Activities Quiz

Chapter Chapter 17: Plants, Fungi, and Colonization of Land

Activities Quiz

1 .

The closest living relatives of the first plants to have gametangia are the _____. (Activity 17A) [Hint]

bryophytes

charophyceans

seedless vascular plants (pteridophytes)

gymnosperms

angiosperms

2 .

Which characteristic is shared by algae and seed plants? (Activity 17A) [Hint]

embryo development within gametangia

roots and shoots

vascular tissue

pollen

chloroplasts

3 .

Angiosperms are most closely related to _____. (Activity 17B) [Hint]

green algae

charophyceans

bryophytes

seedless vascular plants

gymnosperms

4 .

Which of these was the dominant plant group at the time that dinosaurs were the dominant animals? (Activity 17B) [Hint]

seedless vascular plants

charophyceans

gymnosperms

angiosperms

bryophytes

5 .

This is an image of a(n) _____. (Activity 17B)

question 3 [Hint]

bryophyte

gymnosperm

charophycean

angiosperm

pteridophyte

6 .

_____ are an example of seedless vascular plants. (Activity 17B) [Hint]

Mosses

Lilacs

Charophyceans

Ferns

Pine trees

7 .

In the moss life cycle _____ cells within a sporangium undergo _____ to produce _____ spores. (Activity 17C) [Hint]

diploid ... meiosis ... haploid

haploid ... mitosis ... haploid

diploid ... mitosis ... diploid

diploid ... mitosis ... haploid

haploid ... meiosis ... haploid

8 .

In mosses gametes are produced by _____; in ferns gametes are produced by _____. (Activity 17C), (Activity 17D) [Hint]

binary fission ... mitosis

meiosis ... meiosis

meiosis ... mitosis

mitosis ... meiosis

mitosis ... mitosis

9 .

The conspicuous part of a fern plant is a _____. (Activity 17D) [Hint]

haploid gametophyte

diploid gametophyte

sporangium

diploid sporophyte

haploid sporophyte

10 .

In pines, an embryo is a(n) _____. (Activity 17E) [Hint]

seed

immature sporophyte

food reserve for the immature sporophyte

immature male gametophyte

immature female gametophyte

11 .

Which of these is unique to flowering plants? (Activity 17F) [Hint]

a dominant sporophyte generation

an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue

haploid gametophytes

double fertilization

pollen production

12 .

The male gametophytes of flowering plants are also referred to as _____. (Activity 17F) [Hint]

endosperm

male sporophytes

pollen grains

embryo sacs

none of these

13 .

In flowering plants the covering of the ovule develops into a(n) _____. (Activity 17F) [Hint]

endosperm

cotyledon

fruit

sporophyte

seed coat

14 .

A carpel is composed of _____. (Activity 17F) [Hint]

ovary, ovule, and anther

ovule, megasporocyte, and anther

zygote, anther, and endosperm

stigma and ovary

petal, sepal, and stamen

15 .

Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains to the _____ of a flower on the same plant or another plant of the same species. (Activity 17F) [Hint]

stamen

anther

female cone

stigma

ovary

16 .

What percentage of the plant species found on Madagascar are unique to that island? (Activity 17G) [Hint]

10

20

40

80

90

17 .

The human population of Madagascar doubles about every _____ years. (Activity 17G) [Hint]

10

25

40

60

80

18 .

What is a lemur? (Activity 17G) [Hint]

a primate only found on Madagascar

a poisonous snake found only on Madagascar

a type of orchid found only on Madagascar

a type of tree found only on Madagascar

a type of cuckoo found only on Madagascar

19 .

Much of the original forest cover on Madagascar has been destroyed primarily as a result of _____. (Activity 17G) [Hint]

the building of malls

pollution from automobile emissions

the building of tract housing

burning for agricultural purposes

industrial activity

20 .

What is the cause of the red color of the waters about Madagascar? (Activity 17G) [Hint]

dinoflagellates

a persistent red tide

the high concentration of iron found in these waters

soil that has washed into the ocean

red algae

21 .

As a group, fungi are _____. (Activity 17H) [Hint]

photoautotrophs

decomposers

herbivores

carnivores

chemoautotrophs

22 .

Fungi release digestive enzymes into their _____. (Activity 17H) [Hint]

surroundings

gastrovascular cavity

stomach

hyphae

mycelia

23 .

Basidia produce spores by a process known as _____. (Activity 17H) [Hint]

decomposition

mitosis

meiosis

hyphae

binary fission

24 .

Fungi produce _____ spores. (Activity 17I) [Hint]

dikaryotic

heterokaryotic

haploid

diploid

triploid

25 .

Karyogamy produces a _____. (Activity 17I) [Hint]

diploid zygote

haploid zygote

spores

mycelium

hypha

26 .

Plasmogamy is indicated by the letter _____. (Activity 17I)

question #6 [Hint]

A

B

C

D

E

27 .

Which of these contains two haploid nuclei? (Activity 17I) [Hint]

the heterokaryotic stage of the fungal life cycle

zygote

spore-producing structures

mycelium

hypha

28 .

Zygosporangia are _____. (Activity 17I) [Hint]

diploid

haploid

heterokaryotic

haplodiploid

either haploid or diploid, depending on the type of fungus

29 .

The process indicated by the letter _____ produces a diploid structure. (Activity 17I)

question #9 [Hint]

A

B

C

D

E

30 .

Cup fungi are in the phylum _____. (Activity 17I) [Hint]

Zygomycota

Chytridomycota

Ascomycota

Chordata

Basidiomycota

31 .

Which of these structures bears asci? (Activity 17I)

question #11 [Hint]

A

B

C

D

E

32 .

In sac fungi, karyogamy and meiosis occur in _____. (Activity 17I) [Hint]

ascospores

antheridia

asci

ascogonia

basidia

33 .

A nucleus within an ascus undergoes meiosis, producing four haploid spores, which then undergo mitosis, producing eight haploid ascospores. These haploid ascospores contain a maximum of _____ different genetic types. (Activity 17I) [Hint]

one

two

three

four

five

34 .

Which of these is a basidiocarp? (Activity 17I)

question #14 [Hint]

A

B

C

D

E

35 .

In club fungi, karyogamy and meiosis occur in _____. (Activity 17I) [Hint]

basidiospores

basidia

ovule

asci

zygotes