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Evo. of Plants+Fungi
BIO Lab Exam #3 (Book)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the structures is common to all four major plant groups?: vascular tissue, flowers, seeds, cuticle, pollen | Cuticle |
| Angiosperms are distinguished from all other plants because only angiosperms have the reproductive structures called: | Flowers |
| Gametophyte is to haploid as (blank) is to diploid | Sporophyte |
| (blank) are to conifers as flowers are to (blank) | Cones; angiosperms |
| Ovule is seed as ovary is to (blank) | Fruit |
| What would a mushroom look like under a microscope? | a tangle of string |
| What were the dominant plants during the Carboniferous period? | Ferns and other seedless vascular plants |
| What plant produces flagellated sperm and has a dominant generation has diploid cells? | A fern |
| How does the evergreen nature of pines and other conifers adapt the plants for living where the growing season is very short? | The plants do not lose their leaves during autumn and winter. The leaves are already fully developed for photosynthesis when the short growing season begins in the spring |
| Which of the following terms includes all others in the list?: angiosperms, fern, vascular plant, gymnosperm, seed plant | Vascular plant |
| Plant diversity is greatest in | Tropical forests |
| What is a fruit? | Ripened ovary of a flower that protects and aids in the dispersal of seeds contained in the fruit |
| Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations between (blank) and (blank) | Plant roots; fungi |
| Contrast the heterotrophic nutrition of a fungus with your own heterotrophic nutrition | A fungus digests food externally by secreting digestive juices, then absorbing the nutrients. Humans ingest relatively large pieces of food and digest food within their bodies. |