Mastering Biology Plant Diversity and Reproduction Exam Questions and Answers (100% Pass)

Mastering Bio Ch 29 (Plant Diversity 1 <answer> How Plants Colonize

Land) Dynamic Study Module

1. *Typically, the upper part of a bryophyte capsule that contains the spores

features a ring of interlocking, tooth-like structures known as the

.*

A. Seta

B. Strobili

C. Protonema

D. Microphyll

E. Peristome <answer> E. Peristome

2. *The tissue called phloem has what function in vascular plants?*

A. Dispersal of spores

B. Conduction of water and minerals

C. Bearing of sporangia

D. Distribution of sugars, amino acids, and other organic products

E. Absorption of water and minerals from the soil <answer> D. Distribution of

sugars, amino acids, and other organic products
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,3. *Where would you find a fern gametophyte?*

A. In a freshwater stream

B. On the underside of the leaf (frond)

C. On moist soil

D. Attached to the underground stem (rhizoids)

E. Inside a dissected seed <answer> C. On moist soil

4. *Which of the following is a genus in the phylum Monilophyta?*

A. Sphagnum

B. Marchantia

C. Equisetum

D. Isoetes

E. Selaginella <answer> C. Equisetum

5. *Water is brought into mosses primarily by .*

A. Rhizoids

B. Diffusion through all cells

C. Leaves

D. Xylem

E. Roots <answer> B. Diffusion through all cells
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, 6. *A major division in plant systematics is based on whether a particular species

has .*

A. Vascular tissue

B. Sporophytes

C. Apical meristems




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