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Biology Quick Check #2

Multiple Choice: Select the letter choice that best answers the question (1 pt. each, 10 pts. total)

1. Which of the following could occur only after plants moved from the oceans to land?
A. Animals could also move onto land because there were new food sources.
B. Animals could also move onto land because they had access to nitrogen.
C. Cyanobacteria could also move onto land because their host lived there.
D. Plants in the oceans were able to evolve in deeper parts of the oceans.

2. According to the fossil record, plants colonized terrestrial habitats ________.

A. in conjunction with insects that pollinated them
B. in conjunction with fungi that helped provide them with nutrients
C. to escape abundant herbivores in the oceans
D. only about 150 million years ago

3. What evidence do paleobotanists look for that indicates the movement of plants from water
to land?
A. waxy cuticle to decrease evaporation from leaves
B. loss of structures that produce spores
C. sporopollenin to inhibit evaporation from leaves
D. remnants of chloroplasts from photosynthesizing cells

4. The structural integrity of bacteria is to peptidoglycan as the structural integrity of plant

spores is to ________.
A. lignin B. cellulose
C. secondary compounds D. sporopollenin
5. Which of the following statements about stomata is accurate?
A. Stomata are not important in algae because they do not need CO2.
B. Stomata, when closed, allow CO2 to diffuse into plants.
C. Stomata in plants allow the roots to absorb water and nutrients.

D. Stomata in plants allow CO2 to diffuse into the plant.

6. Which of the following is not a trait characteristic of monocots?

A. Parallel leaf venation B. Taproot
C. One cotyledon D. Floral organs in multiples of 3

7. In flowers, pollen is produced in the __________.

A. Anther B. Sepal C. Petal D. Style

8. In which phylum is the organism thought to be the world's oldest living tree?
A. The world's oldest living tree is not in any of the listed phyla
B. Coniferophyta
C. Cycadophyta
D. Gnetophyta

9. Which gymnosperm phylum below is characterized by large cones and fern-like leaves and
thrived during the Mesozoic?

A. Anthophyta B. Ginkgophyta
C. Cycadophyta D. Coniferophyta

10. Ephedrine is an extract of a plant belonging to which phylum?

A. Phylum Coniferophyta B. Phylum Ginkgophyta
C. Phylum Anthophyta D. Phylum Gnetophyta