seed_plant_questions

Question 1

Gymnosperms unique trait about seed

Answer 1

naked

Question 2

Gymnosperms groups

Answer 2

Conifers, Ginkgoes, Cycads, Gnetophytes

Question 3

Phylum Cycadophyta 2 common terms

Answer 3

Cycads and Sago Palms

Question 4

Cycadophyta is di/monoecious

Answer 4

dioecious

Question 5

What is anthor term for Cycadophyta strobili

Answer 5

cones

Question 6

Cycadophyta physical characteristics

Answer 6

cylindrical trunk with no branches, leaves grow from trunk

Question 7

Why are many Cycadophyta species threatened/endangered

Answer 7

slow-growing so sensitive to habitat loss/poaching

Question 8

How are Cycadophyta pollinated

Answer 8

insects instead of wind that most gymnosperms use

Question 9

Phylum Coniferophyta common term

Answer 9

Pines

Question 10

Which group of gymnosperms is the largest

Answer 10

Coniferophyta

Question 11

What do female pine cones contain

Answer 11

macrospores aka eggs

Question 12

female pine cones are larger or smaller than male pine cones

Answer 12

larger

Question 13

Female pine cones are lower or higher on tree than male cones

Answer 13

lower

Question 14

Why are female pine cones resinous

Answer 14

to catch pollen

Question 15

How long does it take a female pine cone to mature

Answer 15

2 years

Question 16

Phylum Gingkophyta is Di/monoecious

Answer 16

Dioecious

Question 17

Number of surviving Gingkophyta species

Answer 17

1

Question 18

Gingkophyta nickname

Answer 18

Gingko

Question 19

The part of Ragweed pollens that causes allergies

Answer 19

Outer Wall

Question 20

word for petals of a flower

Answer 20

corolla

Question 21

Tomoatto is a _ Fruit

Answer 21

Berry Fruit

Question 22

2 nuclei in a pollen grain of an angiosperm

Answer 22

tube nucleus and generative nucleus

Question 23

THe only naturally growing Gnetophyte in the US

Answer 23

Ephedra

Question 24

most ventral structure of a carpel

Answer 24

ovary

Question 25

the second most outer layer of a Eudicot stem

Answer 25

cortex

Question 26

Oldest living organisms on Earth

Answer 26

Bristlecone Pines

Question 27

this structure secretes mucilage

Answer 27

root cap

Question 28

This plant has only 2 leaves: Zamia, Gnetum, Cycas, Welwitschia, Ephedra

Answer 28

Welwitschia

Question 29

these cells surround stomata

Answer 29

guard cells

Question 30

Number of petals per Eudicot flower

Answer 30

groups of 4 or 5

Question 31

Number of petals per Monocot flower

Answer 31

groups of 3

Question 32

Double fertilization

Answer 32

one sperms forms zygote, other sperm forms 3n endosperm

Question 33

tracheids

Answer 33

transport water in conjunction with vessel elements

Question 34

list the layers outer to the pericycle on a carrot

Answer 34

epidermis, cortex, endodermis, pericycle

Question 35

photosynthesizing cells on a leaf bottom

Answer 35

spongy mesophyll