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Question

1. Which generation is dominant in mosses, because it is larger and can live independently?

a) Haploid gametophyte

b) Diploid gametophyte

c) Haploid sporophyte

d) Diploid sporophyte

2. Bryophytes have no tissues for transporting water and nutrients and live very close to the ground. The leaves of these plants get their water from:

a) Rhizoids

b) Stems

c) phloem

d) Directional absorption

e) Xylem

3. The products of photosynthesis(sugars) are transported through the........., while water and minerals are transported through the.......

a) Phloem/ xylem

b) Stomata/ xylem

c) Xylem/ phloem

d) Xylem/ lignin

e) Lignin/ phloem

4. Which structures of bryophytes most closely resemble the true roots of higher land plants, and help anchor them to surfaces?

a) Gametophytes

b) Thallus

c) Sporophytes

d) Rhizoids

e) Stems

5. What type of leaf would greatly increase the surface area for greater light capture and thus photosynthesis?

a) Microphyll

b) chlorophyll

c) Sporophyll

d) Megaphyll

6. I notice a leafy fern at my friend's apartment. The green, visible parts of this fern are part of what generation of the plant life cycle?

a) Diploid sporophyte

b) Diploid gametophyte

c) Haploid gametophyte

d) Haploid sporophyte

7. I turn over a fern frond and notice many small brown clusters that contain spores. What are this clusters called?

a) Gametes

b) Sori

c) Zygotes

d) Microphylls

8. Since they lack xylem and phloem, bryophytes are called what?

a) Lignified plants

b) Vascular plants

c) Green algae

d) Complex plants

e) Nonvascular plants

9. What is the structure that produces the ova(eggs) in plant gametophytes?

a) Sporangium

b) Antheridium

c) Protonema

d) Archegonia

10. Dr. Lily Ponderosa, a botanist, discovers a new species of plant in a tropical rain forest. Upon further examination, she notices the following characteristics: no seeds, xylem and phloem, flagellated sperm, and small gametophytes living independently in the soil. This plant is most similar to what group of plants?

a) Ferns

b) Gymnosperms

c) Green algae

d) Mosses

e) Hornworts