Plant diversity

Question 1

taxon including plantae and charophytes

Answer 1

streptophyta

Question 2

polymer layer prevents exposed charophyte zygotes from drying out and present in plant spores

Answer 2

sporopollenin

Question 3

group of microtubules that forms the start of the cell wall during division

Answer 3

phragmoblast

Question 4

plant group

Answer 4

embryophytes

Question 5

clusters of sporangia in ferns

Answer 5

sori

Question 6

cone shaped structures in many lycophytes and in most gymnosperms

Answer 6

strobilli

Question 7

Phylum of liverworts

Answer 7

Hepatophyta

Question 8

Phylum of hornworts

Answer 8

Anthoceratophyta

Question 9

Phylum of mosses

Answer 9

Bryophyta

Question 10

Phylum of lycophytes

Answer 10

Lycophyta

Question 11

Phylum of ferns and allies

Answer 11

Monilophyta

Question 12

Phylum of ginkgo

Answer 12

Ginkgophyta

Question 13

Phylum of cycads

Answer 13

Cycadophyta

Question 14

Phylum of Gnetophytes

Answer 14

Gnetophyta

Question 15

Phylum of Conifers

Answer 15

Coniferophyta

Question 16

Phylum of flowering plants

Answer 16

Anthophyta

Question 17

Spore type of clubmosses

Answer 17

Homosporous

Question 18

Spore type of quillworts

Answer 18

Heterosporous

Question 19

Spore type of spikemosses

Answer 19

Heterosporous

Question 20

Spore type of ferns

Answer 20

Mostly homosporous

Question 21

Grouping of horsetails

Answer 21

Anthrophyta

Question 22

Spore type of horsetails

Answer 22

Homosporous

Question 23

Spore type of whisk ferns and allies

Answer 23

Homosporous

Question 24

Global genus of Whisk Ferns

Answer 24

Psilotum

Question 25

South pacific genus of Whisk Ferns

Answer 25

Tmesipteris

Question 26

Moss haploid spores develop into this

Answer 26

Protonemata

Question 27

on upper part of moss capsule; ring of interlocking, tooth-like structures

Answer 27

Peristome

Question 28

Sporophytes have a short seta (stalk) with an oval or round capsule elevated on gametophyte “trees”

Answer 28

liverwort

Question 29

liverworts with flattened gametophytes

Answer 29

thalloid liverwort

Question 30

stemlike gametophytes have many leaflike appendages

Answer 30

leafy liverwort

Question 31

sporophyte lacks a seta and is only sporangium

Answer 31

hornwort

Question 32

compounds in moss cell walls absorb damaging levels of UV radiation present in deserts or at high altitudes

Answer 32

phenolics

Question 33

compounds that help prevent decay

Answer 33

phenolics

Question 34

two types of sporangia in heterosporous plants

Answer 34

Megasporangia and microsporangia

Question 35

leaves bearing megasporangia

Answer 35

megasporophylls

Question 36

leaves bearing microsporangia

Answer 36

microsporophylls

Question 37

two types of gametangia

Answer 37

antheridia and archegonia

Question 38

3 genuses in Gnetophyta

Answer 38

Gnetum, Ephedra, and Welwitschia

Question 39

South African Gnetophyta

Answer 39

Welwitschia mirabilis

Question 40

drug produced by Ephedra

Answer 40

ephedrine

Question 41

Double fertilization produces two zygotes

Answer 41

Gnetophyta

Question 42

Oldest Bristlecone pine and oldest tree

Answer 42

Methuselah

Question 43

Two cells of male angiosperm gametophyte

Answer 43

generative cell and tube cell

Question 44

Double fertilization produces one zygote

Answer 44

Anthophyta

Question 45

Integument + megasporangium + megaspore

Answer 45

ovule

Question 46

opening to megasporangium

Answer 46

micropyle

Question 47

cells on female angiosperm gametophyte opposite the micropyle

Answer 47

antipodal cells

Question 48

cells on female angiosperm gametophyte flanking the egg cell

Answer 48

synergids

Question 49

nuclei in central cell of female gametophyte

Answer 49

polar nuclei

Question 50

ploidy of endosperm

Answer 50

triploid

Question 51

two parts of stamen

Answer 51

anther and filament

Question 52

three parts of carpel

Answer 52

stigma, style, and ovary

Question 53

single carpel

Answer 53

simple pistil

Question 54

two or more fused carpels

Answer 54

compound pistil

Question 55

fruit flesh

Answer 55

pericarp

Question 56

pericarp derived from what structure

Answer 56

ovary wall

Question 57

3 Basal angiosperms

Answer 57

Amborella, water lilies, and star anise and relatives

Question 58

includes orchids

Answer 58

monocots

Question 59

includes laurels

Answer 59

magnoliids

Question 60

includes black pepper plants

Answer 60

magnoliids

Question 61

includes strawberries

Answer 61

rosaceae

Question 62

includes Apple and pear trees

Answer 62

rosaceae

Question 63

includes peas and beans

Answer 63

legumes

Question 64

spiral rather than whorled arrangement of floral organs

Answer 64

magnoliids

Question 65

veins usually netlike

Answer 65

eudicots

Question 66

veins usually parallel

Answer 66

monocots

Question 67

vascular tissue arranged in rings

Answer 67

eudicot

Question 68

vascular tissue scattered

Answer 68

monocots

Question 69

fibrous root system

Answer 69

monocots

Question 70

taproot system

Answer 70

eudicots

Question 71

pollen grain with three openings

Answer 71

eudicots

Question 72

pollen grain with one opening

Answer 72

monocots

Question 73

floral organs in multiples of three

Answer 73

monocots

Question 74

floral organs in multiples of 4 or 5

Answer 74

eudicots

Question 75

maize originally was this

Answer 75

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