Chapter 8: Quiz 8A - The Plant Kingdom

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all plants?

• A. They have cell walls.

• B. They are eukaryotic.

• C. They have tissues.

• D. They produce seeds.

What are the underground stems that produce roots and leaves in ferns?

• fronds

• rhizomes

• rhizoids

• sori

Which of the following is true about seeds and spores?

• A. Both have abundant energy reserves.

• B. They are either enclosed in a fruit or produced by a cone.

• C. Both are multicellular.

• D. Both are produced by seed plants.

All plants have plastids.

• True

• False

Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are bryophytes.

• True

• False

When comparing plants to fungi, which of the following is NOT true?

• Most plants are producers (perform photosynthesis), fungi do not.

• Plants have cell walls made of cellulose, fungi have cell walls made of chitin.

• Plants reproduce through seeds, fungi reproduce through spores.

• Plants and fungi both have chloroplasts.

• Plants have tissue, fungi do not.

Why are club mosses are not classified with the true mosses?

• They have vascular tissue.

• They lack chlorophyll.

• They are aquatic plants.

• They reproduce through seeds.