Botany 105 Lecture Midterm: Spring, 1997. Name_________________________

 

Laboratory Instructor: Circle appropriate name: DL, Tina, Jennifer, Julie, Sarah

 

1. _______________is/are NOT (a) characteristics(s) of bryophytes

a. possesses multicellular gamentangia

b. heteromorphic alternations of generations

c. the sporophyte is the most prominent green phase

d. rootless

 

2. Which is true of bryophytes?

a. the sporophyte of bryophytes may be a simple thallus

b. leaves and stems of bryophytes are homologous to leaves and stems of vascular plants.

c. the absorbing and anchoring organ of the bryophytes are hairlike rhizoids.

d. bryophytes possess xylem and phloem.

 

3. which is not true of the bryophytes?

a. the gametophyte produces motile male gametes and nonmotile eggs in antheridia and archegonia

b. all bryophytes produce flagellated male gametes

c. the fertilized egg or zygote develops into an embryo

d. most photosynthesis is limited to the sporophyte

 

4. which is vegetative reproduction in the bryophytes

I. specialized asexual structures called gemmae

II. gemmae cups or gemmae stalks produce gemmae

III. each gemma can develop into the photosynthetic vegetative plant body.

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and III only

e. I, II, and III

 

5. Bryophytes reproduce sexually by:

a. isogamy

b. anisogamy

c. oogamy

d. gemmae

 

6. The following structures are found in some bryophytes. Which is (are) diploid.

I.. archegonium

II. antheridiophore

III. operculum

IV. calyptra

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and IV

e. III and IV

 

7. Which stage of the moss is photosynthetic?

I. protonema

II. gametophyte

III. sporophyte

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and II

e. II and III.

 

 

8. Hygroscopic structures in bryophytes are:

a. elaters in mosses

b. peristome teeth in liverworts

c. setae in hornworts

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

 

9. The foot of the sporophyte in bryophytes is always found in the remains of:

 

a. the venter of the antheridium

b. the venter of the archegonium

c. the apex of thallose liverworts

d. gemmae cups

 

10. The calyptra which covers the operculum in some mosses and the capsule in some liverworts is:

a. haploid

b. diploid

c. triploid

d. noneploid

 

  1. The fleshy edible part of a strawberry is actually the:

compound carpel

multiple achenes

pericarp

receptacle

 

12. Each Lycopodium spore germinates into a:

a. sporophyte

b. gametophyte that is green

c. gametophyte that may grow underground and has a fungus associated with it.

d. a photosynthetic gametophyte.

 

13. Selaginella is distinctive because it:

I. is heterosporus

II. has an endosporic gametophyte

III. has a prostrate gametophyte

IV. has a sporophyte that has leaves which are megaphylls.

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. I and II

d. III only

e. III and IV

 

14. Which features is NOT a characteristic of Psilotum.

a. a synangium

b. a dichotomously branched sporophyte

c. leaf-like scales

d. microphylls.

 

15. The equisetophytes can be readily distinguished from other vascular plants by which of these?

I. jointed stems

II. whorled arrangement of leaves and branches

III. terminal strobili

IV. silicon in longitudinal ridges

 

a. I and II

b. III and IV

c. I and III

d. II and IV

e. I, II, III, and IV

 

16. The structure that develops into a seed is called a (an):

a. ovuliferous scale

b. megasporangium

c. pollen grain

d. ovlue

 

17. The conspicuous part of most ferns is the ________

a. leaf

b. stem

c. rhizome

d. sorus

e. sporangium

 

18. All leaves of ferns are:

a. megaphylls

b. microphylls

c. megasporophylls

d. microsporophylls.

 

19. In Selaginella, certain meiospores develop into the female gametophyte; the spores are produced within a sporangium; the sporangium is found on the adaxial side of a leaf and this leaf is called a:

 

a. megaphyllous megasporophyll

b. microphyllous microsporophyll

c. megaphyllous sporophyll

d. microphyllous sporophyll

e. endophyllous synangiophyll

 

20. As a group the pteridophytes lack which tissue

 

a. parenchyma

b. epidermis

c. xylem

d. apical meristem

e. vascular cambium

 

21. The life cycle of true ferns such as the sword fern consist of which of these?

I. independent haploid gametophyte

II. independent diploid sporophyte

III. dependent diploid sporophyte

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and II

e. I and III

 

22. Which of the following is NOT true of ferns:

a. sporangia may be grouped to form sori

b. a sorus may be covered by a protective covering known as an indusium

c. most ferns are heteropsorous

d. most ferns produce a heart-shaped, green gametophyte

 

23. Which of these have naked seeds?

I. ferns

II. gymnosperms

III. angiosperms

 

a. I only

b. I and II

c. II and III

d. I, II, and III.

24. In the seed plants, the pollen grain represents the __________

 

a. megasporangium

b. megaspore

c. immature male gametophyte

d. male sporophyte

25. In angiospersm, the fruit developed from the:

a. nucellus

b. integuments

c. pericarp

d. embryo

 

26. Which is absent in gymnosperms?

a. nucellus

b. micropyle

c. integument

d. carpel wall

e. pollen

 

27. which is true in the life cycle of a pine?

a. pines a monoecius? (both male and female gametangia are produced by the same gametophyte)

b. the microsporangiate strobili (pollen cones) appear in the spring

c. microspores are produced within microsporangia located on the upper surface of microsporophylls.

d. pollen cones appear one at a time at the end of a branch.

 

28. The pollen grain in pine has ________cells

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. 5

 

29. The seed coat in conifers comes from the:

a. nucellus

b. microphyle

c. integument

d. female gametophyte.

 

30. Upon germination, the embryo in a pine seed first obtains its nourishment for growth from:

a. the endosperm

b. the nucellus

c. the integument

d. the female gametophyte.

 

31. Which of the following is TRUE:

 

I. the apple is an accessory fruit

II. the tomato is a berry

III. the corn grain is a fruit

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and II

e. I, II, and III.

 

32. Which plant group does not have a true archegonium?

a. bryophytes

b. pteridophytes

c. conifers

d. flowering plants

 

33. Which is characteristic of monocots

a. vascular bundles in a ring

b. presences of secondary growth

c. parallel venation

d. flower parts in 4’s and 5’s

e. a tap root system

34. Which constitues the perianth of the flower?

I. calyx

II. corolla

III. androecium

IV. gynoecium

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I, II, and III

e. none of the above.

 

35. Which is NOT part of the gynoecium or androecium?

a. stamen

b. receptacle

c. anther

d. carpel

 

36. Which flower is a INCOMPLETE and PERFECT?

a. perianth and gynoecium

b. calyx, corolla, and androecium

c. calyx, androecium, and gynoecium

d. perianth, androecium, and gynoeicum

e. none of the above.

 

37. When the ovary is superior to and free from all other floral parts, the flower is said to be:

I. hypogynous

II. epigynous

III. perigynous

 

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and II

e. II and III.

 

38. Which is arranged in distinct whorls around the receptacle?

a. calyx

b. corolla

c. androecium

d. gynoecium

 

39. The ovule of both gymnosperms and angiosperms has which of these?

I. two integuments

II. microphyle

III. carpel wall

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and III

e. II and III

 

40. The egg in the embryo sac of angiosperms has on each side:

a. antipodals

b. endosperm nuclei

c. polar nuclei

d. synergids

 

II. The following statements give the characteristics of the sporophytes and/or the gametophytes of:

 

A. a moss

B. a liverwort

C. a hornwort

D. Psilotum

E. Lycopodium

F. Selaginella

G. a horsetail

H. a fern

I. pine

J. angiosperms

 

Put the letter or letters of the appropriate genus or group in space provided; several of the questions have more than one answer

 

________ 41 the main plant has a stem which is a rhizome and sporangia borne on the back of fronds

 

________ 42 parasitic (i. e. dependent) sporophyte when mature

 

________ 43 independent, green gametophytes

 

________ 44 foot, a hygroscopic seta, and a capsule

 

________ 45 homosporous

 

________ 46 upright stem, lacks roots, small scales which are leaf-like, sporangia at the end of branches

 

________ 47 mostly prostrate leafy stems, sporophylls in 4-sided strobili at upper end of stem, heterosporous

 

________ 48 peltate gametophytic structures which contain archegonia

 

________ 49 dichotomous

 

________ 50 endosporic gametophytes

 

________ 51 small heart-shaped thallus, one or two cells in thickness; sporophyte dominant

 

________ 52 gametophytes with fungi

 

________ 53 embryo sac

 

________ 54 mature male gametophyte consists of a pollen tube, a tube nucleus, and two sperm nuclei

 

________ 55 meiospores dispersed out of meiosporangium by hygroscopic structures which are located inside the sporangium

 

________ 56 meristem composed of meiocytes; gametophyte dominant.

 

________ 57 style

 

________ 58 seed coat

 

________ 59 motile sperm

 

________ 60 pericarp

 

III. How do seeds differ from spores?

 

 

 

IV. How do pollen grains differ from spores or sperm?

 

 

 

V. Do gemmae differ from meiospores? Defend your answer.

 

 

 

VI. What tissue which supplies the energy for the embryo when it divides mitotically to form the young sporophyte?

 

A. In bryophytes?

 

 

B. In pteridophytes?

 

 

C. In gymnosperms?

 

 

D. In angiosperms?

 

VII. Pleurocarpus mosses and club mosses both have sporic meiosis, that is alternation of generations, as their life cycle. Compare and contrast the dominant (i. e. the independent, photosynthetic) generation in each of these plants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIII. Compare and contrast the sporophytes of thallose liverworts with the sporophytes of hornworts.

 

IX. In the space provided diagram a longitudinal section through the structure for the plant indicated. Label all parts.

 

1. Male strobilus of a pine

2. Strobilus of Selaginella

3. Fruit and ovules of a flowering plant

4. Incomplete, perfect flower which is epigynous