NonSeed Plants

What Eukaryotic supergroup do plants belong to?

• Excavata

• Archaeplastida

• Unikonta

• SAR

Which of the following is the sister taxa to plants?

• Red Algae

• Chlorophytes

• Charophytes

• Choanoflagellates

In what geological period does the first whole-body fossil of a plant, Cooksonia, appear?

• Cambrian

• Ordovician

• Silurian

• Devonian

The gametophyte is ___________ and produces gametes via ________. (length of ______ is irrelevant)

• haploid; mitosis

• diploid; mitosis

• haploid; meiosis

• diploid; meiosis

The sporophyte is __________ and produces spores via ________. (length of________ is irrelevant)

• haploid; mitosis

• diploid; mitosis

• diploid; meiosis

• diploid;mitosis

Which of the following is NOT true about liverworts

• They are a bryophyte

• They are a nonvascular plant

• They have roots

• They have rhizoids