Read each question and choose the correct answer.
1. Coal formed millions of years ago from the remains of
nonvascular plants. flowering plants. green algae. seedless vascular plants.
2. Woody stems
are soft, green, and flexible. include the stems of daisies. contain wood and bark. All of the above
3. Cycads, conifers, gnetophytes, and ginkgoes are
flowering plants. angiosperms. seedless plants. gymnosperms.
4. Which of the following is NOT a leaf structure?
a stigma a guard cell a stoma a cuticle
5. Which statement does NOT correctly describe plants?
Plants make their own food. Plants have a cuticle. Plant cells do not have cell walls. Plants reproduce with spores and sex cells.
6. The purpose of the cuticle on a plant is to
absorb the sun's light energy. allow the plant to breathe. keep the plant from drying out. protect the plant from insects
7. Plants reproduce with sex cells and
cuticles stomata. sepals. spores.
8. During a plant's life cycle, spores grow into
gametophytes. sporophytes. gymnosperms. angiosperms.
9. Scientists believe that plants originated from
red algae. green algae. brown algae. None of the above
10. Nonvascular plants move needed materials from one part of the plant to another by
diffusion. osmosis. vascular tissues. Both (a) and (b)
11. How do mosses and club mosses differ?
Mosses do not produce spores but club mosses do. Club mosses do not produce spores but mosses do. Mosses have vascular tissue but club mosses do not. Club mosses have vascular tissue but mosses do not.
12. Which of the following statements is a characteristic of seed plants?
The male gametophytes of seed plants need water to travel to the female gametophytes. Seed plants produce structures in which young sporophytes are nourished and protected. Gametophytes of seed plants live independently of the sporophyte. none of the above
13. Which group of gymnosperms does NOT develop seeds in cones?
conifers cycads gnetophytes ginkgoes
14. Which group of gymnosperms contains only one living species?
15. Saclike structures that produce pollen grains are called
styles. anthers. ovaries. pistils.
