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Ch. 21 Test Review
Biology: Introduction to Plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plants with seeds can produce those seeds by cones or... | Flowers |
| Plants can be divided first on the presence of ___. | Tissues |
| A(n) _____ for plants includes a haploid gametophyte generation and a diploid sporophyte generation. | Alternation of generations |
| The ___ generation produces eggs and sperm. | Gametophyte |
| The ___ generation arises from the union of sperm and egg and produces spores that can become the next generation. | Sporophyte |
| Moss is in the division.... | Bryophyta |
| Liverwort is in the division... | Hepaticophyta |
| Mosses and liverworts have root-like ___ that anchor them to the soil. | Rhizoids |
| Liverworts are the most ___ of land plants. | Primitive |
| Liverworts are classified as either ___ or leafy. | Thallose |
| Includes club or spike mosses... | Lycophyta |
| Includes ferns and horsetails.... | Pterophyta |
| Fern spores form in a __... | Sporangium |
| Organism (protist) believed to be an ancestor of lands plants... | Algae |
| Structure which protects the developing embryo of a beech tree... | Seed |
| Division which includes daisies... | Anthophyta |
| Division which includes the white pine tree... | Coniferophyta |
| Land plants appeared approximately ___ mya. | Four hundred |
| A Major obstacle for plants to overcome in order to live on land was obtaining enough ___... | Water |
| Structure which contains clusters of sporangia... | Sorus |
| Unlike true mosses, the ___ generation of lycophytes is the dominant generation. | Sporophyte |
| Limits competition with parent plants and other offspring... | Seed dispersal |
| Spores are (haploid/diploid)... | Haploid |
| Half the number of chromosomes within a developed adult... | Haploid |
| Plant that lives anchored to another plant or object... | Epiphyte |
| Spore bearing structures that form a compact cluster... | Strobilus |
| Enable gas exchange in plants... | Stomata |
| Grows/develops and then dies within two growing seasons... | Biennial plants |
| Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms... | Limiting factor |
| Waxy layer on the surface of plants that is an adaptation to land... | Cuticle |
| Individual who studies plant life... | Botanist |
| Relationship in which two organisms live together in a close association... | Symbiosis |
| Plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season... | Annual plants |
| Gym. with cones containing reprod. structures, male and female, but on different plants; large divided leaves, tropics and subtropics... | Cyadophyta |
| Gym, Tropical trees and climbing vines, source of ephedrine | Gnetophyta |
| Gym., one living species left, fan shaped leaves, thrive in smog filled and polluted areas... | Ginkgophyta |
| Gym, shrubs to huge trees, used for lumber, adapted to many environments, deciduous and evergreens... | Coniferophyta |
| Flower plants | Anthophyta |
| Provides nutrients for the see when it sprouts... | Cotyledon |
| Transport tissue... | Vascular tissue |
| Adaptations to ___ on Earth contributed to the evolution of plants... | Environmental changes |
| The ____ protects the embryo- the new sporophyte generation... | Seed coat |
| Most immediately noticeable... | Dominant |
| Lack specialized transport tissues... | Nonvascular plants |
| The __ plant divisions are placed into two groups - vascular and nonvascular... | Twelve |
| Nonvascular plants are small and usually grow in ___ environments... | Damp |
| Having a juicy or pulpy texture... | Fleshy |
| Reproductive haploid cell with a hard outer coat... | Spore |
| Inherited characteristic that results from response to an environmental factor... | Adaptation |
| An individual who is involved in one or more aspects of converting wood to wood products... | Wood scientist |
| Plants that can live for several years and usually produce flowers and seeds yearly... | Perennial plants |