STUDY GUIDE
CH 10
1.
SCIENCE
NAME ____________________________________
_________________________________ COMPOSES THE CELL WALLS OF PLANTS.
2. THE ___________________________ IS THE WAXY LAYER ON STEMS AND LEAVES.
3. ___________________________ _______________________ ARE PLANTS WITH A TUBELIKE
SYSTEM OF VESSELS.
4. A _______________________________ IS A CAPSULE IN WHICH SPORES ARE
ARE PRODUCED BY MEIOSIS.
5. A _______________________ IS A POORLY DRAINED AREA WITH SPONGY, WET GROUND
THAT IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF DEAD AND DECAYING PLANTS.
6.
______________________________ SPECIES IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE FIRST
PLANTS TO GROW IN NEW ENVIRONMENTS.
7. THE ________________________ ARE SPORE-PRODUCING STRUCTURES ON THE UNDERSIDE
OF FERN AND FRONDS.
8.
A ________________________________ IS AN UNDERGROUND STEM OF A FERN.
9.
A _____________________________ IS A LEAF OF A FERN.
10.
A ________________________________ IS A ROOTLIKE FILAMENT THAT HOLDS A
MOSS IN PLACE.
11.
(TRUE)
12.
SCIENTISTS THINK THAT PLANTS EVOLVED DIRECTLY FROM THE
_____________________________ KINGDOM.
(FALSE)
ALL PLANTS HAVE THE CHARACTERISTIC OF BEING PROKARYOTES.
13. MOSS PLANTS ARE HELD IN PLACE BY THREADS MADE UP OF ONLY A FEW LONG
CELLS CALLED __________________________________.
14. PEAT IS ACTUALLY THE EARLIEST STAGES OF ___________________________.
STUDY GUIDE
CH 10
SCIENCE
NAME ____________________________________
15. __________HAVE UNIQUE JOINTED STEM STRUCTURES.
A.
B.
C.
D.
CLUB MOSSES
HORSETAILS
FERNS
SPIKE MOSSES
16. THE FIRST PLANTS TO GROW IN NEW ENVIRONMENTS ARE ______________
A.
B.
C.
D.
MOSSES AND FERNS
LIVERWORTS AND MOSSES
FERNS AND HORSETAILS
GRASSES
17. NONVASCULAR PLANTS HAVE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT ________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
LEAVES
ROOTS
STALKS
SEEDS
18. FERNS ARE THE MOST ABUNDANT OF THE _________________ PLANTS
A.
B.
C.
D.
VASCULAR
SEEDLESS VASCULAR
BRYOPHYTE
NONVASCULAR
19. VASCULAR PLANTS DO NOT INCLUDE _________________.
A. CARROTS
B. ROSE BUSHES
C. BRYOPHYTES
D. TREES
20. BRYOPHYTES INCLUDE __________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS
FERNS AND HORSETAILS
LIVERWORTS AND FERNS
HORSETAILS AND MOSSES