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Plants Review- Pre-AP Bio

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the ancestor of today's plants?

a)

lichens

b)

green algae

c)

gymnosperms

d)

archaeoplantae

2.

Plant cell walls are made of...

a)

cellulose

b)

peptidoglycan

c)

chitin

d)

phospholipids

3.

What is the other name for non-vascular plants?

a)

seedless vascular plants

b)

bryophytes

c)

ferns

d)

green algae

4.

How do bryophytes transport water?

a)

vascular tissue

b)

xylem

c)

phloem

d)

osmosis

5.

Which of the following have true roots, stems, and leaves?

a)

gymnosperms

b)

bryophytes

c)

angiosperms

d)

seedless vascular plants

e)

all of the other answers are correct

6.

Which of the following produce seeds?

a)

Ferns

b)

Mosses

c)

Conifer trees

d)

Flowering plants

e)

All of the other answer choices are correct

7.

Which of the following have vascular tissue?

a)

bryophytes

b)

seedless vascular plants

c)

gymnosperms

d)

angiosperms

e)

all of the other answer choices are correct

8.

What type of plant tissue is made of tracheid cells?

a)

phloem

b)

dermal tissue

c)

ground tissue

d)

xylem

9.

Xylem transports ___ and phloem transports ___.

a)

sugars; water

b)

water; sugars

c)

both transport sugars

d)

both only transport water

10.

Gymnosperms produce ___ and angiosperms produce ___.

a)

spores; gametes

b)

flowers; cones

c)

gametes; spores

d)

cones; flowers

11.

What reproductive advantage do gymnosperms and angiosperms have in dry environments?

a)

spores

b)

seeds

c)

vascular tissue

d)

cones

12.

Which letter represents cotyledons?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

Which letter represents the plant embryo?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

Which letter represents the endosperm?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

Which letter represents the seed coat?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

What is it called when structures containing male gametophytes are transferred to the female part of a plant?

a)

fertilization

b)

pollination

c)

double fertilization

d)

meiosis

17.

Monocots have ___ seed leaves and dicots have ___.

a)

2; 1

b)

1; 2

c)

multiples of 3; multiples of 4-5

d)

multiples of 4-5; multiples of 3

18.

The first leaf or pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant are called:

a)

cotyledons

b)

sepals

c)

foliage leaves

d)

seed leaves

19.

Monocot or dicot?

a)

monocot

b)

dicot

c)

neither

d)

not enough info to tell

20.

A flower has 9 stamen and 33 petals. Monocot or dicot?

a)

monocot

b)

dicot

21.

Stem cross-section. Monocot or dicot?

a)

monocot

b)

dicot

c)

could be either

22.

Fibrous roots are found in...

a)

monocots

b)

dicots

c)

both monocots and dicots

d)

neither monocots or dicots

23.

Anchors plants in ground; absorbs water and nutrients.

a)

roots

b)

stems

c)

leaves

24.

Support upper plant structures; transport water and sugars.

a)

roots

b)

stems

c)

leaves

25.

Most of photosynthesis and gas exchange.

a)

roots

b)

stems

c)

leaves

26.

Outermost tissue layer of a plant

a)

ground tissue

b)

dermal tissue

c)

vascular tissue

27.

Tissue that transports water and sugars

a)

ground tissue

b)

dermal tissue

c)

vascular tissue

28.

Tissue in between outer layer and transport layer; includes mesophyll layers in leaves.

a)

ground tissue

b)

dermal tissue

c)

vascular tissue

29.

What type of meristem is found at the tips of roots and shoots?

a)

apical meristem

b)

intercalary meristem

c)

lateral meristem

30.

What type of meristem produces primary growth?

a)

apical meristem

b)

intercalary meristem

c)

lateral meristem

31.

What type of meristem produces secondary growth?

a)

apical meristem

b)

intercalary meristem

c)

lateral meristem

32.

What type of meristem is responsible for new leaves and branches?

a)

apical meristem

b)

intercalary meristem

c)

lateral meristem

33.

In plants, primary growth means adding ___ while secondary growth means adding ___.

a)

new leaves; height & width

b)

height/length; width

c)

width; height/length

d)

height & width; new leaves

34.

Increases surface area for absorption of water and nutrients.

a)

root cap

b)

guard cells

c)

leaves

d)

root hairs

35.

Protects roots as they grow through the soil.

a)

root cap

b)

root hairs

c)

meristem

d)

ground tissue

36.

In this root cross section, what type of tissue is in the "inner circle"?

a)

dermal tissue

b)

ground tissue

c)

vascular tissue

37.

What is the area inside the dotted-line circle?

a)

vascular tissue

b)

root cap

c)

apical meristem

d)

ground tissue

38.

What is the area at the very bottom tip of the root?

a)

vascular tissue

b)

root cap

c)

apical meristem

d)

ground tissue

39.

Waxy outer layer of plant that prevents water loss.

a)

guard cells

b)

mesophyll

c)

cuticle

d)

vein

40.

Part of leaf responsible for majority of photosynthesis.

a)

guard cells

b)

mesophyll

c)

cuticle

d)

vein

41.

The veins, or vascular bundles, in a leaf contain...

a)

mesophyll cells

b)

xylem and phloem

c)

ground tissue

d)

lots of stomata

42.

Picture A is the ____ epidermis of a leaf, and Picture B is the ___ epidermis.

a)

lower; upper

b)

upper; lower

c)

both are lower

d)

both are upper

43.

Which plant, A or B, most likely has stomata that are closed?

a)

A

b)

B

44.

Cuticle

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

F

45.

upper epidermis

a)

A

b)

B

c)

I

d)

G

46.

lower epidermis

a)

A

b)

B

c)

I

d)

G

47.

palisade mesophyll

a)

C

b)

F

c)

J

d)

A

48.

stoma

a)

G

b)

I

c)

H

d)

J

49.

Which of the following forces are important in moving water through a plant?

a)

active transport

b)

capillary action

c)

transpiration

d)

hydrogen bonding

50.

Sugar moves through phloem from ___ to ___.

a)

source; sink

b)

leaves; stems

c)

sink; source

d)

roots; leaves

51.

In alternation of generations, plants alternate between haploid ___ form and diploid ___ form.

a)

sporophyte; gametophyte

b)

gamete; somatic

c)

gametophyte; sporophyte

d)

plants are always diploid and do not have a haploid form

52.

Attract pollinators to angiosperms

a)

sepals

b)

anthers

c)

stigma

d)

petals

53.

protect a flower bud before it opens

a)

petals

b)

sepals

c)

carpels

d)

stamen

54.

pertains to male part of flower

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

pistil

d)

stigma

e)

pollen grains

55.

pertains to female part of flower

a)

pistil

b)

carpel

c)

stigma

d)

ovules

e)

filament

56.

Where does meiosis take place in a flower?

a)

anther

b)

filament

c)

stigma

d)

ovary

57.

Pollen is produced in the ___ and transferred to the ___ during angiosperm pollination.

a)

filament; anther

b)

anther; filament

c)

anther; stigma

d)

filament; style

58.

Pollen grains grow a ____ down the style of a pistil.

a)

pistil tube

b)

style tube

c)

pollen tube

d)

seed tube

59.

In double fertilization, one sperm fertilizes an egg cell, and the other fertilizes ___ to make ___.

a)

endosperm; polar nuclei

b)

ovule; fruit

c)

polar nuclei; endosperm

d)

seed; fruit

60.

Initial growth of a seedling is called ___, which is the end of the seed's period of ____.

a)

dormancy; germination

b)

germination; dormancy

c)

fertilization; dormancy

d)

primary growth; germination

61.

Which of the following relate to the plant hormone auxin?

a)

growth hormone

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

d)

elongation of shaded cells

62.

Causes roots to grow downward and shoots to grow upward.

a)

gravitropism

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

d)

photoperiodism

63.

Causes tips of shoots to grow toward light source.

a)

gravitropism

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

d)

photoperiodism

64.

Causes vines to coil around objects and climb upward.

a)

gravitropism

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

d)

photoperiodism

65.

Response of plants to changing light/dark cycles.

a)

gravitropism

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

d)

photoperiodism

66.

What type of leaf is most adapted to dry conditions?

a)

pine needle

b)

maple leaf

c)

carnation leaf

d)

fern frond