Student:______________________________________________ Lab Instructor:______________________

Plant Survey Quiz

PLANTS

1. Introduction

Write the term that matches the phrase.

1.  Kingdom to which all plants belong ___________________________________________

2.  Plants producing nutrients by photosynthesis__________________________________

3.  Forms plant cell walls _________________________________________________________

4.  Organelles containing chlorophyll______________________________________________

5.  Haploid plant producing gametes______________________________________________

6.  Cell formed by the union of sperm and egg_____________________________________

7.  Diploid plant producing haploid spores________________________________________

8.  Plant formed by germination of spores_________________________________________

2. Moss Plants

a. Write the term that matches the phrase.

1. Dominant generation______________________________________________________

2. Main photosynthetic organs________________________________________________

3. Spore producing generation________________________________________________

4. Process producing gametes________________________________________________

5. Process producing spores__________________________________________________

6. Organ producing spores____________________________________________________

7. Organ producing sperm____________________________________________________

8. Organ producing egg_______________________________________________________

9. Produced by spore germination_____________________________________________

10. Anchors gametophyte to soil_______________________________________

b. Explain why the process of sperm transport restricts mosses to moist areas.

c. Draw the appearance of these structures from your slides.

Antheridia                        Archegonium                      Sporangium

with                                    with                                  with

Sperm                                  Egg                                   Spores

3. Ferns

a. Write the term that matches the phrase.

1. Type of nutrition in sporophytes____________________________________________

2. Type of nutrition in gametophytes___________________________________________

3. Dominant generation in life cycle____________________________________________

4. Process producing gametes_________________________________________________

5. Process producing spores___________________________________________________

6. Anchors gametophyte to soil________________________________________________

b. What is formed by the fusion of sperm and egg?_________________________________

What does this cell develop into?_______________________________________________

c. How many eggs are formed in an archegonium?_________________________________

d. How are ferns better adapted to terrestrial life than mosses?_____________________

                            e. In what way are ferns no better adapted to terrestrial life than mosses? 

                            f. What happens when sporangia dry out?__________________________

g. Draw a sporangium from your slide.

4. Gymnosperms

a. Write the term that matches the phrase.

1.  Dominant generation______________________________________________________

2.  Cones forming pollen grains_______________________________________________

3.  Cones forming female gametophytes_______________________________________

4.  Cones containing seeds____________________________________________________

5.  Develops into embryo sporophyte__________________________________________

6.  Process forming microspores_______________________________________________

7.  Process forming gametes___________________________________________________

b. Draw the following from your slides.

Pollen                      Female Gametophyte           Seed Section with

with Archegonium             Embryo Sporophyte

c. How are pollen grains and seeds adapted for dispersal by wind?

Pollen_________________________________________________________________________

Seeds_________________________________________________________________________

d. Explain the advantage of pollination in the life cycle.____________________________

e. Explain the advantage of seeds in the life cycle.__________________________________

5. Flowering Plants

a. Write the term that matches the phrase.

1.  Cells that become pollen grains____________________________________________

2.  Major pollinating agents____________________________________________________

3.  Develops from functional megaspore________________________________________

4.  Develops from pollen grain_________________________________________________

5.  Process forming megaspores________________________________________________

6.  Process forming gametes___________________________________________________

7.  Composed of a mature, ripened ovary_______________________________________

8.  Dominant generation_______________________________________________________

b. Explain the role of flowers in the life cycle.______________________________________

c. List the labels for Figure 14-6.

d.   Are lily pollen grains adapted for wind transport?________________________

e.    How many compartments compose the ovary? 

What is located within each compartment?_______________________________

f.    List the name and indicate the type of each numbered fruit. 

a. Dry dehiscent b. Dry indehiscent c. Fleshy

Name                   Type                          Name                  Type

g.    What part of a pea flower develops into a pea pod?____________________________

What part of a pea flower develops into a pea seed?____________________________

h.   Explain why a corn kernel is a fruit and not a seed.____________________________

a.   Where is starch concentrated in the: 

Bean seed?_____________________________Corn fruit?___________________________

b.   Explain the role of fruits in the life cycle.______________________________________