MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Sori can be found in which of the following?
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    On moist soil
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    the sporangia
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    Equisetum
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    Pterophytes
Q.2.
During what period did seedless vascular plants form extensive forests of tall trees?
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    Equisetum
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    Pterophytes
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    Carboniferous
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    On moist soil
Q.3.
What is the evolutionary significance of megaphylls?
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    All of the listed characteristics inhibit decomposition.
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    Reproductive cells are more resistant to desiccation.
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    Distribution of sugars, amino acids, and other organic products
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    They increase the surface area for photosynthesis.
Q.4.
In moving to land, plants had to overcome which of the following challenges?
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    vascular tissue
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    Pterophytes
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    Desiccation
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    megaphylls
Q.5.
The embryophytes are __________.
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    the land plants
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    Pterophytes
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    megaphylls
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    the sporangia
Q.6.
The gametophyte stage of the plant life cycle is most conspicuous in __________.
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    Stomata
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    cuticle
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    mosses
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    megaphylls
Q.7.
A major division in plant systematics is based on whether a particular species has __________.
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    Desiccation
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    vascular tissue
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    Charophytes
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    Equisetum
Q.8.
Which of the following statements about algae and plants is true?
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    They increase the surface area for photosynthesis.
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    Plants have a waxy, waterproof cuticle, and algae do not.
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    Walled spores produced in sporangia
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    In plants, the haploid and diploid stages are both multicellular.
Q.9.
Water is brought into mosses primarily by __________.
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    Distribution of sugars, amino acids, and other organic products
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    They increase the surface area for photosynthesis.
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    By mitosis of gametophyte cells
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    diffusion through all cells
Q.10.
Typically, the upper part of a bryophyte capsule that contains the spores features a ring of interlocking, tooth-like structures known as the __________.
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    It is a sporophyte.
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    peristome
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    Pterophytes
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    Charophytes
Q.11.
In sporophyte ferns, the leaves are __________.
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    megaphylls
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    Charophytes
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    the land plants
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    the sporangia
Q.12.
The development of the __________ prevents plants from drying out and protects them from microbes.
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    cuticle
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    Desiccation
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    peristome
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    mosses
Q.13.
What structures allow plants to readily take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
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    Desiccation
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    Equisetum
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    Pterophytes
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    Stomata
Q.14.
The tissue called phloem has what function in vascular plants?
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    They increase the surface area for photosynthesis.
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    A moist environment is required for sexual reproduction.
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    Reproductive cells are more resistant to desiccation.
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    Distribution of sugars, amino acids, and other organic products
Q.15.
The antheridia of mosses produce __________.
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    Equisetum
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    the sporangia
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    Stomata
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    sperm
Q.16.
Where would you find a fern gametophyte?
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    A moist environment is required for sexual reproduction.
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    the land plants
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    Pterophytes
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    On moist soil
Q.17.
How are gametes produced by bryophytes?
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    On moist soil
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    Distribution of sugars, amino acids, and other organic products
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    Pterophytes
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    By mitosis of gametophyte cells
Q.18.
Which is a key difference between alternation of generations in plants and sexual reproduction in nonplant organisms?
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    Plants have a waxy, waterproof cuticle, and algae do not.
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    In plants, the haploid and diploid stages are both multicellular.
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    All of the listed characteristics inhibit decomposition.
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    All of the listed traits of land plants are present in their closest relatives among the algae.
Q.19.
The "dots" on the underside of a fern frond are spore cases; therefore, what is true of the plant to which the frond belongs?
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    vascular tissue
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    the sporangia
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    It is a sporophyte.
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    In plants, the haploid and diploid stages are both multicellular.