BIOL 1407 TEST 3 HINT REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
green algae - Correct Answers -What are the most direct ancestors of land plants?
a. photosynthesizing prokaryotes (cyanobacteria)
b. kelp (brown alga) that formed large beds near the shorelines
c. liverworts and mosses
d. green algae
only green algae have flagellated, swimming sperm. - Correct Answers -What are the
major distinctions between plants and green algae?
a. only green algae have flagellated, swimming sperm.
b. meiosis proceeds at a faster pace in green algae than in plants.
c. embryos are not retained within parental tissues in green algae.
d. only plants form a cell plate during cytokinesis.
e. chlorophyll pigments in green algae are different from those in green plants.
megasporangium, megaspore, egg, ovule - Correct Answers -Which set contains the
most closely related terms?
a. megasporangium, megaspore, egg, ovule
b. microsporangium, microspore, carpel, ovary
c. microsporangium, microspore, egg, ovary
d. megasporangium, megaspore, pollen, ovule
plantae - Correct Answers -Which official taxon is essentially equivalent to the term
"embryophytes"?
a. Pterophyta
b. Streptophyta
c. Charophycea
d. Viridiplantae
e. Plantae
sporophyte is diploid and produces spores - Correct Answers -In the process of
alternation of generations, the ________.
a. sporophyte is haploid and produces gametes
b. spores unite to form a zygote
c. gametophyte is diploid and produces gametes
d. sporophyte is diploid and produces spores
e. gametophyte is haploid and produces spores
, aminal predation - Correct Answers -Which of the following was not a challenge for
survival of the first land plants?
a. absorbing enough light
b. sources of water
c. desiccation
d. animal predation
e. sperm transfer
contain eggs - Correct Answers -Archegonia ________.
a. are sites where male gametes are produced
b. make asexual reproductive structures
c. are ancestral versions of animal gonads
d. contain eggs
e. have the same function as sporangia
antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes - Correct Answers -Which of
the following is TRUE of the life cycle of mosses?
a. The growing embryo gives rise to the gametophyte.
b. Eggs are primarily distributed by water currents.
c. The sporophyte generation is dominant.
d. The haploid generation grows on the top of sporophyte.
e. Antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes.
ferns - Correct Answers -A botanist discovers a new species of plant in a tropical rain
forest. After observing its anatomy and life cycle, he notes the following characteristics:
flagellated sperm, vascular tissues, separate gametophyte and sporophyte generations
with the sporophyte dominant, and no seeds. This plant is probably most closely related
to ________.
a. gymnosperms
b. mosses
c. flowering plants
d. charophytes (stoneworts)
e. ferns
the growing embryo gives rise to the gametophyte - Correct Answers -The following are
all true about the life cycle of mosses except
a. gametophytes germinate from spores.
b. flagellated sperm are produced.
c. antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes.
d. gametes are produced by meiosis.
e. external water is required for fertilization.
haploid spores - Correct Answers -In plants, which of the following are produced by
meiosis
a. diploid gametes
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
green algae - Correct Answers -What are the most direct ancestors of land plants?
a. photosynthesizing prokaryotes (cyanobacteria)
b. kelp (brown alga) that formed large beds near the shorelines
c. liverworts and mosses
d. green algae
only green algae have flagellated, swimming sperm. - Correct Answers -What are the
major distinctions between plants and green algae?
a. only green algae have flagellated, swimming sperm.
b. meiosis proceeds at a faster pace in green algae than in plants.
c. embryos are not retained within parental tissues in green algae.
d. only plants form a cell plate during cytokinesis.
e. chlorophyll pigments in green algae are different from those in green plants.
megasporangium, megaspore, egg, ovule - Correct Answers -Which set contains the
most closely related terms?
a. megasporangium, megaspore, egg, ovule
b. microsporangium, microspore, carpel, ovary
c. microsporangium, microspore, egg, ovary
d. megasporangium, megaspore, pollen, ovule
plantae - Correct Answers -Which official taxon is essentially equivalent to the term
"embryophytes"?
a. Pterophyta
b. Streptophyta
c. Charophycea
d. Viridiplantae
e. Plantae
sporophyte is diploid and produces spores - Correct Answers -In the process of
alternation of generations, the ________.
a. sporophyte is haploid and produces gametes
b. spores unite to form a zygote
c. gametophyte is diploid and produces gametes
d. sporophyte is diploid and produces spores
e. gametophyte is haploid and produces spores
, aminal predation - Correct Answers -Which of the following was not a challenge for
survival of the first land plants?
a. absorbing enough light
b. sources of water
c. desiccation
d. animal predation
e. sperm transfer
contain eggs - Correct Answers -Archegonia ________.
a. are sites where male gametes are produced
b. make asexual reproductive structures
c. are ancestral versions of animal gonads
d. contain eggs
e. have the same function as sporangia
antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes - Correct Answers -Which of
the following is TRUE of the life cycle of mosses?
a. The growing embryo gives rise to the gametophyte.
b. Eggs are primarily distributed by water currents.
c. The sporophyte generation is dominant.
d. The haploid generation grows on the top of sporophyte.
e. Antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes.
ferns - Correct Answers -A botanist discovers a new species of plant in a tropical rain
forest. After observing its anatomy and life cycle, he notes the following characteristics:
flagellated sperm, vascular tissues, separate gametophyte and sporophyte generations
with the sporophyte dominant, and no seeds. This plant is probably most closely related
to ________.
a. gymnosperms
b. mosses
c. flowering plants
d. charophytes (stoneworts)
e. ferns
the growing embryo gives rise to the gametophyte - Correct Answers -The following are
all true about the life cycle of mosses except
a. gametophytes germinate from spores.
b. flagellated sperm are produced.
c. antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes.
d. gametes are produced by meiosis.
e. external water is required for fertilization.
haploid spores - Correct Answers -In plants, which of the following are produced by
meiosis
a. diploid gametes
