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27 Cards in this Set
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Moss plants are held in place by threadlike structures called
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rhizoids
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Stems have all of these functions except
Moving materials between leaves and roots storing food and water absorbing soil nutrients supporting the plant |
absorbing soil nutrients
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__________ have unique, jointed stem structures
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Horsetails
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The first plants to grow in new environments are usually
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liverworts and mosses
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The oldest trees alive are the ______
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gymnosperms
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Of the following, which is not a vascular plant?
horsetail fern pine tree moss |
moss
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Nonvascular plants have all of the following except
cellwalls rhizoids flowers spores |
flowers
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Ancient seedless plants campacted and eventually turned into the _____ we use today.
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coal
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Roots have all of the following functions except to
make food store food absorb water anchor the plant |
make food
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Peat is actually the earliest stage of
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coal
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Ferns are the most abundant of the _____ plants.
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seedless vascular
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Nonvascular plants include
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mosses and liverworts
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Of the following, which is not an adaptation plants made to life on land?
more complex reproduction a cuticle cell walls cell membrane |
cell membrane
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The major function of leaves is to _____
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make food
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Of the following which is not a characteristic of plants?
range in height have roots have cell walls live only on land |
live only in land
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________ is a chemical compound that forms tangled fibers in the walls of plants.
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Cellulose
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Of the following, which is not an example of a seed plant?
peat moss peanuts wheat oranges |
peat moss
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The most common type of plants on Earth is _________.
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angiosperms
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Of the following, which is not a gymnosperm?
cycads gingoes conifers flowering plants |
flowering plants
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Scientists think that plants evolved directly from _____.
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green algae
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vascular tissue of phloem and xylem
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yes
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produce spores
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no
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Produce seeds
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yes
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Leaves and stomata
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Yes
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Produce rhizoids
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No
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Root Systems
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Yes
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Stems of various sizes
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Yes
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