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Early land plants

Due: 6:01pm on Tuesday, August 23, 2011


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Multiple Choice Question 29.4


Part A The following are common to both charophytes and land plants except ANSWER: lignin. sporopollenin. cellulose. chlorophyll a. chlorophyll b.
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Multiple Choice Question 29.14


Part A Choose the adaptation below that best meets each particular challenge for life on land.

protection from desiccation ANSWER: alternation of generations tracheids and phloem secondary compounds cuticle
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Multiple Choice Question 29.18

Part A Mitotic activity by the apical meristem of a root makes which of the following more possible? ANSWER: decreased absorption of mineral nutrients. increased number of chloroplasts in roots. increase of the above-ground stem. increased absorption of CO2. effective lateral growth of the stem.
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Multiple Choice Question 29.15


Part A Choose the adaptation below that best meets each particular challenge for life on land.

transport of water, minerals, and nutrients ANSWER: tracheids and phloem secondary compounds cuticle alternation of generations
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Multiple Choice Question 29.1


Part A The most recent common ancestor of all land plants was probably similar to modern-day members of which group? ANSWER: brown algae red algae

charophytes angiosperms green algae


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Multiple Choice Question 29.48


Part A A botanist discovers a new species of plant in a tropical North Queensland rain forest. After observing its anatomy and life cycle, the following characteristics are noted: flagellated sperm, xylem with tracheids, separate gametophyte and sporophyte generations with the sporophyte dominant, and no seeds. This plant is probably most closely related to ANSWER: mosses. gymnosperms. flowering plants. ferns. charophytes.
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Multiple Choice Question 29.22


Part A Bryophytes have all of the following characteristics except ANSWER: a reduced, dependent sporophyte. specialised cells and tissues. walled spores in sporangia. multicellularity. lignified vascular tissue.

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Multiple Choice Question 29.28


Part A Each of the following is a general characteristic of bryophytes except ANSWER: being eukaryotic. vascular tissue. a cellulose cell wall. chlorophylls a and b. being photosynthetic autotrophs.
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Multiple Choice Question 29.45


Part A In which of the following taxa does the mature sporophyte depend completely on the gametophyte for nutrition? ANSWER: horsetail (Equisetum) bryophyte fern fern and horsetail (Equisetum) fern, bryophyte, and horsetail
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Multiple Choice Question 29.47


Part A The following characteristics all helped seedless plants become better adapted to land except

ANSWER:

stomata on leaves. a waxy cuticle. a branched sporophyte. a dominant gametophyte. vascular tissue.
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Multiple Choice Question 29.62


Part A Which of these should have had gene sequences most similar to the charophyte that was the common ancestor of the land plants? ANSWER: early lycophytes early angiosperms early bryophytes early gymnosperms early pterophytes
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Multiple Choice Question 29.65


Part A Working from deep geologic strata toward shallow geologic strata, what is the sequence in which fossils of these groups should make their first appearance? 1. charophytes 2. single-celled green algae 3. hornworts 4. plants with a dominant sporophyte ANSWER:

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Multiple Choice Question 29.63


Part A Of the following list, flagellated (swimming) sperm are generally present in which groups? 1. Lycophyta 2. Bryophyta 3. Angiosperms 4. Chlorophyta 5. Pterophyta ANSWER: 2, 3, 5 1, 2, 4, 5 1, 2, 3 2, 3, 4, 5 1, 3, 4, 5
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Multiple Choice Question 29.44


Part A Bryophytes never formed forests (mats, yes, but not forests) because ANSWER: the sporophyte is too weak. not all are heterosporous. they have no adaptations to prevent desiccation. they possess flagellated sperms.

they lack lignified vascular tissue.


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Activity: Terrestrial Adaptations of Plants

Click here to complete this activity. Then answer the questions. Part A Which of these characteristics is shared by algae and seed plants? ANSWER: vascular tissue embryo development within gametangia chloroplasts roots and shoots pollen
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Both algae and seed plants have cells with chloroplasts.

Activity: Highlights of Plant Evolution

Click hereto complete this activity. Then answer the questions. Part A Angiosperms are most closely related to _____. ANSWER: seedless vascular plants bryophytes gymnosperms charophyceans (Charophytes) green algae
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The branching pattern of the phylogenetic tree in the activity indicates that angiosperms are most closely related to gymnosperms. Part B Which of these was the dominant plant group at the time that dinosaurs were the dominant animals? ANSWER: bryophytes gymnosperms angiosperms seedless vascular plants charophyceans (Charophytes)

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Both gymnosperms and dinosaurs were dominant during the Mesozoic. Part C This is an image of a(n) _____.

ANSWER:

seedless vascular plant charophycean (Charophyte) gymnosperm angiosperm bryophyte


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Charophyceans are the green algae most closely related to plants. Part D Plants evolved from green algae approximately _____ million years ago. ANSWER: 400 2,200 130 3,500 475
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Plants evolved from green algae about 475 million years ago. Part E _____ are an example of seedless vascular plants. ANSWER: Pine trees

Roses Mosses Ferns Charophyceans (Charophytes)

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Ferns are seedless vascular plants.

Activity: Moss Life Cycle

Click here to complete this activity. Then answer the questions. Part A Which of these represents the sporophyte generation of the moss life cycle?

ANSWER:

A E C B
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This is the young diploid sporophyte. Part B In moss, _____ produce sperm. ANSWER: sporangia protonemata archegonia antheridia embryos
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Moss antheridia, found on the tops of male gametophytes, produce sperm. Part C The sperm produced by mosses require _____ to reach an archegonium. ANSWER: animals light the development of a flower wind moisture
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Moss sperm swim to archegonia. Part D In the moss life cycle _____ cells within a sporangium undergo _____ to produce _____ spores.

ANSWER:

diploid ... mitosis ... haploid diploid ... meiosis ... haploid diploid ... mitosis ... diploid haploid ... mitosis ... haploid haploid ... meiosis ... haploid
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Diploid sporophytes develop from diploid embryos. Sporophytes bear a sporangium in which cells undergo meiosis to produce haploid spores. Part E In mosses gametes are produced by _____; in ferns gametes are produced by _____. ANSWER: mitosis ... mitosis mitosis ... meiosis binary fission ... mitosis meiosis ... mitosis meiosis ... meiosis
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In both, gametes are produced by haploid gametophytes.

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