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Plant Introduction Quiz - Biology
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1. The challenges that faced early land plants included
a. conserving water.
b. reproducing on land.
c. absorbing minerals from the rocky surface.
d. All of the above
2. The ancestors of today’s land plants were probably
a. brown algae.
c. green algae.
b. red algae.
d. lichens.
3. The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a
a. cuticle.
c. rhizome.
b. capsule.
d. stoma.
4. The cuticle
a. helps reduce the evaporation of fluids from a plant.
b. is a plant adaptation to an aquatic environment.
c. in a reproductive structure in some plants.
5. Some land plants developed an internal system of interconnected tubes and vessels called
a. cuticles.
c. the circulatory system.
b. nonvascular canals.
d. vascular tissues.
6. The seed coat
a. provides the seed with nourishment.
c. protects the seed from drying out.
b. aids in the dispersal of seeds.
d. causes the seed to reproduce.
7. The flowers produced by angiosperms help ensure the transfer of gametes by
a. traveling in the air currents.
b. bursting open and projecting gametes onto the landscape.
c. attracting a particular bird, insect, or other animal, which then carries pollen from one
flower to another.
8. A flower is a
a. reproductive structure.
c. photosynthetic structure.
b. vegetative structure.
d. homologous structure.
9. What function do fruits produced by angiosperms perform?
a. provide food for humans and other animals
b. protect the seeds
c. disperse the seeds
d. All of the above
10. The xylem in a plant
a. transports food from the leaves.
b. exchanges carbon dioxide with the atmosphere.
c. transports water and minerals.
11. Monocots have
a. leaves with branching veins.
c. flowers in multiples of three.
b. flower parts in multiples of four or five.
d. two cotyledons.
____ 12. Flowering plants are classified as monocots or dicots according to the number of their
a. leaves.
c. meristems.
b. roots.
d. cotyledons.
____ 13. The primary purpose of the fruit is
a. to provide nutrition for the seed.
c. seed dispersal.
b. photosynthesis.
d. to permit cross-fertilization.
____ 14. Mosses, hornworts, and liverworts all possess
a. roots.
c. flowers.
b. spore capsules.
d. vascular systems.
____ 15. Fiddleheads are produced by
a. liverworts.
c. ferns.
b. club mosses.
d. horsetails.
____ 16. Which of the following is not a nonvascular plant?
a. moss
c. liverwort
b. hornwort
d. fern
____ 17. Approximately 90 percent of all living plants are
a. angiosperms.
c. endosperms.
b. gymnosperms.
d. mosses.
____ 18. Monocots and dicots are subdivisions of
a. angiosperms.
c. ferns.
b. gymnosperms.
d. mosses.
____ 19. All of the following are derived from angiosperms and used by humans in their daily lives except
a. food.
c. baker’s yeast.
b. textiles.
d. timber.
____ 20. Potatoes are actually
a. roots.
c. flowers.
b. tubers.
d. leaves.
____ 21. Soybeans are a globally important crop because 45 percent of this legume is
a. protein.
c. fat.
b. carbohydrate.
d. sugar.
____ 22. More than 70 percent of the world’s cultivated farmland is used for growing
a. fruit.
c. grains.
b. tubers.
d. ferns.
____ 23. The world’s best wheat-growing area is
a. northern Canada.
c. Mexico.
b. southeastern United States.
d. the Great Plains.
____ 24. Corn is one of the world’s chief foods for
a. farm animals.
c. birds.
b. wild animals.
d. deer.
____ 25. Salicin derived from the bark of willow trees is the starting compound used to make
a. paper.
c. rubber.
b. clothes.
d. aspirin.
____ 26. Paper-making fibers are obtained from
a. wood.
c. bamboo.
b. cotton.
d. All of the above
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