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What is the defining characteristic of land plants?
What is the defining characteristic of land plants?
- They have protective tissues
- They are photosynthetic
- They are eukaryotic
- They can reproduce on land (correct)
Which type of plants do not produce seeds?
Which type of plants do not produce seeds?
- Non-vascular plants
- Vascular plants
- All of the above
- Seedless vascular plants (correct)
True or false: The cuticle is composed of hydrophilic compounds that allow leaves and young stems to absorb water easily.
True or false: The cuticle is composed of hydrophilic compounds that allow leaves and young stems to absorb water easily.
False (B)
What is the main function of the cuticle in plants?
What is the main function of the cuticle in plants?
What is the primary function of the cuticle in plants?
What is the primary function of the cuticle in plants?
Which type of plants produce seeds?
Which type of plants produce seeds?
What is the function of the cuticle in plants?
What is the function of the cuticle in plants?
True or false: Land plants are prokaryotic organisms.
True or false: Land plants are prokaryotic organisms.
Which of the following is a shared trait between land plants and charophytes?
Which of the following is a shared trait between land plants and charophytes?
What are mycorrhizae?
What are mycorrhizae?
What is the purpose of the protective tissues in land plants?
What is the purpose of the protective tissues in land plants?
What protects the delicate plant embryo in land plants?
What protects the delicate plant embryo in land plants?
What is the purpose of the protective tissues in land plants?
What is the purpose of the protective tissues in land plants?
What is the primary difference between non-vascular and vascular plants?
What is the primary difference between non-vascular and vascular plants?
True or false: All land plants produce seeds.
True or false: All land plants produce seeds.
What is the composition of the cuticle in plants?
What is the composition of the cuticle in plants?
What is the composition of the cuticle?
What is the composition of the cuticle?
True or false: Mycorrhizae have no effect on the uptake of minerals and water from the soil solution.
True or false: Mycorrhizae have no effect on the uptake of minerals and water from the soil solution.
What are the three distinct traits that charophytes share with land plants?
What are the three distinct traits that charophytes share with land plants?
Which phyla are included in the seedless vascular plants?
Which phyla are included in the seedless vascular plants?
What is the purpose of mycorrhizae in plants?
What is the purpose of mycorrhizae in plants?
How do mycorrhizae improve the rate of uptake of minerals and water from the soil solution?
How do mycorrhizae improve the rate of uptake of minerals and water from the soil solution?
What is the function of mycorrhizae in plants?
What is the function of mycorrhizae in plants?
Which of the following phyla includes seedless vascular plants?
Which of the following phyla includes seedless vascular plants?
What are the two main categories of land plants?
What are the two main categories of land plants?
True or false: Secondary metabolites in plants do not serve any function in facilitating life on terrestrial land.
True or false: Secondary metabolites in plants do not serve any function in facilitating life on terrestrial land.
True or false: The protective tissues that surround the plant embryo are only present in vascular plants.
True or false: The protective tissues that surround the plant embryo are only present in vascular plants.
What is the function of secondary metabolites in plants?
What is the function of secondary metabolites in plants?
How do mycorrhizae improve the rate of uptake of minerals and water from the soil solution?
How do mycorrhizae improve the rate of uptake of minerals and water from the soil solution?
What is the second shared trait between land plants and charophytes?
What is the second shared trait between land plants and charophytes?
Which type of plant does not produce seeds?
Which type of plant does not produce seeds?
Which type of plants are divided into non-vascular and vascular plants?
Which type of plants are divided into non-vascular and vascular plants?
True or false: The phloem system moves water from the ground to the aboveground portions of the plant.
True or false: The phloem system moves water from the ground to the aboveground portions of the plant.
What is the function of sporopollenin in land plants?
What is the function of sporopollenin in land plants?
What is the function of secondary metabolites in plants?
What is the function of secondary metabolites in plants?
True or false: The phragmoplast is a structure unique to land plants.
True or false: The phragmoplast is a structure unique to land plants.
What is lignin?
What is lignin?
What is sporopollenin?
What is sporopollenin?
What are the two phyla of seedless vascular plants?
What are the two phyla of seedless vascular plants?
What is the function of secondary metabolites in plants?
What is the function of secondary metabolites in plants?
Which of the following is true about the gametophyte generation in ferns?
Which of the following is true about the gametophyte generation in ferns?
True or false: Seed plants still require water for sexual reproduction, but the male gametophyte is brought directly to the female gametophyte via a vector.
True or false: Seed plants still require water for sexual reproduction, but the male gametophyte is brought directly to the female gametophyte via a vector.
True or false: Sporopollenin protects the zygote in charophytes, but not the gametophyte in land plants.
True or false: Sporopollenin protects the zygote in charophytes, but not the gametophyte in land plants.
What is the mature gametophyte of ferns like compared to the gametophyte of mosses?
What is the mature gametophyte of ferns like compared to the gametophyte of mosses?
What is the role of lignin in plants?
What is the role of lignin in plants?
True or false: The sporophyte generation in land plants is always larger than the gametophyte generation.
True or false: The sporophyte generation in land plants is always larger than the gametophyte generation.
True or false: Wind-mediated pollination is the only way seed plants achieve elimination of the need for water for sexual reproduction.
True or false: Wind-mediated pollination is the only way seed plants achieve elimination of the need for water for sexual reproduction.
What is the function of the xylem system in plants?
What is the function of the xylem system in plants?
What is the phragmoplast?
What is the phragmoplast?
What is lignin and what is its function in plants?
What is lignin and what is its function in plants?
What are the three traits that charophytes share with land plants?
What are the three traits that charophytes share with land plants?
What is the function of the xylem system in plants?
What is the function of the xylem system in plants?
What is the role of sporopollenin in land plants?
What is the role of sporopollenin in land plants?
What is the life cycle of land plants?
What is the life cycle of land plants?
What is the function of sporopollenin in land plants and charophytes?
What is the function of sporopollenin in land plants and charophytes?
Which of the following is a characteristic of all land plants?
Which of the following is a characteristic of all land plants?
True or false: The gametophyte of ferns is larger than the gametophyte of mosses.
True or false: The gametophyte of ferns is larger than the gametophyte of mosses.
Which generation of ferns is much reduced in size compared to the gametophyte of mosses?
Which generation of ferns is much reduced in size compared to the gametophyte of mosses?
How do seed plants eliminate the need for water for sexual reproduction?
How do seed plants eliminate the need for water for sexual reproduction?
How do seed plants achieve sexual reproduction without the need for water?
How do seed plants achieve sexual reproduction without the need for water?
True or false: Lignin is a primary metabolite that confers structural support to plants.
True or false: Lignin is a primary metabolite that confers structural support to plants.
What is the function of the xylem system in plants?
What is the function of the xylem system in plants?
What is the function of the phragmoplast in land plants and charophytes?
What is the function of the phragmoplast in land plants and charophytes?
True or false: Non-vascular plants are unable to survive and reproduce on land.
True or false: Non-vascular plants are unable to survive and reproduce on land.
What is the advantage of seed plants eliminating the need for water for sexual reproduction?
What is the advantage of seed plants eliminating the need for water for sexual reproduction?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of charophytes?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of charophytes?
How do land plants alternate between generations?
How do land plants alternate between generations?
How do seed plants achieve sexual reproduction without the need for water?
How do seed plants achieve sexual reproduction without the need for water?
True or false: The need for water for reproduction in seed plants is partially eliminated, but not completely, enabling them to spread themselves out to many terrestrial habitats.
True or false: The need for water for reproduction in seed plants is partially eliminated, but not completely, enabling them to spread themselves out to many terrestrial habitats.
What is the alternation of generations in land plants?
What is the alternation of generations in land plants?
How do seed plants achieve wind-mediated pollination or animal-mediated pollination?
How do seed plants achieve wind-mediated pollination or animal-mediated pollination?
What is the defining characteristic of land plants?
What is the defining characteristic of land plants?
How does the size of the mature gametophyte of ferns compare to the gametophyte of mosses?
How does the size of the mature gametophyte of ferns compare to the gametophyte of mosses?
Which of the following is a characteristic of seedless vascular plants?
Which of the following is a characteristic of seedless vascular plants?
True or false: Lycophytes and monilophytes produce seeds.
True or false: Lycophytes and monilophytes produce seeds.
Which type of plants do not produce seeds?
Which type of plants do not produce seeds?
Which phyla are included in seedless vascular plants?
Which phyla are included in seedless vascular plants?
What is the phragmoplast?
What is the phragmoplast?
How are land plants divided?
How are land plants divided?
What is the function of protective tissues in land plants?
What is the function of protective tissues in land plants?
What is the defining characteristic of land plants?
What is the defining characteristic of land plants?
True or false: Charophytes and land plants share no common traits.
True or false: Charophytes and land plants share no common traits.
