BIO 1500 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | EXAM REVIEW &
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
T/F Unlike angiosperms, gymnosperms do not produce seeds having endosperm - Correct answer✅✅
TRUE
Phytochrome is a plant pigment that at least partially controls... - Correct answer✅✅ Monitoring of
photoperiod
Biological inactivity at night
Photoperiod - Correct answer✅✅ interval in a 24-hour period during which a plant or animal is
exposed to light.
T/F Mosses have leaves with stomata but no true roots. - Correct answer✅✅ FALSE
What element are made available to plants via PRECIPITATION from the
atmosphere? - Correct answer✅✅ Nitrogen
Fungi are able to penetrate leaf dermal tissue defenses by access through - Correct answer✅✅
Stomata and Wounds
T/F A plant population differs from a plant community in that a community features interactions
between species. - Correct answer✅✅ TRUE
T/F Fungi reproduce sexually when the pollen of one hypha fertilizes the ovary of a hypha of a
compatible mating type. - Correct answer✅✅ FALSE
Mycorrhizae increase the surface area of plant roots. What is the benefit of this mutualism to the
mycorrhizae? - Correct answer✅✅ access to carbohydrates from plant
, Which of the following plants are NOT part of the plant group most closely related to the first land
plants? - Correct answer✅✅ Club Mosses
What are the two main plant hormones involved in the growth of lateral buds to re-establish a broken
main shoot (the leader) of a tree? - Correct answer✅✅ Auxin and cytokinins
Which of the following plants have a life cycle where the gametophyte is LESS nutritionally dependent
on the sporophyte compared to FERNS? - Correct answer✅✅ Mosses
During a dikaryon stage - Correct answer✅✅ Haploid cells fuse but their nuclei do not
Microphylls are found in the - Correct answer✅✅ Club Mosses
Endophytes - Correct answer✅✅ Assist in plant defense
What is NOT one of the seven phyla of vascular plants? - Correct answer✅✅ Bryophytes
T/F Fungi represent the photosynthetic part of the mutualism occurring in a lichen - Correct
answer✅✅ False
The soil horizon where minerals accumulate is the - Correct answer✅✅ B horizon
The group of fungi lacking a "n + n" stage also - Correct answer✅✅ Aquatic
Which of the following are projected climate changes in the Great Lakes region? - Correct answer✅✅
a. More rain during the planting season (spring)
b. Extreme summer heat waves are more frequent
c. Extreme rainfall events are more frequent
T/F Plant nutrients are more available in soils with high acidity - Correct answer✅✅ FALSE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
T/F Unlike angiosperms, gymnosperms do not produce seeds having endosperm - Correct answer✅✅
TRUE
Phytochrome is a plant pigment that at least partially controls... - Correct answer✅✅ Monitoring of
photoperiod
Biological inactivity at night
Photoperiod - Correct answer✅✅ interval in a 24-hour period during which a plant or animal is
exposed to light.
T/F Mosses have leaves with stomata but no true roots. - Correct answer✅✅ FALSE
What element are made available to plants via PRECIPITATION from the
atmosphere? - Correct answer✅✅ Nitrogen
Fungi are able to penetrate leaf dermal tissue defenses by access through - Correct answer✅✅
Stomata and Wounds
T/F A plant population differs from a plant community in that a community features interactions
between species. - Correct answer✅✅ TRUE
T/F Fungi reproduce sexually when the pollen of one hypha fertilizes the ovary of a hypha of a
compatible mating type. - Correct answer✅✅ FALSE
Mycorrhizae increase the surface area of plant roots. What is the benefit of this mutualism to the
mycorrhizae? - Correct answer✅✅ access to carbohydrates from plant
, Which of the following plants are NOT part of the plant group most closely related to the first land
plants? - Correct answer✅✅ Club Mosses
What are the two main plant hormones involved in the growth of lateral buds to re-establish a broken
main shoot (the leader) of a tree? - Correct answer✅✅ Auxin and cytokinins
Which of the following plants have a life cycle where the gametophyte is LESS nutritionally dependent
on the sporophyte compared to FERNS? - Correct answer✅✅ Mosses
During a dikaryon stage - Correct answer✅✅ Haploid cells fuse but their nuclei do not
Microphylls are found in the - Correct answer✅✅ Club Mosses
Endophytes - Correct answer✅✅ Assist in plant defense
What is NOT one of the seven phyla of vascular plants? - Correct answer✅✅ Bryophytes
T/F Fungi represent the photosynthetic part of the mutualism occurring in a lichen - Correct
answer✅✅ False
The soil horizon where minerals accumulate is the - Correct answer✅✅ B horizon
The group of fungi lacking a "n + n" stage also - Correct answer✅✅ Aquatic
Which of the following are projected climate changes in the Great Lakes region? - Correct answer✅✅
a. More rain during the planting season (spring)
b. Extreme summer heat waves are more frequent
c. Extreme rainfall events are more frequent
T/F Plant nutrients are more available in soils with high acidity - Correct answer✅✅ FALSE
