BIO 211 Exam 2
Correct responses are indicated in bold font.
1. Which structure can be found in both gymnosperms and angiosperms?
a. A carpel
b. A stigma
c. An ovule
d. An ovary
2. The first vertebrates to live a portion of their life cycle on land were the .
a. lobe-fins
b. lampreys
c. mammals
d. amphibians
3. The body of most fungi consists of threadlike , which form an interwoven,
subterranean mass called a .
a. mycelia . . . hypha
b. mycelia . . . dikaryon
c. hyphae . . . mycelium
d. sporangia . . . heterokaryon
4. You take a trip to the Amazon jungle over Spring Break and find an unusual
looking plant. It is small in size (less than 10 cm), has small leaves, produces lots
of small seeds, and grows in a wet bog. Which of the following could it be?
a. A fern
b. A moss
c. A horsetail
d. An angiosperm
5. Mammals that have a long gestation period, a complex placenta, and complete their
development within a uterus are called .
a. eutherians
b. marsupials
c. placoderms
d. monotremes
, 6. Fungi that do not reproduce sexually are called .
a. zygomycetes
b. imperfect fungi
c. dikaryotic fungi
d. heterokaryotic fungi
7. All seed plants .
a. produce flowers
b. are heterosporous
c. lack vascular tissue
d. have a dominant gametophyte generation
8. During the Carboniferous period, forests consisting primarily of produced
vast quantities of organic matter which was buried and later became coal.
a. gymnosperms
b. early angiosperms
c. ferns and other seedless vascular plants
d. gymnosperms and early angiosperms
9. Nonenveloped viruses have genetic material enclosed only by a protein shell called
a .
a. virion
b. capsid
c. viral plastid
d. membrane envelope
10. In plants that exhibit alternation of generations the process of meiosis produces
.
a. diploid spores
b. haploid spores
c. diploid gametes
d. haploid gametes
11. Chytrids differ from other fungi in having
a. zygosporangia
b. swimming gametes
c. cell walls containing chitin
d. ingestive, autotrophic nutrition
12. A fruit is .
a. a mature ovary
b. a thickened style
c. an enlarged ovule
d. a mature female gametophyte
Correct responses are indicated in bold font.
1. Which structure can be found in both gymnosperms and angiosperms?
a. A carpel
b. A stigma
c. An ovule
d. An ovary
2. The first vertebrates to live a portion of their life cycle on land were the .
a. lobe-fins
b. lampreys
c. mammals
d. amphibians
3. The body of most fungi consists of threadlike , which form an interwoven,
subterranean mass called a .
a. mycelia . . . hypha
b. mycelia . . . dikaryon
c. hyphae . . . mycelium
d. sporangia . . . heterokaryon
4. You take a trip to the Amazon jungle over Spring Break and find an unusual
looking plant. It is small in size (less than 10 cm), has small leaves, produces lots
of small seeds, and grows in a wet bog. Which of the following could it be?
a. A fern
b. A moss
c. A horsetail
d. An angiosperm
5. Mammals that have a long gestation period, a complex placenta, and complete their
development within a uterus are called .
a. eutherians
b. marsupials
c. placoderms
d. monotremes
, 6. Fungi that do not reproduce sexually are called .
a. zygomycetes
b. imperfect fungi
c. dikaryotic fungi
d. heterokaryotic fungi
7. All seed plants .
a. produce flowers
b. are heterosporous
c. lack vascular tissue
d. have a dominant gametophyte generation
8. During the Carboniferous period, forests consisting primarily of produced
vast quantities of organic matter which was buried and later became coal.
a. gymnosperms
b. early angiosperms
c. ferns and other seedless vascular plants
d. gymnosperms and early angiosperms
9. Nonenveloped viruses have genetic material enclosed only by a protein shell called
a .
a. virion
b. capsid
c. viral plastid
d. membrane envelope
10. In plants that exhibit alternation of generations the process of meiosis produces
.
a. diploid spores
b. haploid spores
c. diploid gametes
d. haploid gametes
11. Chytrids differ from other fungi in having
a. zygosporangia
b. swimming gametes
c. cell walls containing chitin
d. ingestive, autotrophic nutrition
12. A fruit is .
a. a mature ovary
b. a thickened style
c. an enlarged ovule
d. a mature female gametophyte
