Masteringbio Chapter 29 Study Test Answers

Angiosperms are most closely related to _____.

 a. gymnosperms b. bryophytes c. green algae d. seedless vascular plants e. charophyceans

Answer: gymnosperms

Which of these was the dominant plant group at the time that dinosaurs were the dominant animals? 

a. bryophytes b. charophyceans c. angiosperms d. gymnosperms e. seedless vascular plants

Answer: gymnosperms

This is an image of a(n) _____. a. seedless vascular plant b. angiosperm c. gymnosperm d. bryophyte e. charophycean

Answer: charophycean

Plants evolved from green algae approximately _____ million years ago. a. 475 b. 400 c. 2,200 d. 3,500 e. 130

Answer: 475

_____ are an example of seedless vascular plants. a. Pine trees b. Lilacs c. Ferns d. Charophyceans e. Mosses

Answer: Ferns

The living plants that are most similar to the first plants to bear gametangia are the _____. a. bryophytes b. angiosperms c. charophyceans d. seedless vascular plants e. gymnosperms

Answer: bryophytes

Which of these characteristics is shared by algae and seed plants? 

a. roots and shoots b. embryo development within gametangia c. vascular tissue d. pollen e. chloroplasts

Answer: chloroplasts

Which of these represents the sporophyte generation of the moss life cycle? 

a. D b. A c. E d. C e. B

Answer: E

In moss, _____ produce sperm.

a. embryos b. antheridia c. archegonia d. protonemata e. sporangia

Answer: antheridia

The sperm produced by mosses require _____ to reach an archegonium

 a. animals b. the development of a flower c. moisture d. light e. wind

Answer: moisture

In the moss life cycle _____ cells within a sporangium undergo _____ to produce _____ spores. a. haploid … mitosis … haploid b. haploid … meiosis … haploid c. diploid … meiosis … haploid d. diploid … mitosis … haploid e. diploid … mitosis … diploid

Answer: diploid … meiosis … haploid

In mosses gametes are produced by _____; in ferns gametes are produced by _____ a. mitosis … mitosis b. mitosis … meiosis c. meiosis … mitosis d. meiosis … meiosis e. binary fission … mitosis

Answer: mitosis … mitosis

In mosses gametes are produced by _____; in ferns gametes are produced by _____. a. mitosis … mitosis b. meiosis … meiosis c. binary fission … mitosis d. meiosis … mitosis e. mitosis … meiosis

Answer: mitosis … mitosis

Which of these structures is diploid?

 a. D b. B c. C d. A e. E

Answer: D

Where do fern antheridia develop? 

a. on the underside of the gametophyte b. on the tip of the haploid protonema c. on the tip of the gametophyte d. on the underside of the sporophyte e. on the tip of the sporophyte

Answer: on the underside of the gametophyte

The conspicuous part of a fern plant is

 a _____. a. haploid sporophyte b. diploid gametophyte c. diploid sorus d. haploid gametophyte e. diploid sporophyte

Answer: diploid sporophyte

Which of these represents the sporophyte generation of the moss life cycle?

Answer: E

In moss, _____ produce sperm.

Answer: antheridia

The sperm produced by mosses require _____ to reach an archegonium.

Answer: moisture

In mosses gametes are produced by _____; in ferns gametes are produced by _____.

Answer: mitosis…mitosis

Which of these structures is diploid?

Answer: D

Where do fern antheridia develop?

Answer: on the underside of the gametophyte

The conspicuous part of a fern plant is a _____.

Answer: diploid sporophyte

Angiosperms are most closely related to _____.

Answer: gymnosperms

Which of these was the dominant plant group at the time that dinosaurs were the dominant animals?

Answer: gymnosperms

Charophyceans are the green algae most closely related to plants

Answer: TRUE

Plants evolved from green algae approximately _____ million years ago.

Answer: 475

_____ are an example of seedless vascular plants.

Answer: ferns

The living plants that are most similar to the first plants to bear gametangia are the _____.

Answer: bryophytes

Which of these characteristics is shared by algae and seed plants?

Answer: chloroplasts