In a sample of pond water, a new organism is identified with the following characteristics: It consists of 70 cells surrounded by rigid cell walls that join the cells together. Inside each of these identical cells are mitochondria and chloroplasts. Such an organism would most likely be classified as a:

Eukaryotes are monophyletic and all contain ____, which stores and protects their genetic information.

All protists are ____.

Which of the following statements support(s) the theory of the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria and plastids?

I) Mitochondria and plastids have circular DNA and replicate by splitting.

II) Mitochondria and plastids have ribosomes.

III) Mitochondrial and plastid ribosomal RNA sequences are more similar to cytoplasmic ribosomes than to bacterial ones.

IV) The inner membranes of plastids and mitochondria have transport proteins homologous to those in bacterial plasma membranes.

Which scientist is most credited with explaining how organelles contain their own DNA and have internal membranes?

Carbon fixation is catalyzed (sped up) by ____, a very abundant enzyme.

The ____ explains how some organelles have internal membranes and their own DNA.

Colonial protists, like Volvox, provide evidence for the evolution of ____.

Which statement is correct with regard to the comparison of secondary endosymbiosis to primary endosymbiosis?

Which of the following was derived from an ancestral photosynthetic cyanobacteria?

Rubisco, an ____, is capable of speeding up the rate of photosynthesis in most plants.

Photosynthesis creates ___ gas as a byproduct.

Plants that partition their photosynthetic pathways temporally are known as ____ plants.

The molecules that absorb light energy are ____.

The outer layer of all plants is composed of dermal tissue, or ____.

Transpiration moves water from ____ water potential, and thus ____ cost the plant energy.

The stomatal crypts of xerophytes can contain ____-like structures. These help to prevent water loss.

Plants must defend against attacks from insects and other herbivores. Which of these materials or resources is derived from a plant defensive tactic?

The ___ of South FL soils is about 8.0.  Based only on this value, the soil is slightly alkaline and has more calcium available than in other soil types. Plants in S FL have no problem obtaining enough calcium, but may need supplements of other compounds and nutrients. 

Vascular bundle arrangement is variable, with early plants having a central system and the more advanced land plants showing two distinct arrangements,  ____ in the Gymnosperms and Eudicots and ___ bundles in Monocots.

Based on our current understanding of plant phylogeny, the MRCA of all "green plants" was a:

The multicellular 2N embryo of all land plants is covered in a ____, which prevents desiccation.

The first land plants resembled Bryophytes and were similarly small and limited to moist environments. The emergence of plants with ____ allowed for rapid colonization of land and rapid vertical growth.

The study of plants is:

Humans and all other mammals have a(n) ____ life cycle.

Most evidence suggests that ____ were incorportated into eukaryotes first.

The ____ are the site of most photosynthesis in plants.

Climate research indicates that anthropogenic activities ____ atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Unlike animals which grow in a coordinated manner, plants add new growth to old growth, also known as _____ growth. This is helpful when aging a plant.

The world's largest flower grows on the jungle floor, is ____, and pollinated by ____.

When examining the phylogenetic tree of land plants, why are the angiosperms split into three groups (magnolids, monocots, and eudicots)?

Plants that grow on other plants, without causing harm to the host, are ____. They reach their greatest diversity in the tropics, but FIU MMC has some pretty amazing examples.

Commonalities to both charophytes and vascular land plants include

I. sporopollenin

II. lignin

III. xylem

IV. cellulose

V. chlorophyll b

Gametes combine in the ____ step of sexual reproduction, which creates a ____.

Plastids that are surrounded by more than two membranes are evidence of ____.

CAM plants keep stomata closed in daytime, thus reducing loss of water. They can do this because they:

Which of the following statements about the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration is correct?

Guard cells are responsible for opening and closing the ____ on the leaves, which allows for gas exchange and provides the resources for photosynthesis.

In plants, multicellularity has led to specialization of roles within the individual's cells. This is generically called:

Because the monocots lack ____, it is more difficult for them to grow into true giant sizes, but the “bamboos” are functionally trees in their environments?

The vascular system of land plants works to transport:

The cuticle of land plants is composed primarily of ____ and prevents ____ of water.

Some green algae exhibit alternation of generations. All land plants exhibit alternation of generations. No charophytes exhibit alternation of generations. Keeping in mind the recent evidence from molecular systematics, the correct interpretation of these observations is that: