Types of Plants Answers

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3

Mosses are classified as bryophytes. Which best describes mosses?

A
Mosses are seedless plants.
B
Mosses bear fruit and flowers.
C
Mosses bear flowers, but no fruit.
D
Mosses have one cotyledon in a seed.
7

Which best explains the evolution of gymnosperm plants?

A
They evolved at the same time as monocots and dicots.
B
They evolved after the seeded flowering plants.
C
They evolved after the seedless vascular plants.
D
They evolved before the seedless nonvascular plants.
8

Orchids are a recently evolved plant that have a novel feature known as aerial roots. What is the most likely function of an orchid's specialized roots?

A
Aerial roots are the site of energy synthesis.
B
Aerial roots allow the orchid to attach itself to trees.
C
Aerial roots produce food for the orchid through photosynthesis.
D
Aerial roots anchor the orchid to the ground.
9

Which is an innovation of gymnosperms?

A
Gymnosperms are the first seed plants.
B
Gymnosperms are the first flowering plants.
C
Gymnosperms are the first vascular plants.
D
Gymnosperms are the first spore-bearing plants.
10

Which evolutionary adaptations helped plants succeed and spread on land?

A
vascular tissue and seeds
B
spores and pine cones
C
small size and small seeds
D
cotyledons and nonvascular tissue
11

Which of these gymnosperms are known to be important in maintaining the balance of carbon in an ecosystem?

A
garden flowering plants
B
ferns and liverworts
C
mosses and horsetails
D
redwood tree forests
12

This plant is Malva assurgentiflora, an endangered plant found in California. Based on the photo, which type of plant is Malva assurgentiflora?

Question illustration
A
bryophyte
B
gymnosperm
C
monocot
D
dicot
13

A scientist has discovered a new plant species in the Amazon rainforest. She tells her fellow scientists that the plant she has found produces a cone. What might they say about how this plant is different from an angiosperm?

A
Its seeds have one or two cotyledons.
B
Its stems' vascular bundles are scattered.
C
It does not depend on insect pollination.
D
It is a seeded vascular plant.
14

This diagram shows how seed plants are grouped. Which is the missing label?

Question illustration
A
Bryophytes
B
Angiosperms
C
Pteridophytes
D
Monocots
15

Orchids are a recently evolved plant that have a novel feature known as aerial roots. What is the most likely function of an orchid's specialized roots?

A
Aerial roots are the site of energy synthesis.
B
Aerial roots allow the orchid to attach itself to trees.
C
Aerial roots produce food for the orchid through photosynthesis.
D
Aerial roots anchor the orchid to the ground.
16

Which evolutionary adaptations helped plants succeed and spread on land?

A
vascular tissue and seeds
B
spores and pine cones
C
small size and small seeds
D
cotyledons and nonvascular tissue
17

Your teacher is describing a plant that bears seeds and flowers, has five flower petals, and has seeds that are enclosed by fruits. What kind of plant is he describing?

A
gymnosperm
B
angiosperm
C
bryophyte
D
monocot
18

Which best describes plant classification?

A
Nonvascular plants are grouped into seedless and seeded plants.
B
Seedless plants are grouped into gymnosperms and angiosperms.
C
Gymnosperms are grouped into monocots and dicots.
D
Angiosperms are grouped into monocots and dicots.

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