Botany

Which of these is a nonvascular plant?

• Sphagnum Moss
• Pine Tree
• Bermuda Grass
• All of these are nonvascular

Stacks of these form granum, where solar energy is converted to chemical energy within the plant.

• Cisternae
• Chloroplasts
• Plastids
• Thylakoids

__________________ is thought to have been domesticated by Native Americans from the wild plant called teosinte.

• Maize or corn
• Indian Pipe
• Sorghum
• Rice

Which of the following is an example of a characteristic of life known as metabolism found in plants?

• A plant produces seeds, perpetuating the species.
• An unattended potted plant that gets knocked over in the greenhouse produces a shoot that bends toward light and away from the pull of gravity.
• Cell division occurring in the apical meristem of the stem and root extends the length of these modules.
• A plant attracts a pollinating insect by producing brightly colored flowers to increase the likelihood of a successful mating event leading to seed production.
• Sunlight energy is captured by a plant leaf through the process called photosynthesis.

In which phase of mitosis in plant cells does the nucleolus or nucleoli in the nucleus seem to reappear?

• interphase
• prophase
• metaphase
• anaphase
• telophase

Chromosomes exist in an unduplicated form (i.e., unreplicated DNA associated with protein) during what phase(s) of the cell cycle?

• prophase
• telophase
• metaphase
• G1 of interphase
• G1 of interphase and telophase

Which of the following is a living simple tissue involved as strengthening tissue for the plant body?

• parenchyma
• collenchyma
• sclerenchyma
• epidermis

Which of the following subcellular components is likely to be absent in a plant root?

• large vacuoles
• mitochondria
• chloroplasts
• leucoplasts

This forms between the nuclei and the center of the phragmoplast just prior to cytokinesis.

• centrosomes
• kinetochore
• cell plate
• metphase

Which of the following is a primary meristem?

• root hair
• ground meristem
• collenchyma
• intercalary meristem of grasses