9) You find a green organism in a pond near your house and believe it is a plant, not an alga.
The mystery organism is most likely a plant and not an alga if it .
A) contains chloroplasts
B) is surrounded by a cuticle
C) does not contain vascular tissue
D) has cell walls that are comprised largely of
cellulose Answer: B
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10) Retaining the zygote on the living gametophyte of land plants _.
A) protects the zygote from herbivores
B) evolved concurrently with pollen
C) helps in dispersal of the zygote
D) allows it to be nourished by the parent plant
Answer: D
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11) The structural integrity of bacteria is to peptidoglycan as the structural integrity of
plant spores is to .
A) lignin
B) cellulose
C) secondary compounds
D) sporopollenin
Answer: D
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12) According to our current knowledge of plant evolution, which group of organisms
should feature cell division most similar to that of land plants?
A) some unicellular green algae
B) some cyanobacteria
C) some charophytes
D) some red
algae Answer: C
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13) Which taxon is essentially equivalent to the "embryophytes"?
A) Plantae
B) Pterophyta
C) Bryophyta
D) Charophycea
Answer: A
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14) If the kingdom Plantae is someday expanded to include the charophytes (stoneworts),
then the shared derived characteristics of the kingdom will include .
A) rings of cellulose-synthesizing complexes and ability to synthesize sporopollenin
B) rings of cellulose-synthesizing complexes, chlorophylls a and b, and alternation of
generations
C) rings of cellulose-synthesizing complexes, alternation of generations, and ability to
synthesize sporopollenin
D) rings of cellulose-synthesizing complexes, chlorophylls a and b, cell walls of cellulose,
and ability to synthesize sporopollenin
Answer: A
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15) Which of the following environmental factors probably helped early plants to
successfully colonize land?
A) a decreased availability of CO2
B) relatively few competitors for light
C) an increased availability of symbiotic partners
D) air's relative lack of support, compared to water's
support Answer: C
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16) A student encounters a pondweed that appears to be a charophyte. Which of the following
features would help the student determine whether the sample comes from a charophyte or
from some other type of green alga?
A) molecular structure of enzymes inside the chloroplasts and presence of phragmoplasts
B) molecular structure of enzymes inside the chloroplasts and rings of cellulose-
synthesizing complexes
C) structure of sperm cells and presence of phragmoplasts
D) structure of sperm cells, presence of phragmoplasts, and rings of cellulose-
synthesizing complexes
Answer: D
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,5) The following question refers to the generalized life cycle for land plants shown in the
figure. Each number within a circle or square represents a specific plant or plant part, and each
number over an arrow represents meiosis, mitosis, or fertilization.
In the figure, which number represents the mature gametophyte?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 7
D) 11
Answer: C
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, 6) The following question refers to the generalized life cycle for land plants shown in the
figure. Each number within a circle or square represents a specific plant or plant part, and each
number over an arrow represents meiosis, mitosis, or fertilization.
In the figure, which number represents an embryo?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 7
D) 11
Answer: D
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