Biology Ii Test 2

Front 1

Which of the following is the process by which water is pulled up in a plant?

Back 1

Transpiration

Front 2

The area of stem where a petiole and axillary bud are found is called the ________.

Back 2

Node

Front 3

The attractiveness of a flower is due to this part of the flower:

Back 3

Petals

Front 4

One important difference between monocots and eudicots occurs in ________.

Back 4

the arrangement of vascular tissue in stems, roots and leaves

Front 5

Which of the following types of plants will produce a naked seed?

Back 5

Gymnosperms

Front 6

Annual rings in a tree trunk form because of variation in the ________.

Back 6

xylem

Front 7

Pollen is produced in this part of the plant:

Back 7

The anther

Front 8

Root hairs and stomata are specialized structures found in ________.

Back 8

epidermal tissue

Front 9

Guard cells cause the opening and closing of stomata through ________.

Back 9

water pressure changes

Front 10

Which of the following is part of the fruit structure?

Back 10

Both ovary and seeds

Front 11

Plants which can regrow next season because their roots survive even though the shoot system has died back are referred to as:

Back 11

Perennials

Front 12

Compared to the moss, the fern is better adapted to life on land because the fern:

Back 12

Has vascular tissue, but mosses do not

Front 13

Plant vascular tissue contains:

Back 13

Xylem and phloem

Front 14

Which of the following is not part of the female flower?

Back 14

Anther

Front 15

A plant physiologist is studying a plant's response to gravity. Based on this information, which of the following would he or she be studying?

Back 15

Gravitropism

Front 16

If you were a biologist studying the type of growth which increases the length of the root system and the stem system you would be studying:

Back 16

Primary growth

Front 17

Gametophytes of flowering plants are produced within the flower.

Back 17

True

Front 18

Plant hormones ________.

Back 18

are chemical signaling molecules

Front 19

If you were a plant physiologist studying the male parts of a flower, which of the following would you be interested in studying?

Back 19

Stamen

Front 20

Phloem generally transports sugar from the leaves to the roots.

Back 20

True

Front 21

When plants grow in relation to light it is referred to as:

Back 21

Phototropism

Front 22

The meristematic tissue used for secondary growth and found between the xylem and phloem of each vascular bundle in eudicot stems is termed the:

Back 22

Vascular cambium

Front 23

If you were a plant biologist studying a type of fruit that comes from a flower which has many separate carpals such as a raspberry, you would be studying which type of fruit?

Back 23

Aggregate

Front 24

The waxy covering of the outside layer of the leaf epidermal cells is called:

Back 24

Cuticle

Front 25

Which part of the seed provides nourishment for the embryo?

Back 25

The endosperm

Front 26

Root hairs and stomata are specialized structures found in ________.

Back 26

epidermal tissue

Front 27

If you were studying the female portion of the moss gametophyte you would be studying:

Back 27

The archegonium

Front 28

Woody plants have large trunks composed mostly of:

Back 28

Xylem

Front 29

The meristematic tissue used for secondary growth and found between the xylem and phloem of each vascular bundle in eudicot stems is termed the:

Back 29

Vascular cambium

Front 30

Transpiration ________.

Back 30

is evaporation of water from leaf cells

Front 31

If you were studying the region of the plant where a leaf or leaves are attached to the stem you would be studying:

Back 31

The terminal buds

Front 32

Movements that occur over a regular 24-hour cycle are referred to as:

Back 32

Circadian rhythm

Front 33

Fertilization in the mosses is dependent upon:

Back 33

Water

Front 34

Which of the following is not considered part of the gymnosperm group?

Back 34

The horsetails

Front 35

The term secondary growth refers to:

Back 35

An increase in girth

Front 36

Which of the following is the arranged in order from most primitive to the most advanced?

Back 36

Moss, fern, gymnosperm, angiosperm

Front 37

Flowering plants are also known as gymnosperms.

Back 37

False

Front 38

Plant growth movement in response to an environmental stimulus is called ________.

Back 38

a tropism

Front 39

In the moss life cycle, the ______ generation is dominant.

Back 39

Haploid gametophyte