Review Self_Quiz -- CLASSIFICATION: Plantae:
Below are some multiple choice self-quiz review questions to reinforce chapter terms and important concepts. Some of these questions will appear on the exams.

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1. Which of these are characteristics of plants?

a. Multicellular with specialized tissue and organs
b. Photosynthetic and contain chlorophyll a and b
c. Protect the developing embryo from dessication
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

2. Plants invaded land

a. 1 billion years ago
b. about or a little bit more than 500 million years ago
c. about or a little bit more than 400 million years ago
d. about or a little bit more than 300 million years ago
e. yesterday

3. Problems which plants needed to overcome when invading land from the oceans.

a. Supporting locomotion
b. Transporting water
c. Surviving slow environmental changes
d. a, and b
e. a, b, and c

4. When plants invaded land they solved the problem of transporting water by

a. a woody stem
b. a leathery tissue
c. a vascular system
d. protective seeds
e. roots in the soil

5. When plants invaded land they solved the problem of water availability by

a. only growing in shade
b. forming a waxy or leathery layer on exposed surfaces
c. eliminating their requirement for water
d. using another substance for photosynthesis
e. all of the above

6. In a plant leaf, tiny mouthlike pores that opens and closes to regulate thye flow of carbon dioxide and other gases.

a. Spores
b. Stomata
c. Ovules
d. Xylem
e. Phloem

7. Common name for Bryophyta

a. Mosses
b. Horse tails
c. Ferns
d. Cycads
e. Ginkgos

8. Common name for Equisetophyta

a. Mosses
b. Horse tails
c. Ferns
d. Cycads
e. None of the above

9. Common name for Pteridophyta

a. Mosses
b. Horse tails
c. Ferns
d. Cycads
e. None of the above

10. Common name for Pinophyta / Coniferophyta

a. Mosses
b. Horse tails
c. Ferns
d. Cycads
e. None of the above

11. The angiosperms are classified into two classes

a. Magnoliophyta and Pinophyta
b. Monocots and Dicots
c. Magnoliophyta and Gnetophyta
d. Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
e. Seed plants and vascular plants

12. The haploid form of a life cycle of a plant, characterized by "alternation of generations", is called

a. Embryo
b. Cone
c. Seed
d. Gametophyte
e. Sporophyte

13. The mature pine tree, the diploid form of a life cycle of a plant, characterized by "alternation of generations", is called

a. Embryo
b. Cone
c. Seed
d. Gametophyte
e. Sporophyte

14. Reproductive structure in gymnosperms, consisting of modified leaves or scales.

a. Embryo
b. Cone
c. Seed
d. Gametophyte
e. Sporophyte

15. Specialized structure (mature ovule) in gymnosperms and angiosperms that contains the embryo.

a. Embryo
b. Cone
c. Seed
d. Gametophyte
e. Sporophyte

16. Choose the most primitive plant (Plantae) group:

a. Flowering plants
b. Conifers
c. Ferns
d. Mosses
e. Algae

17. Choose the most primitive plant (Plantae) group:

A. Conifers
B. Lilies
C. Dicots
D. Monocots
E. Mushrooms

18. Plants reproduce by

a. seeds
b. spores
c. binary fission
d. male sperms and female eggs
e. They do not reproduce

19. Choose the most primitive plant (Plantae) group:

A. Conifers
B. Ginkgos
C. Cycads
D. Gnetophytes
E. Angiosperms

20. Choose the most primitive plant (Plantae) group:

A. Pine trees
B. Ginkgos
C. Fern trees
D. Mormon teas (Ephedras)
E. Apple trees

21. What are the advantages of life on land for plants?

a. more light on land
b. less harmful carbon dioxide on land
c. more nutrients (minerals) on land
d. A & C
e. A, B, and C

22. Which of the following produces NO seeds?

a. cycads
b. conifers
c. horsetails
d. ginkgos
e. tomatoes

23. Which of the following produces flowers?

a. cycads
b. conifers
c. horsetails
d. ginkgos
e. tomatoes

24. By _____________ years ago, plants had invaded land successfully.

a. 500 million
b. 400 million
c. 300 million
d. 200 million
e. 100 million

25. By _____________ years ago, flowering plants had established themselves on Earth.

a. 500 million
b. 400 million
c. 300 million
d. 200 million
e. 100 million

26. Which of the following do not possess vascular tissue?

a. angiosperms
b. bryophytes
c. conifers
d. ferns
e. cycads

27. The first group with flowers?

a. Bryophyta
b. Equisetophyta
c. Pinophyta
d. Gnetophyta
e. Magnoliophyta

28. Mormon tea?

a. Bryophyta
b. Equisetophyta
c. Pinophyta (Coniferophyta)
d. Gnetophyta
e. Magnoliophyta

29. Christmas tree?

a. Bryophyta
b. Equisetophyta
c. Pinophyta (Coniferophyta)
d. Gnetophyta
e. Magnoliophyta

30. All but which one of the following are monocots?

a. grass
b. corn
c. lilies
d. wheat
e. maple

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