Chapter 16:
Plant Adaptations
Practice Test
1.
How do sperm produced in the male organ of a moss get to the egg in a female organ?
a.
They swim, using a flagellum.
b.
They are carried by wind.
c.
They move by cytoplasmic streaming.
d.
They are carried by animals.
Hint
2.
Which of these is a type of simple vascular plant?
a.
liverwort
b.
water lily
c.
club moss
d.
cycad
Hint
3.
Which of these does NOT appear on the sporophyte of vascular plants?
a.
roots
b.
rhizoids
c.
stems
d.
leaves
Hint
4.
The life cycle of all plants consists of two alternating stages. What is this type of life cycle called?
a.
sexual and asexual reproduction
b.
diploid life cycle
c.
alternation of generations
d.
haploid life cycle
Hint
5.
How long ago did the earliest vascular plants appear on land?
a.
100 million years ago
b.
40 million years ago
c.
400 million years ago
d.
4 million years ago
Hint
6.
What are the gymnosperms that produce seeds in cones?
a.
conifers
b.
mosses
c.
ferns
d.
cycads
Hint
7.
Of these, which is an example of a nonvascular plant?
a.
fern
b.
moss
c.
pine tree
d.
daffodil
Hint
8.
What is a waxy layer that covers the outer surface of a plant's body?
a.
the cuticle
b.
the dermis
c.
the sporangia
d.
the thallus
Hint
9.
The term angiosperm means "seeds in a vessel." What is the vessel that contains the seeds of angiosperms?
a.
the cone
b.
the stamen
c.
the flower
d.
the fruit
Hint
10.
In most ferns, the main stem forms an underground clump under the soil called a(n) _________ .
a.
rhizome
b.
rhizoid
c.
sporangia
d.
thallus
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