Seed plants

Seed plants

Chapter 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following, if any, is not a function of the seed?

• Protecting the embryo

• Preventing desiccation

• Providing nutrients to the developing plant

• Allowing for dormancy

• All of the above are functions of seeds

Multiple Choice

Approximately how many extant species are in the phylum Ginkophyta?

• 1

• 100

• 1000

• 10000

Multiple Choice

The dried open pine cones that are commonly found on the forest floor are the remains of the

• Microsporangium

• Mature female cone

• Immature ovulate cone

• Mature pollen cone