Chapter 30: Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
 
Activities Quiz
 

Activities Quiz


1 .       Which of these is a male gametophyte? (Activity: Pine Life Cycle)

question #1 

 A
 B
 C
 D
 E


2 .       In pines, the female gametophyte contains _____, each of which contains a(n) _____. (Activity: Pine Life Cycle) 

 archegonia ... egg
 archegonia ... sperm cell
 antheridia ... egg
 antheridia ... sperm cell
 microsporangia ... egg cell


3 .       In pines, an embryo is a(n) _____. (Activity: Pine Life Cycle) 

 seed
 immature sporophyte
 food reserve for the immature sporophyte
 immature male gametophyte
 immature female gametophyte


4 .       In pine trees, pollen grains get to the ovule via the _____. (Activity: Pine Life Cycle) 

 micropyle
 eggs
 megaspore
 pollen cone
 integument


5 .       Which of these statements is true about the gametophyte tissue that surrounds the pine embryo? (Activity: Pine Life Cycle) 

 It functions as a haploid food reserve.
 It functions as a diploid food reserve.
 It functions as a triploid food reserve.
 It develops from the fusion of a microspore and a megaspore.
 It is the remnant of the pollen tube.


6 .       Of the four haploid cells produced by a pine cone's megasporocyte (megaspore mother cell), _____ survive(s). (Activity: Pine Life Cycle) 

 one
 two
 three
 four
 integuments


7 .       In the pine, microsporangia form _____ microspores by _____. (Activity: Pine Life Cycle) 

 triploid ... fertilization
 diploid ... mitosis
 diploid ... meiosis
 haploid ... mitosis
 haploid ... meiosis


8 .       Ovules are found within structure _____. (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle)

question #8 

 A
 B
 C
 D
 E


9 .       Which of these is unique to flowering plants? (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle) 

 a dominant sporophyte generation
 an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
 haploid gametophytes
 double fertilization
 pollen production


10 .       The male gametophytes of flowering plants are also referred to as _____. (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle) 

 endosperm
 male sporophytes
 megaspores
 pollen grains
 embryo sacs


11 .       In flowering plants the integuments of the ovule develop into a(n) _____. (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle) 

 endosperm
 cotyledon
 fruit
 sporophyte
 seed coat


12 .       A carpel is composed of _____. (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle) 

 ovary, ovule, and anther
 ovule, megasporocyte, and anther
 zygote, anther, and endosperm
 stigma, style, and ovary
 petal, sepal, and stamen


13 .       In flowering plants one megaspore gives rise to _____ nuclei. (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle) 

 four diploid
 four haploid
 eight haploid
 eight diploid
 microsporangia


14 .       A stamen consists of _____. (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle) 

 anther and filament
 stigma and style
 stigma and anther
 stigma and filament
 ovary and sepal


15 .       In angiosperms, pollination is the transfer of pollen grain to the _____ of a flower on the same plant or another plant of the same species. (Activity: Angiosperm Life Cycle) 

 style
 anther
 ovulate cone
 stigma
 ovary







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