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The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity

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  • Pines and flowering plants have _______ grains, structures that contain the sperm producing cells
    Pollen
  • About. _________ Million years ago, vascular plants evolved with ligning hardened vascular tissue
    425
  • What are plants and green algae called?
    Charophytes
  • Fungal _______ are surrounded by a cell wall made of chitin instead of cellulose
    Hyphae
  • Mycorrhizae represent a symbiotic relationship between fungi and ___________
    Plant root cells
  • Angiosperms are the most successful _________ plants
    Terrestrial
  • Angiosperms evolved at least _____ million years ago and are flowering plants
    B. 120
    D. 150
    C. 100
    A. 140
  • What is a Coleochaete?
    A simple Charophyte
  • Gymnosperms (do or do not) produce flowers? (They are a vascular seed plant)
    Do not
  • Seedless vascular plants dominated vest “coal forests”… when these plants died they formed _______ deposits that eventually formed _________
    Peat, coal
  • Fungi secrete powerful ________ to digest food externally
    Enzymes
  • Land plants maintain moisture in their cells using
    B. Cells that regulate the opening and closing of stomata
    Both A and B
    C. Sugars
    A. A waxy cuticle
  • The offspring of seedless plants are sent off into the world as haploid, ________ - ____ ______  that must survive independently as gametophytes before producing the next sporophyte generation
    Single-called spores
  • The seedless vascular plants include?
    D. None of the above
    A. Both B and C
    B. Lycophytes (Including club Mosses)
    C. Monilophytes (ferns and relatives)
  • Algae disperse the offspring by_____?
    A. Water
    D. None of the above
    B. Swimming
    C. Receiving light
  • _____ and _______ are formed from marine organisms
    Oil and natural gas
  • __________ _______ Use only asexual reproduction for sport production and include species commonly called molds and yeasts
    Imperfect fungi
  • Call is formed from ________ plants
    B. Seeded
    C. Both seeded and seedless
    None of the above
    A. Seedless
  • Unlike land plants, algae.....?
    B. Generally have no Tissues
    A. Generally have no rigid tissues
    D. None of the above
    C. Generally have rigid tissues
  • Pollination occurs when a pollen grains lands on the _________
    Stigma
  • The green algae ancestors of plants may have carpeted moist fringes of __________ and coastal salt marshes
    D. Oceans
    A. Lakes
    B. Rivers
    C. Ponds
  • All green algae (Chlorophyta) and plants share a common revolutionary ancestor. They both contain the photo synthetic pigments ____________ and ____________?
    Chlorophyll A and chlorophyll B
  • Unlike land plants, algae are supported by surrounding?
    C. Air
    D. All of the above
    A. Water
    B. Soil
  • ________ Are found in a lineage that includes all living gymnosperms and angiosperms
    D. A and B only
    B. Spores
    C. Sugars
    A. Seeds
  • _________ adaptions for life on land distinguish the main lineages of the plant kingdom
    C. Five key
    D. Two key
    A. Four key
    B. Three key
  • What is an example of a bryophyte?
    D. Hornworts
    B. Mosses
    A. All of the above
    C. Liverworts
  • The cell walls of some plant tissues are thickened and reinforced by chemical called?
    Lignin
  • Xylem (makes wood) and consists of _______ cells and conveys water and minerals
    Dead
  • What is an example of a fossil fuel?
    D. Natural gas
    A. All of the above
    C. Oil
    B. Coal
  • Structures that keep plant cells moist are called
    Gametangia
  • Lifecycle involves an Alternation of a haploid generation that produces eggs and sperm and a diploid generation that produces spores in protective structures called?
    Sporangia
  • ___________ must support their body in a non- buoyant medium?
    Plants
  • Which answer best describes a disadvantage to plant life on land?
    C. Obtain resources from soil and air
    A. Reproduce and disperse offspring without water
    B. Anchor their bodies to soil
    D. All of the above
  • _________ Mark the angiosperm lineage
    C. Flowers
    D. None of the above
    A. Seeds
    B. Soils
  • What are growth-producing regions of cell division that are found near the tips of stems and roots called?
    Apical merisystems (Mitosis is happening here)
  • _________ are made either sexually or asexually
    Spores
  • Gymnosperms and angiosperms have ______ grains that carry their sperm producing cells through the air
    Pollen
  • _______ are heterotrophic eukaryotes
    Fungi
  • Gymnosperms have _______ seeds that are not produced in special chambers
    Naked
  • True or false….plants must maintain moisture inside their cells to avoid desiccation And is a disadvantage to plant life on land
    True
  • Most ________ consist of a mass of threadlike hyphae making up a mycelium
    Fungi
  • A _______ Is any rapidly growing fungus that reproduce asexually by making spores
    Mold
  • Gymnosperms produce ________ pollen (Winged sperm)
    Airborne
  • What is a Chara?
    An elaborate charophyte
  • A ________ ________ Can develop that involves cells containing two genetically distinct haploid nuclei
    Heterokaryotic stage
  • Ovaries develop into
    Fruit
  • Chytrids are common in lakes, ponds, and _______
    Soil
  • Unlike land plants, algae receive light and perform photosynthesis over most of their _______?
    B. Soil
    A. Body
    C. Water
    D. Air
  • __________ embryos are present for plants
    A. Dependent
    C. Dead
    D. Living
    B. Independent
  • When the hyphae meet their _________ fuse
    Cytoplasms
  • In all plants, the gametes and embryos must be kept _________
    C. On land
    A. Dry
    B. In sunlight
    D. Moist
  • ________ Refer to any single celled fungus
    Yeasts
  • What is the name of this plant that Thrived in Devonian, about 400 million years ago?
    Rhynia
  • What have complex multicellular bodies and are photosynthetic cukaryotes?
    Charophytes
  • Some fungi are _________
    parasites (pathogenic roots)
  • Ovules develop into _______
    Seeds
  • ___________ are thought to have evolved from common ancestors
    B. Charophytes
    D. Gametes
    A. Zygotes
    C. Spores
  • In gymnosperms, such as pines and other conifers, this structure is the ______
    A. Cone
    D. None of the above
    B. Spore
    C. Seed
  • These are the only fungi with flagellated spores and I thought to represent the earliest lineage of fungi?
    Chytrids
  • Seed dispersal mechanisms include? (Spread)
    Wind, animals, edible fruits, water
  • True or false…Some species of plants accumulated adaptions then enabled them to live permanently above the water?
    true
  • Bryophytes resemble other plants in having apical meristem’s and embryos retained on the parent plant but lack…?
    True roots, true leaves, and lignified cell walls
  • What is a zygote?
    D. Lignin
    B. A cell wall
    A. A tissue
    C. Fertilized egg
  • Single cells that can grow into a new organism without fusing with another cell Are called?
    B. Pollen
    A. Spores
    C. Zygotes
    D. All of the above
  • Phloem Consists of _______ cells and conveys ______
    Living, sugar
  • _________ house separate male and female gametophytes
    Flowers
  • Early diversification of plants gave rise to seedless, nonvascular plants called?
    B. Chlorophytes
    A. Bryophytes
    C. Flowers
    D. None of the above
  • In many land plants, water and minerals move up from roots to stems and leaves using ________?
    Vascular tissue
  • About _________ Million years ago, vascular plants evolved with ligning hardened vascular tissues.
    425
  • In most, the hyphae consist of chains of cells separated by _______ that have pores large enough to allow ribosomes, mitochondria, and nuclei to flow cell to cell
    Cross-walls (septae)
  • The absence of lignified cell walls in some plants limits their _______?
    A. Height
    C. Moisture
    D. Sugar
    B. Color
  • About ____ of angiosperms use animals to transfer the pollen
    A. 90%
    D. 70%
    C. 99%
    B. 80%
  • Life on land offered many opportunities for Plant adoptions that took advantage of?
    C. Initially if you pathogens or herbivores
    B. Abundant CO2
    D. Unlimited sunlight
    A. All of the above
  • Zygotes develops into an embryo while attached to and nourished by the parent plants called?
    D. lignin
    C. Phloem
    A. Embryophytes
    B. Xylem
  • Which do land plants obtain?
    A. All of the above
    B. Water and minerals from roots in the soil
    D. Sunlight through the leaves
    C. CO2 from the air
  • Unlike land plants, algae all use Flagellated sperm that swim to fertilize and _______?
    Egg
  • ________ _______ _______ mark a lineage that gave rise to most living plants
    Lignified vascular tissues