Plant Pop-Quiz

The earliest plants to evolve were flowering plants.

• True

• False

Plants require oxygen for photosynthesis.

• True

• False

Most modern plants spend the majority of their life in the haploid (gametophyte) generation.

• True

• False

While plants are actively growing, they need

• Sunlight

• Temperatures above freezing

• Carbon dioxide

• All of the above

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All of the following are functions of plant roots except

• 1. storing food

• 1. absorbing water

• 1. releasing oxygen

• 1. anchoring plants to the ground

The life cycle of all plants includes

• 1. alternation of generations

• 1. sexual and asexual reproduction

• 1. haploid and diploid generations

• 1. all of the above

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Which of the following is an example of a non-vascular plant?

• grass
• corn
• trees
• moss

Rank the land plant lineages from "oldest" to "newest". Oldest being the first group to diverge from ancestral algae.

Plant groups:

1. Bryophytes

2. 2. Ferns and their allies

3. 3. Seed plants

1. The vascular tissue called _________________ carries water and dissolved minerals from a plant’s roots to its leaves.

1. The vascular tissue called _________________ carries water and dissolved sugar from a plant’s leaves to other parts of the plant.

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