Untitled Flashcards Set

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a gymnosperm?

A) Bears fruit/flowers B) Has seeds enclosed in a fruit C) Has needle-like leaves D) Produces cones

Which of the following is NOT an angiosperm synapomorphy?

A) Fruit B) Flowers C) Cone bearing D) Endosperm

Which of the following is not an example of a gymnosperm?

A) Conifers B) Cycads C) Ginkgoes D) Flowers

Which of the following is an example of an angiosperm?

A) Rose B) Pine C) Cedar D) Ginkgo

Which category of archaea can be salt-dependent?

A) Extreme Halophiles B) Methanogens C) Thermophiles D) Psychrophiles

Which of the following bacteria is an extremophile?

A) Hadobacteria B) Cyanobacteria C) E. coli D) Streptococcus

Which of the following do members of all the domains NOT have/do?

A) Have a nucleus B) Utilize DNA as genetic material C) Have ribosomes D) Have a cell membrane

Which of the following is NOT classified as a Bryophyte?

A) Mosses B) Liverworts C) Hornworts D) Horsetails

Which of the following is not a non-vascular plant?

A) Ferns B) Mosses C) Liverworts D) Fruits

What is not a major group of stramenophiles? A) Ciliates B) Diatoms C) Brown algae D) Oomycetes

Answer: A. Ciliates

Which adaptation to land includes openings in stems and leaves to regulate gas exchange, water loss, and temperature? A) Gametangia B) Cuticle C) Stomata D) Thick spore walls

Answer: C. Stomata

Which one is NOT a part of a flower’s anatomy? A) Ovary B) Anther C) Stigma D) Conifer

Answer: D. Conifer

In the grain walls of pollen, there is a compound called Sporopollenin. What is special about it? A) It is the most resistant biological compound B) It is very strong and durable C) It can easily fall off to spread the pollen D) It includes tissues from three generations.

Answer: A. It is the most resistant biological compound

Which one of these is a Micronutrient? A) N B) P C) Cu D) K

Answer: C. Cu

What are the five major groups of protists? A) Archaea, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans B) Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans C) Alveolates, Streptococcus, Rhizarians, Extremophiles, and Amoebozoans D) Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Actinobacteria

Answer: B. Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans

Which of the following is NOT an angiosperm synapomorphy? A) Cone bearing B) Reduced gametophytes C) Fruits D) Vessel elements

Answer: A. Cone bearing

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a gymnosperm? A) has seed B) bears cones C) bears fruit/flowers D) rely on tracheids in the xylem for water support

Answer: C. bears fruit/flowers

Which of the following bacteria is an extremophile? A) spirochetes B) actinobacteria C) firmicutes D) hadobacteria

Answer: D. hadobacteria

Which of the following do members of all the domains NOT have/do? A) Have plasma membranes and ribosomes B) Have a common set of metabolic pathways C) Semiconservative DNA replication D) Have a nucleus

Answer: D. Have a nucleus

What are the 3 major groups of the rhizaria protist? A) Cercozoans, brown algae, and foraminiferan B) Cercozoans, foraminiferan, and radiolarian C) Radiolarian, dinoflagellate, and cercozoans D) Foraminiferan, ciliates, and heteroloboseans

Answer: B. Cercozoans, foraminiferan, and radiolarian

Which of the following is not an example of a gymnosperm? A) Ginkgo B) Conifer C) Cycads D) Flowers

Answer: D. Flowers

Which of the following is an example of an angiosperm? A) Pine tree B) Fern C) Oak tree D) Rose

Answer: D. Rose

What are loams? A) A mixture of sand and clay only B) A mixture of organic matter and water only C) A mixture of sand, silt, and clay D) A mixture of silt and gravel only

Answer: C. A mixture of sand, silt, and clay

Which of the following is a true statement of nitrogen fixation? A) It involves the process of plants absorbing nitrogen from the soil B) Refers to the conversion of nitrogen gas into carbon dioxide C) The process in which animals breathe in nitrogen gas for energy D) An enzyme that allows prokaryotes to convert N₂ into a more biologically useful form

Answer: D. An enzyme that allows prokaryotes to convert N₂ into a more biologically useful form

Which category of archaea can be salt-dependent? A) Nonextreme Archaea B) Extreme Thermophiles C) Extreme Halophiles D) Methanogens

Answer: C. Extreme Halophiles

Which of the following asexual reproduction processes can be described as the outgrowth of a new cell from the surface of an old cell? A) Equal splitting B) Sporulation C) Budding D) None of the above

Answer: C. Budding

Which of the following is NOT classified as a Bryophyte? A) Mosses B) Horsetails C) Liverworts D) Hornworts

Answer: B. Horsetails

Which is NOT a way that protists reproduce? A) Sporulation B) Budding C) Alternation of Generations D) Phagocytosis

Answer: D. Phagocytosis

What is one of the largest adaptations of terrestrial life that led to the evolution of seed plants? A) Sunlight B) Glucose C) Pollen D) Carbon dioxide

Answer: C. Pollen

What domain of life do fungi fall under? A) Prokarya B) Eukarya C) Archaea D) Bacteria

Answer: B. Eukarya

Which of the following is not a way that prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells? A) Eukaryotic cells do not have a cell membrane B) Prokaryotic cells divide by binary fission and eukaryotic divide by meiosis C) In prokaryotic cells, DNA is not a membrane-enclosed nucleus D) Prokaryotes have no membrane-enclosed organelles

Answer: A. Eukaryotic cells do not have a cell membrane

Which of the following is not a non-vascular plant? A) liverworts B) fruits C) mosses D) hornworts

Answer: B. fruits

How many clades does the plant body have? A) 5 B) 7 C) 7 D) 3

Answer: B. 7

What do mosses have that are important in water and gas exchange? A) cuticle B) spore walls C) stomata D) gametangia

Answer: C. stomata

Which is not a part of the nonvascular plant group? A) hornworts B) ferns C) mosses D) liverworts

Answer: B. ferns

A sporophyte... A) is the diploid stage of a plant B) is the haploid stage of a plant C) can produce spores through mitosis D) can produce gametes through mitosis

Answer: A. is the diploid stage of a plant

Primary endosymbiosis gave rise to cytoplasts of all BUT which? A) red algae B) chloroplasts C) green algae D) land plants

Answer: B. chloroplasts

Which is not a clade that lacks tracheids which is from non-vascular plants? A) liverworts B) mosses C) gametangia D) hornworts

Answer: C. gametangia

What is not a major group of stramenophiles? A) Ciliates B) Diatoms C) Brown algae D) Oomycetes

A. Ciliates

Which adaptation to land includes openings in stems and leaves to regulate gas exchange, water loss, and temperature? A) Gametangia B) Cuticle C) Stomata D) Thick spore walls

C. Stomata

Which one is NOT a part of a flower’s anatomy? A) Ovary B) Anther C) Stigma D) Conifer

D. Conifer

In the grain walls of pollen, there is a compound called Sporopollenin. What is special about it? A) It is the most resistant biological compound B) It is very strong and durable C) It can easily fall off to spread the pollen D) It includes tissues from three generations.

A. It is the most resistant biological compound

Which one of these is a Micronutrient? A) N B) P C) Cu D) K

C. Cu

What are the five major groups of protists? A) Archaea, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans B) Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans C) Alveolates, Streptococcus, Rhizarians, Extremophiles, and Amoebozoans D) Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Actinobacteria

B. Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans

Which of the following is NOT an angiosperm synapomorphy? A) Cone bearing B) Reduced gametophytes C) Fruits D) Vessel elements

A. Cone bearing

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a gymnosperm? A) has seed B) bears cones C) bears fruit/flowers D) rely on tracheids in the xylem for water support

C. bears fruit/flowers

Which of the following bacteria is an extremophile? A) spirochetes B) actinobacteria C) firmicutes D) hadobacteria

D. hadobacteria

Which of the following do members of all the domains NOT have/do? A) Have plasma membranes and ribosomes B) Have a common set of metabolic pathways C) Semiconservative DNA replication D) Have a nucleus

D. Have a nucleus

What are the 3 major groups of the rhizaria protist? A) Cercozoans, brown algae, and foraminiferan B) Cercozoans, foraminiferan, and radiolarian C) Radiolarian, dinoflagellate, and cercozoans D) Foraminiferan, ciliates, and heteroloboseans

B. Cercozoans, foraminiferan, and radiolarian

Which of the following is not an example of a gymnosperm? A) Ginkgo B) Conifer C) Cycads D) Flowers

D. Flowers

Which of the following is an example of an angiosperm? A) Pine tree B) Fern C) Oak tree D) Rose

D. Rose

What are loams? A) A mixture of sand and clay only B) A mixture of organic matter and water only C) A mixture of sand, silt, and clay D) A mixture of silt and gravel only

C. A mixture of sand, silt, and clay

Which of the following is a true statement of nitrogen fixation? A) It involves the process of plants absorbing nitrogen from the soil B) Refers to the conversion of nitrogen gas into carbon dioxide C) The process in which animals breathe in nitrogen gas for energy D) An enzyme that allows prokaryotes to convert N₂ into a more biologically useful form

D. An enzyme that allows prokaryotes to convert N₂ into a more biologically useful form

Which category of archaea can be salt-dependent? A) Nonextreme Archaea B) Extreme Thermophiles C) Extreme Halophiles D) Methanogens

C. Extreme Halophiles

Which of the following asexual reproduction processes can be described as the outgrowth of a new cell from the surface of an old cell? A) Equal splitting B) Sporulation C) Budding D) None of the above

C. Budding

Which of the following is NOT classified as a Bryophyte? A) Mosses B) Horsetails C) Liverworts D) Hornworts

B. Horsetails

Which is NOT a way that protists reproduce? A) Sporulation B) Budding C) Alternation of Generations D) Phagocytosis

D. Phagocytosis

What is one of the largest adaptations of terrestrial life that led to the evolution of seed plants? A) Sunlight B) Glucose C) Pollen D) Carbon dioxide

C. Pollen

What domain of life do fungi fall under? A) Prokarya B) Eukarya C) Archaea D) Bacteria

B. Eukarya

Which of the following is not a way that prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells? A) Eukaryotic cells do not have a cell membrane B) Prokaryotic cells divide by binary fission and eukaryotic divide by meiosis C) In prokaryotic cells, DNA is not a membrane-enclosed nucleus D) Prokaryotes have no membrane-enclosed organelles

A. Eukaryotic cells do not have a cell membrane

Which of the following is not a non-vascular plant? A) liverworts B) fruits C) mosses D) hornworts

B. fruits

How many clades does the plant body have? A) 5 B) 7 C) 7 D) 3

B. 7

What do mosses have that are important in water and gas exchange? A) cuticle B) spore walls C) stomata D) gametangia

C. stomata

Which is not a part of the nonvascular plant group? A) hornworts B) ferns C) mosses D) liverworts

B. ferns

A sporophyte... A) is the diploid stage of a plant B) is the haploid stage of a plant C) can produce spores through mitosis D) can produce gametes through mitosis

A. is the diploid stage of a plant

Primary endosymbiosis gave rise to cytoplasts of all BUT which? A) red algae B) chloroplasts C) green algae D) land plants

B. chloroplasts

Which is not a clade that lacks tracheids which is from non-vascular plants? A) liverworts B) mosses C) gametangia D) hornworts

C. gametangia

What is not a major group of stramenophiles? A) Ciliates B) Diatoms C) Brown algae D) Oomycetes

Answer: A. Ciliates

Which adaptation to land includes openings in stems and leaves to regulate gas exchange, water loss, and temperature? A) Gametangia B) Cuticle C) Stomata D) Thick spore walls

Answer: C. Stomata

Which one is NOT a part of a flower’s anatomy? A) Ovary B) Anther C) Stigma D) Conifer

Answer: D. Conifer

In the grain walls of pollen, there is a compound called Sporopollenin. What is special about it? A) It is the most resistant biological compound B) It is very strong and durable C) It can easily fall off to spread the pollen D) It includes tissues from three generations.

Answer: A. It is the most resistant biological compound

Which one of these is a Micronutrient? A) N B) P C) Cu D) K

Answer: C. Cu

What are the five major groups of protists? A) Archaea, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans B) Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans C) Alveolates, Streptococcus, Rhizarians, Extremophiles, and Amoebozoans D) Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Actinobacteria

Answer: B. Alveolates, Stramenopiles, Rhizarians, Excavates, and Amoebozoans

Which of the following is NOT an angiosperm synapomorphy? A) Cone bearing B) Reduced gametophytes C) Fruits D) Vessel elements

Answer: A. Cone bearing

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a gymnosperm? A) has seed B) bears cones C) bears fruit/flowers D) rely on tracheids in the xylem for water support

Answer: C. bears fruit/flowers

Which of the following bacteria is an extremophile? A) spirochetes B) actinobacteria C) firmicutes D) hadobacteria

Answer: D. hadobacteria

Which of the following do members of all the domains NOT have/do? A) Have plasma membranes and ribosomes B) Have a common set of metabolic pathways C) Semiconservative DNA replication D) Have a nucleus

Answer: D. Have a nucleus

What are the 3 major groups of the rhizaria protist? A) Cercozoans, brown algae, and foraminiferan B) Cercozoans, foraminiferan, and radiolarian C) Radiolarian, dinoflagellate, and cercozoans D) Foraminiferan, ciliates, and heteroloboseans

Answer: B. Cercozoans, foraminiferan, and radiolarian

Which of the following is not an example of a gymnosperm? A) Ginkgo B) Conifer C) Cycads D) Flowers

Answer: D. Flowers

Which of the following is an example of an angiosperm? A) Pine tree B) Fern C) Oak tree D) Rose

Answer: D. Rose

What are loams? A) A mixture of sand and clay only B) A mixture of organic matter and water only C) A mixture of sand, silt, and clay D) A mixture of silt and gravel only

Answer: C. A mixture of sand, silt, and clay

Which of the following is a true statement of nitrogen fixation? A) It involves the process of plants absorbing nitrogen from the soil B) Refers to the conversion of nitrogen gas into carbon dioxide C) The process in which animals breathe in nitrogen gas for energy D) An enzyme that allows prokaryotes to convert N₂ into a more biologically useful form

Answer: D. An enzyme that allows prokaryotes to convert N₂ into a more biologically useful form

Which category of archaea can be salt-dependent? A) Nonextreme Archaea B) Extreme Thermophiles C) Extreme Halophiles D) Methanogens

Answer: C. Extreme Halophiles

Which of the following asexual reproduction processes can be described as the outgrowth of a new cell from the surface of an old cell? A) Equal splitting B) Sporulation C) Budding D) None of the above

Answer: C. Budding

Which of the following is NOT classified as a Bryophyte? A) Mosses B) Horsetails C) Liverworts D) Hornworts

Answer: B. Horsetails

Which is NOT a way that protists reproduce? A) Sporulation B) Budding C) Alternation of Generations D) Phagocytosis

Answer: D. Phagocytosis

What is one of the largest adaptations of terrestrial life that led to the evolution of seed plants? A) Sunlight B) Glucose C) Pollen D) Carbon dioxide

Answer: C. Pollen

What domain of life do fungi fall under? A) Prokarya B) Eukarya C) Archaea D) Bacteria

Answer: B. Eukarya

Which of the following is not a way that prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells? A) Eukaryotic cells do not have a cell membrane B) Prokaryotic cells divide by binary fission and eukaryotic divide by meiosis C) In prokaryotic cells, DNA is not a membrane-enclosed nucleus D) Prokaryotes have no membrane-enclosed organelles

Answer: A. Eukaryotic cells do not have a cell membrane

Which of the following is not a non-vascular plant? A) liverworts B) fruits C) mosses D) hornworts

Answer: B. fruits

How many clades does the plant body have? A) 5 B) 7 C) 7 D) 3

Answer: B. 7

What do mosses have that are important in water and gas exchange? A) cuticle B) spore walls C) stomata D) gametangia

Answer: C. stomata

Which is not a part of the nonvascular plant group? A) hornworts B) ferns C) mosses D) liverworts

Answer: B. ferns

A sporophyte... A) is the diploid stage of a plant B) is the haploid stage of a plant C) can produce spores through mitosis D) can produce gametes through mitosis

Answer: A. is the diploid stage of a plant

Primary endosymbiosis gave rise to cytoplasts of all BUT which? A) red algae B) chloroplasts C) green algae D) land plants

Answer: B. chloroplasts

Which is not a clade that lacks tracheids which is from non-vascular plants? A) liverworts B) mosses C) gametangia D) hornworts

Answer: C. gametangia