The Life Cycles of Plants

Question 1

What do all plant life cycles have in common?

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Diploid and haploid phases alternate.

Question 2

In a plant’s life cycle, how many sporophyte generations occur between one gametophyte generation and the next time that eggs and sperm are produced?

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one

Question 3

This diagram shows the life cycle of plants and the alternation of generations. Which row in the table contains the correct labels for the plant life cycle diagram?

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C

Question 4

Consider the nonflowering plant growing along the wall that is pictured below. What type of plant is this?

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bryophyte

Question 5

What occurs in the life cycle of a moss but not in the life cycle of a gymnosperm?

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In moss, sperm and egg cells are produced after haploid spores are released from the sporophyte.

Question 6

Which field is associated with studying plants?

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botany

Question 7

In seedless plants, haploid gametophytes are produced from

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haploid spores that undergo mitosis.

Question 8

In plants that undergo double fertilization, the structure that forms to nourish the seed is called the

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endosperm.

Question 9

Which is produced when an egg and a sperm unite during a plant’s life cycle?

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zygote

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