Multiple Guess

Bryophytes are adapted to

  1. grow in polluted air
  2. grow well in wet places
  3. stand tall
  4. survive in extremely dry deserts

Gingko biloba is uniquely able to

  1. grow in polluted air
  2. grow in the tropics
  3. grow well in wet places
  4. survive in extremely dry places

Cyanobacteria

  1. have chlorophyll
  2. have chloroplasts
  3. have membrane bound organelles
  4. have nuclei

Cyanobacteria are dependent on plants for nutritional support

  1. false
  2. true

A cyanobacteria akinete is a

  1. a nitrogen fixing cell
  2. a photoreceptor
  3. part of the clamp connection
  4. thick-walled cell resistant to desiccation

Matching (Continues onto next page)

___ Membrane bound organelles, chitin in cell walls, saprophytic and parasitic; sac like spore container with four to eight spores in each sac

A. Ascomycetes or Ascomycota

___ Membrane bound organelles, chitin in cell walls, saprophytic or parasitic; spores develop on peg like structures with four spores per peg, some varieties form puffballs, bracts, and mushrooms.

B. Basidiomycetes or Basidiomycota

___ Membrane bound organelles, chitin in cell walls, saprophytic; thick ornamented elaborate complex spore container

C. Bryophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, unicellular, multicellular, or colonial, usually aquatic habitat

D. Chlorophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, chloroplasts, cellulose in cell walls, naked seeds, pollen, vascular system, cones

E. Chromophyta or Phaeophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, chloroplasts, cellulose in cell walls, seeds in containers, pollen, vascular system, flowers

F. Coniferophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, chloroplasts, cellulose in cell walls, spores, flagellated sperm, haploid gametophyte dominates life cycle, blades are one cell layer thick, terrestrial habitat

G. Cyanobacteria or Cyanophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, chloroplasts, cellulose in cell walls, spores, flagellated sperm, vascular system, cones, sporophyte dominates life cycle, gametophyte often subterranean

H. Lycophyta or Lycopodophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, chloroplasts, cellulose in cell walls, spores, flagellated sperm, vascular system, sori, sporophyte dominates the life cycle, gametophyte is a small thallus

I. Magnoliophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, fucoxanthin brown pigment, contains mucilaginous compounds

J. Pterophyta or Pteridophyta

___ Membrane bound organelles, phycoerythrin red pigment, often found at great depth in the oceans, sometime responsible for red tides

K. Rhodophyta

___ No membrane bound organelles, phycocyananin blue pigment, can convert gaseous nitrogen to organic nitrogen compounds, unicellular or colonial

L. Zygomycetes or Zygomycota

Short Answers

What is a stolon?

What is exciting and remarkable about the Wollemi Pine?

Write any local name you know for Nostoc

The vascular system in seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms consists of two major systems. What are the names of the two systems?

The vascular system in seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms consists of two major systems. What does each system transport?

What are strobili?

What is your favorite seedless vascular plant (give the name in genus species format or in English)?

What is the botanical family name for the shown matter:

Longer Answers

What are the advantages of pollen over flagellated sperm?

What are the advantages of seeds over spores?

What, if any, are the advantages of spores over seeds?

What are the differences between the cycads and the palms?

Diagrams

Diagram the life cycle of a fern

Diagram the life cycle of an angiosperm