytes
C. Apical meristems
D. Alternation of generations
E. Gametophytes - ANS-A. Vascular tissue
*Alternation of generations in all land plants is between __________.*
A. Two anatomically wonderful multicellular diploid organisms
B. A multicellular haploid organism and a multicellular diploid organism
C. A single-celled haploid organism and a multicellular diploid organism
D. Two anatomically awesome multicellular diploid organisms
E. A multicellular haploid organism and a single-celled diploid organism - ANS-B. A
multicellular haploid organism and a multicellular diploid organism
*During what duration did seedless vascular vegetation form widespread forests of tall
trees?*
A. Silurian
B. Triassic
C. Ordovician
D. Carboniferous
E. Permian - ANS-D. Carboniferous
*Evidence indicates that land flora arose from within which protist lineage?*
A. Ciliates
B. Cercozoans
C. Choanoflagellates
D. Chlorophytes
E. Charophytes - ANS-E. Charophytes
*Fern gametophytes are __________.*
A. Produced from haploid gametes
B. Free-dwelling, multicellular organisms
C. Found on the bottom of fern leaves (fronds)
D. Part of the asexual life cycle
E. Photosynthetic diploid organisms - ANS-B. Free-dwelling, multicellular organisms
*How are gametes produced by using bryophytes?*
A. By meiosis of sporophyte cells
B. By meiosis of spores
C. By meiosis of gametophyte cells
D. By mitosis of spores
, E. By mitosis of gametophyte cells - ANS-E. By mitosis of gametophyte cells
*In moving to land, plants had to triumph over which of the subsequent challenges?*
A. Competition from different photosynthetic organisms, which includes cyanobacteria
B. Desiccation
C. Less available CO2 within the surroundings than within the oceans
D. Many herbivores on land
E. All of the listed responses are correct - ANS-B. Desiccation
*In sporophyte ferns, the leaves are __________.*
A. Megaphylls
B. Blades
C. Microphylls
D. Sporangia
E. Thalli - ANS-A. Megaphylls
*In what manner do megasporangia differ from microsporangia?*
A. Megasporangia are possessed most effective through vascular vegetation, wheras
microsporangia are gift on all land plant life
B. Microsporangia are the early developmental degrees of megasporangia
C. Megasporangia produce spores that grow to be woman gametophytes, whereas
microsporangia produce spores that turn into male gametophytes
D. Megasporangia produce usually the variety of spores produced by means of
microsporangia
E. Megasporangia produce spores which can be covered by way of sporopollenin, while
microsporangia produce naked spores - ANS-C. Megasporangia produce spores that
become female gametophytes, while microsporangia produce spores that develop into male
gametophytes
*Sori may be located wherein of the following?*
A. Pterophytes
B. Mosses
C. Hornworts
D. Charophyceans
E. Liverworts - ANS-A. Pterophytes
*The "dots" on the underside of a fern frond are spore instances; consequently, what is
authentic of the plant to which the frond belongs?*
A. It is a gamete
B. It is a spore
C. It is a spermatophyte
D. It is a sporophyte
E. It is a gametophyte - ANS-D. It is a sporophyte
*The antheridia of mosses produce __________.*
A. Leaves
B. Bugs
C. Eggs
D. Spores
E. Sperm - ANS-E. Sperm
*The improvement of the __________ prevents vegetation from drying out and protects them
from microbes.*
A. Flavonoid
B. Apical meristem