Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Scientists hypothesize plants evolved directly from ______.
a. | cellulose | c. | bacteria | b. | fungi | d. | green algae |
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Seedless nonvascular plants include ______.
a. | ferns and horsetails | c. | liverworts and ferns | b. | horsetails and mosses | d. | mosses and
liverworts |
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Vascular plants DO NOT include ______.
a. | hornworts | c. | rose bushes | b. | carrots | d. | trees |
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Nonvascular plants lack all of the following EXCEPT ______.
a. | leaves | c. | seeds | b. | roots | d. | stalks |
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Moss plants are held in place by threads made up of only a few long cells called
______.
a. | guard cells | c. | stomata | b. | rhizoids | d. | vascular tissue |
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The first plants to grow in new environments are ______.
a. | ferns and horsetails | c. | liverworts and mosses | b. | trees | d. | large
flowering plants |
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The oldest trees alive today are ______.
a. | angiosperms | c. | gymnosperms | b. | herbaceous | d. | monocots |
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The major function of leaves is to ______.
a. | store food | b. | make food | c. | absorb water and
minerals | d. | move water to other plant parts |
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Roots usually have all of the following functions EXCEPT ______.
a. | absorbing water and minerals | b. | anchoring the plant | c. | making
food | d. | storing food |
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Stems usually have all of the following functions EXCEPT ______.
a. | absorbing nutrients from soil | b. | storing food | c. | supporting the
aboveground parts of the plant | d. | allowing movement of materials between leaves
and roots |
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Monocots have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT ______.
a. | one cotyledon in their seeds | b. | vascular bundles in rings | c. | vascular bundles
throughout the stems | d. | flower parts in
threes |
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Seed plants have all of the following EXCEPT ______.
a. | rhizoids | c. | roots | b. | vascular tissue | d. | leaves |
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Ferns are the most abundant of the ______ plants.
a. | seedless nonvascular | c. | nonvascular | b. | seedless vascular | d. | vascular |
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Peat is actually the earliest stage of ______.
a. | coal | c. | petroleum | b. | natural gas | d. | petrified wood |
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Small pores in the leaf surface are called ______.
a. | the cuticle | c. | guard cells | b. | the epidermis | d. | stomata |
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The cells of the ______ have chloroplasts filled with chlorophyll.
a. | cuticle | c. | palisade layer | b. | epidermis | d. | xylem |
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______ tissue is made up of tubular vessels that transport water and minerals up
from the roots throughout the plant.
a. | Cambium | c. | Phloem | b. | Palisade | d. | Xyle |
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Of the following, which is NOT a vascular plant?
a. | moss | c. | fern | b. | pine tree | d. | horsetail |
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Ancient seedless plants compacted and eventually turned into the ____ we use
today.
a. | coal | c. | minerals | b. | oil | d. | rubber |
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Of following, which is NOT an adaptation plants made to life on land?
a. | cell walls | c. | more complex reproduction | b. | a
cuticle | d. | cell
membrane |
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Of the following, which is NOT a characteristics of plants?
a. | have cell walls | c. | range in height | b. | have roots | d. | live only on
land |
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Scientists think that plants evolved directly from ____.
a. | animals | c. | bacteria | b. | mosses | d. | green algae |
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Nonvascular plants include ____.
a. | ferns and horsetails | c. | liverworts and ferns | b. | horsetails and mosses | d. | mosses and
liverworts |
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Nonvascular plants have all of the following EXCEPT ____.
a. | flowers | c. | spores | b. | rhizoids | d. | cell walls |
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Moss plants are held in place by threadlike structures called ____.
a. | dicots | c. | guard cells | b. | rhizoids | d. | vascular tissue |
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The first plants to grow in new environments are usually ____.
a. | ferns and horsetails | c. | liverworts and mosses | b. | grasses | d. | mosses and ferns |
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Ferns are the most abundant of the ____ plants.
a. | gymnosperm | c. | nonvascular | b. | seedless vascular | d. | vascular |
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____ have unique, jointed stem structures.
a. | Club mosses | c. | Horsetails | b. | Ferns | d. | Spike mosses |
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Peat is actually the earliest stage of ____.
a. | coal | c. | petroleum | b. | natural gas | d. | petrified wood |
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The oldest trees alive are the ____.
a. | angiosperms | c. | monocots | b. | gymnosperms | d. | dicots |
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____ is a chemical compound that forms tangled fibers in the cell walls of
plants.
a. | Stomata | c. | Cellulose | b. | Cambium | d. | Cuticle |
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Of the following, which is NOT an example of a seed plant?
a. | peanuts | c. | oranges | b. | peat moss | d. | wheat |
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The most common type of plants on Earth is ____.
a. | angiosperms | c. | nonvascular plants | b. | gymnosperms | d. | seedless vascular
plants |
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Roots have all of the following functions EXCEPT to ____.
a. | anchor the plant | c. | store food | b. | absorb water | d. | make food |
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Stems have all of these functions EXCEPT ____.
a. | storing food and water | b. | absorbing soil nutrients | c. | supporting the
plant | d. | moving materials between leaves and roots |
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The major function of leaves is to ____.
a. | make food | c. | transport | b. | store food | d. | absorb
nutrients |
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37.
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Of the following, which is NOT a gymnosperm?
a. | gingoes | c. | flowering plants | b. | cycads | d. | conifers |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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Complete the following sentences using the terms listed below.
cellulose | rhizoids | vascular plants | cuticle | nonvascular plants | pioneer species | | | |
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38.
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The first plants to grow in new environments are called
____________________.
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39.
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Cell walls are made of ____________________.
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40.
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Moss plants are held in place by rootlike filaments called
____________________.
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41.
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____________________ are plants that have vessels.
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42.
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The waxy, protective layer on stems and leaves of plants is the
____________________.
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43.
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____________________ lack a tubelike system of vessels.
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Unscramble the letters to form the correct word for each
definition.
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tocdi—flowering plant with two cotyledons in its seed
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lymex—tissue of tubular vessels that move water
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hemplo—tissue that moves food from leaves and stems
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micmuab—tissue that produces new xylem and phloem cells
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48.
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amosatt—small pores in the leaf surface ____________________
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rugad slecl—cells that open and close stomata ____________________
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Study the meanings of the word parts listed below. Identify a word containing
a word part from the list next to its definition.
angio–enclose | gymno–naked | mono–one | sperm–seed | | | | |
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50.
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flowering vascular plants with seeds inside a fruit ____________________
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nonflowering vascular plants that produce seeds on cones
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flowering plants with one cotyledon in their seeds ____________________
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Classify the following examples as a gymnosperm, a
monocot angiosperm, or a dicot angiosperm.
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53.
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maple tree ____________________
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54.
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pine tree ____________________
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orange ____________________
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56.
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corn ____________________
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ginkgo ____________________
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wheat ____________________
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Classify each of the plants below as a seedless nonvascular,
a seedless vascular, or a seed plant.
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59.
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hornwort ____________________
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60.
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fern ____________________
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liverwort ____________________
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horsetail ____________________
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63.
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tulip ____________________
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. Some plant parts will be
used more than once.
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absorbs water and minerals
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transports food and water
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stores food for the plant
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makes food for the plant
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68.
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supports the plant
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Match each item with the correct statement below. Some items may not be
used. a. | angiosperm | i. | nonvascular plants | b. | cambium | j. | phloem | c. | cellulose | k. | pioneer species | d. | cuticle | l. | rhizoid | e. | dicot | m. | stomata | f. | guard cells | n. | vascular plants | g. | gymnosperms | o. | xylem | h. | monocots |
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composes the cell walls of plants
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70.
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waxy layer on stems and leaves
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71.
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plants with a tubelike system of vessels
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72.
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rootlike filament that holds a moss in place
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73.
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vascular plants with no flowers or fruit; produce seeds in cones
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74.
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vascular plants with flowers; produce seeds inside fruit
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flowering plants with two cotyledons in their seeds
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name given to the first plants to grow in new environments
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77.
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tissue that moves food from leaves to other plant parts
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tissue that produces new xylem and phloem cells
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in a plant leaf, cells that surround the stomata to open and close them
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Match each term with the correct definition below. a. | rhizoids | e. | moss | b. | liverworts | f. | cuticle | c. | pioneer
species | g. | bogs | d. | cellulose |
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rootlike filaments made up of a few long cells
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are first to grow in new or disturbed areas
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means "herb for the liver"
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a waxy, protective layer on leaves of plants
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an organic compound found in plant cell walls
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a seedless, rootless plant with leaflike growths
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poorly drained areas with spongy, wet ground that is comprised mainly of dead
and decaying plants
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Match each term with the correct definition below. a. | vascular plants | e. | palisade layer | b. | stomata | f. | xylem | c. | phloem | g. | guard cells | d. | spongy layer | h. | cambium |
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small pores on leaf surfaces allowing carbon dioxide in
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vessels that move food from leaves to other plant parts
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tissue that produces new xylem and phloem cells
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90.
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vessels that transport substances from the roots to other parts of the
plant
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open and close stomata
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92.
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loosely arranged cell layer in the leaf
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closely packed cells under the epidermis of leaves
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plants that have tubelike structures for transporting substances
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Short Answer
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95.
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List four characteristics of plants.
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96.
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Describe two structural adaptations of plants that enabled them to live on
land.
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97.
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Explain three ways in which nonvascular and vascular spore-producing plants are
important.
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98.
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Volcanic activity, floods, fires, hurricanes, and development by humans can
disturb the environment drastically. Hypothesize what might happen if there were no pioneer
species.
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99.
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List two structural adaptations that occurred in plants as they moved from their
original habitat, and tell what function those structures serve.
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100.
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List four main characteristics of seed plants.
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101.
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Gardeners find dandelions difficult to successfully hand-weed. Why would this be
true?
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102.
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Think about what you ate yesterday. What foods you ate came from plants?
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103.
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Why would vascular tissue be an advantage to plants adapting to life on
land?
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104.
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How do the cells of nonvascular plants get water and nutrients if they do not
have vessels?
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105.
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You notice green scum floating on the surface of a pond. How can you tell
whether these organisms are plants?
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106.
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What was the primary adaptation plants needed to survive on land?
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107.
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Why are mosses, liverworts, and hornworts among the pioneer species in lava
fields?
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108.
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How are ferns like nonvascular plants and vascular plants?
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109.
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Why are nonvascular plants small?
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110.
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Why would an algae cell on a dry pond bottom cease photosynthesis and die
without water?
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111.
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What are the two major classifications of seed plants?
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112.
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Why are the root systems of most plants as large or larger than the above ground
plant parts?
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113.
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How do stomata and guard cells help plants conserve water?
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114.
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What is the origin of flowering plants?
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115.
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Ferns have roots, stems, and leaves just like seed plants. Why aren't they
classified as seed plants?
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116.
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Identify the following plants as angiosperms or gymnosperms: corn, pines,
pineapples, junipers, wheat, redwoods, oaks, firs, maples, spruces.
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Identify each of the following descriptions as characteristic of a monocot or
dicot: flower parts in multiples of three, vascular bundles in rings, network of veins in the leaves,
scattered vascular bundles.
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118.
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How many species of plants exist on Earth?
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119.
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What are the differences among annuals, biennials, and perennials?
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120.
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How do gymnosperm seeds differ from angiosperm seeds?
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121.
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How are seed plants different from nonvascular plants?
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122.
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You notice wilted flowers in the garden and spray the leaves with water. Why
don't the plants revive?
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123.
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What do the xylem and phloem in leaves do?
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Yes/No
Indicate whether you
agree with the statement.
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Indicate which of the following are characteristics of seed plants by writing
Y for yes and N for no.
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124.
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root systems
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125.
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leaves with stomata
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126.
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stems of various sizes
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127.
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produce spores
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128.
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produce seeds
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129.
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vascular tissue of phloem and xylem
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130.
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produce rhizoids
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