Untitled Flashcards Set

  1. What is not a major group of stramenophiles?

    • A) Ciliates

    • B) Diatoms

    • C) Brown algae

      D) Oomycetes

    • Answer: A. Ciliates

  2. 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

  3. Which one is NOT a part of a flower’s anatomy?

    • A) Ovary

    • B) Anther

    • C) Stigma

      D) Conifer

    • Answer: D. Conifer

  4. 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

  5. Which one of these is a Micronutrient?

    • A) N

    • B) P

    • C) Cu

      D) K

    • Answer: C. Cu

  6. 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

  7. Which of the following is NOT an angiosperm synapomorphy?

    • A) Cone bearing

    • B) Reduced gametophytes

    • C) Fruits

      D) Vessel elements

    • Answer: A. Cone bearing

  8. 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

  9. Which of the following bacteria is an extremophile?

    • A) spirochetes

    • B) actinobacteria

    • C) firmicutes

      D) hadobacteria

    • Answer: D. hadobacteria

  10. 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

  1. 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

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

  • A) Ginkgo

  • B) Conifer

  • C) Cycads

    D) Flowers

  • Answer: D. Flowers

  1. Which of the following is an example of an angiosperm?

  • A) Pine tree

  • B) Fern

  • C) Oak tree

    D) Rose

  • Answer: D. Rose

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Which category of archaea can be salt-dependent?

  • A) Nonextreme Archaea

  • B) Extreme Thermophiles

  • C) Extreme Halophiles

    D) Methanogens

  • Answer: C. Extreme Halophiles

  1. 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

  1. Which of the following is NOT classified as a Bryophyte?

  • A) Mosses

  • B) Horsetails

  • C) Liverworts

    D) Hornworts

  • Answer: B. Horsetails

  1. Which is NOT a way that protists reproduce?

  • A) Sporulation

  • B) Budding

  • C) Alternation of Generations

    D) Phagocytosis

  • Answer: D. Phagocytosis

  1. 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

  1. What domain of life do fungi fall under?

  • A) Prokarya

  • B) Eukarya

  • C) Archaea

    D) Bacteria

  • Answer: B. Eukarya

  1. 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

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

  • A) liverworts

  • B) fruits

  • C) mosses

    D) hornworts

  • Answer: B. fruits

  1. How many clades does the plant body have?

  • A) 5

  • B) 7

  • C) 7

    D) 3

  • Answer: B. 7

  1. What do mosses have that are important in water and gas exchange?

  • A) cuticle

  • B) spore walls

  • C) stomata

    D) gametangia

  • Answer: C. stomata

  1. Which is not a part of the nonvascular plant group?

  • A) hornworts

  • B) ferns

  • C) mosses

    D) liverworts

  • Answer: B. ferns

  1. 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

  1. Primary endosymbiosis gave rise to cytoplasts of all BUT which?

  • A) red algae

  • B) chloroplasts

  • C) green algae

    D) land plants

  • Answer: B. chloroplasts

  1. 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