Plant Diversity Lecture Week 1

What is the major difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?

What is the primary reason why bryophytes cannot transport water efficiently?

Which type of plant has an improved vascular tissue compared to others?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all plants?

What type of plants require water for reproduction?

What distinguishes angiosperms from gymnosperms regarding seed production?

Which plant type has the ability to perform both sexual and asexual reproduction?

Which of the following has/have been addressed through the development of genetically modified plants?

Cellulose is found in the cell walls of...

Quinine and ephedrine...

Mosses are...

When and how did bryophytes evolve?

Which were the first land plants?

Which group can serve as effective bioindicators of air quality?

Which group shows the greatest potential to acclimate to global warming?

Which is the correct statement?

Bryophytes contain --- chlorophyll along with carotenoids.

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between bryophytes and green algae?

Bryophytes have many similarities to vascular plants. Which of the following is INCORRECT?

Bryophytes have many similarities to vascular plants. Which of the following is false?

Which of the following are NOT challenges for life on land for plants?

There are many challenges to life on land for plants. Which solution helps the plant with sexual reproduction?

There are many challenges to life on land for plants. Which solution helps the plant with desiccation?

There are many challenges to life on land for plants. Which solution helps the plant with transport?

There are many challenges to life on land for plants. Which solution helps the plant with support?

There are many challenges to life on land for plants. Which solution helps the plant with dispersal?

There are five important characteristics of plants; which of the following is correct?

There are five important characteristics of plants; which of the following is incorrect?

This question is about alternation of generations in bryophytes. Which of the following is correct?

This question is about alternation of generations in bryophytes. Which of the following is correct?

This question is about alternation of generations in bryophytes. Which of the following is INCORRECT?

When talking about alternation of generations, which of the following is correct?

Which of the following is false when talking about bryophytes gametophytes?

Which of the following is false when talking about bryophytes sporophytes?

Sporophytes and gametophytes are...

In bryophytes, which structure(s) are on the tips of separate gametophyte thalli?

How does reproduction in mosses occur?

Which of the following is not grouped under the bryophytes?

Which phylum is the earliest living plant most closely related to green algae?

How many species of Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) are there?

What is the dominant generation in liverworts such as Marchantia?

Which structure in Marchantia bears the gametangia?

What is the method of asexual reproduction in Marchantia?

Which generation in Marchantia is initiated with fertilization?

What attaches the maturing sporophyte to the gametophyte in Marchantia?

What is the purpose of the conducting tissue in mosses?

Which class of mosses contains the vast majority of moss species?

What is the distinctive feature of sporophytes in Sphagnum moss?

Which of the following is NOT a common use of Sphagnum moss?

What is the primary function of the pseudopodium in sphagnum moss?

What is the unique feature of granite mosses that allows them to adapt to hostile environments?

What is a unique feature of Granite Mosses (Rock Mosses)?

What is the function of leptoids in True Mosses?

How is fertilization achieved in True Mosses?

Where does meiosis occur in True Mosses to produce haploid spores?

What is the function of the calyptra in True Mosses?

What is the function of paraphyses in bryophytes?

Where are antheridia clustered in bryophytes?

What is the method of sperm dispersal in bryophytes?

How do gametophytes of hornworts (Phylum Anthocerophyta) differ from other bryophytes?

Bryophytes are thought to have evolved from?

In Bryophytes, the gametophyte is...

Both mosses and flowering plants...

Prokaryotes include...

Which of these statements is false about sphagnum moss?

Peat moss (sphagnum)...

Which statement is true about members of the genus Marchantia?