Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
ancestors of today’s land plants were probably a. | brown
algae. | c. | green
algae. | b. | red algae. | d. | lichens. | | | | |
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The
waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a a. | cuticle. | c. | rhizome. | b. | capsule. | d. | stoma. | | | | |
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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. | d. | is crucial to plant cell nourishment. | | |
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The
diploid form in a plant’s life cycle is called the a. | sporophyte. | c. | parental
generation. | b. | gametophyte. | d. | alternate generation. | | | | |
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The
haploid form in a plant’s life cycle is called the a. | sporophyte. | c. | parental
generation. | b. | gametophyte. | d. | alternate generation. | | | | |
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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. | | | | |
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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. | d. | All of the
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The
xylem in a plant a. | transports food
from the leaves. | b. | transports water and minerals. | c. | exchanges carbon
dioxide with the atmosphere. | d. | All of the above | | |
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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 | | |
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Monocots have a. | leaves with branching veins. | b. | flower parts in
multiples of four or five. | c. | leaves with parallel veins. | d. | two
cotyledons. | | |
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Flowering plants are classified as monocots or dicots according to the number of
their a. | leaves. | c. | meristems. | b. | roots. | d. | cotyledons. | | | | |
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The
primary purpose of the fruit is a. | to provide nutrition for the
seed. | c. | seed
dispersal. | b. | photosynthesis. | d. | to permit cross-fertilization. | | | | |
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liverworts, hornworts, mosses : nonvascular plants :: a. | gymnosperms and
angiosperms : bryophytes | b. | ferns : mosses | c. | gymnosperms and
angiosperms : vascular | d. | bryophytes and liverworts : vascular
plants | | |
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vascular plants : sporophytes :: a. | sporophytic plants :
gametophytes | c. | spores :
gametes | b. | gametes : sporophytes | d. | nonvascular plants : gametophytes | | | | |
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sporophytes : spores :: a. | sporophytes : gametophytes | c. | gametophytes : spores | b. | gametophytes :
gametes | d. | sporophytes :
gametes | | | | |
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gymnosperms : naked seeds :: a. | pollen : mosses | c. | liverwort : vascular tissue | b. | liverwort :
pollen | d. | angiosperms :
enclosed seeds | | | | |
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fruit
: mature ovary a. | gametophyte :
sporophyte | c. | cotyledon : food
reserve | b. | gymnosperm : angiosperm | d. | vascular plant : nonvascular plant | | | | |
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Which
of the following is not a nonvascular plant? a. | moss | c. | liverwort | b. | hornwort | d. | fern | | | | |
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California redwoods are some of the tallest members of the phylum a. | Ginkgophyta. | c. | Cycadophyta. | b. | Coniferophyta. | d. | Gnetophyta. | | | | |
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Monocots and dicots are subdivisions of a. | angiosperms. | c. | ferns. | b. | gymnosperms. | d. | mosses. | | | | |
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Potatoes are actually a. | roots. | c. | flowers. | b. | tubers. | d. | leaves. | | | | |
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Soybeans are a globally important crop because 45 percent of this legume
is a. | protein. | c. | fat. | b. | carbohydrate. | d. | sugar. | | | | |
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Corn
is one of the world’s chief foods for a. | farm animals. | c. | birds. | b. | wild
animals. | d. | deer. | | | | |
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Rayon
is made from a. | wood
pulp. | c. | leaves of the
foxglove. | b. | root fibers. | d. | tea leaves. | | | | |
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Paper-making fibers are obtained from a. | wood. | c. | bamboo. | b. | cotton. | d. | All of the above | | | | |
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