with Correct Answers 2026-2027
Phyla Non-Vascular Plants:
Heptatophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Liverworts
Phyla Non-Vascular Plants:
Anthocerophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Hornworts
Phyla Non-Vascular Plants:
Bryophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Mosses
Phyla Gymnosperms:
Cycadophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Cycad
Phyla Gymnosperms:
Ginkgophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Ginkgoes
Phyla Gymnosperms:
Pinophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Pines
Phyla Angiosperms:
Anthophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Flowering plants
Phyla Seedless Vascular Plants:
,Lycophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Club mosses
Phyla Seedless Vascular Plants:
Psilotophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Whisk Ferns
Parts of a fruit - CORRECT ANSWER -
Parts of a flower - CORRECT ANSWER -
Why do we study the Green Algae and Land plants? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Plants provide ecosystem services
Plants build and hold soil
Plants hold water and moderate climate
Plants are primary producers
Plants provide humans with food, fuel, fiber, building material, and medicines
Non vascular Plants are also referred to as . - CORRECT ANSWER -
Bryophytes: Lack Vascular tissue
Cuticle - CORRECT ANSWER -
Watertight barrier that coats the above ground parts of today's land plants and helps to re
sist drying.
Phyla Seedless Vascular Plants:
Equisetophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Horse tails
Phyla Seedless Vascular Plants:
, Pteridophyta - CORRECT ANSWER -Ferns
Tracheids (found in ALL vascular plants) - CORRECT ANSWER -Long, thin water-
conducting cell that has pits where Lignin-
containing secondary wall is absent, allowing water movement between adjacent cells
Primary wall:
Secondary wall: - CORRECT ANSWER -Cellulose
Lignin
Characteristics of Kingdom Plantae - CORRECT ANSWER --Monophyletic group
-Multicellular
-Photosynthetic
-Cell walls (cellulose)
-Alternation of generations life cycles
Plant Phylogeny - CORRECT ANSWER -Charophytes (Stoneworts) is green algal ancestor
Plants can be , , or . - CORRECT ANSWER -
Unicellular, Colonial, or Multicellular
Plant adaptations in order to stay on land: - CORRECT ANSWER --
Waxy cuticles, Stomata, Vascular tissue (water-transport and lignin-rigidity)
-Embryo (gamete) protection
-Multicellular gametangia-Outer cells sterile & Inner cells develop gametes
-Types:
Antheridium