Moss and Fern Baseball

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Moss and Fern Baseball
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Rhizoids are important ina. anchoring plants in
the ground.b. absorbing water.c. transporting
water in the plant.d. transporting minerals.
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Land plants take up water througha. underground
stems. b. aboveground stems. c. underground
roots.d. aboveground roots.
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The central area of a true root is thea. vein.
b. cuticle.c. phloem.d. vascular cylinder.
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The bryophytes have evolved reproductive cycles
that enable them toa. survive in fresh
water.b. survive on land.c. produce seeds.d.
produce flowers.
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Fully terrestrial plants do not requirea. a
supply of water.b. parts of the plant be exposed
to sunlight.c. water for reproduction.d.
an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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Of the following, the plants that have evolved
farthest toward complete independence from water
for reproduction are thea. ferns. b. mosses.
c. liverworts.d. club mosses.
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Unlike the algae, the bryophytesa. Show
alternation of generations. b. need water for
reproduction. c. are mainly water plants.d. are
land plants.
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Some bryophytes can survive dry periods, but to
do so they musta. reproduce sexually.b.
reproduce asexually.c. grow protonema.d. stop
growing.
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In leaves, bundles of vascular tissue are
gathered intoa. xylem. b. phloem. c.
veins.d. tracheids.
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Because the first land plants had soft bodies,
theya. became gametophytes. b. became
sporophytes. c. did not evolve.d. left few
fossils.
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A delicacy eaten by many people consists
ofa. Fern seeds.b. fern "fiddleheads."c.
sphagnum moss.d. peat moss.
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Although ferns are "true" land plants, they
require water fora. antheridia to produce
eggs. b. archegonia to produce sperm. c. eggs
to move to sperm.d. sperm to swim to eggs.
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The term that is least closely related to the
others isa. xylem.b. phloem.c. cuticle.d.
vascular cylinder.
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All tracheophytes lack truea. roots. b.
flowers. c. stems.d. leaves.
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If you want to find club mosses and horsetails,
do not looka. in moist woodlands.b. near
stream beds.c. near marshes.d. in dry pastures.
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If environmental conditions are right, fern
spores grow and develop intoa. gametophytes.b.
sporophytes.c. sori.d. protonema.
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Ferns need an abundant supply of water toa.
reproduce asexually.b. reproduce sexually.c.
produce seeds.d. produce rhizoids.
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If you observe several plants with true roots,
stems, leaves, and well-developed vascular
tissue, you are probably observinga. ferns.b.
club mosses.c. horsetails.d. hornworts.
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The underground stems of plants are
____________________.
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In Japanese gardens, the plants often used to
carpet the ground are ____________________.
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Sphagnum moss is added to soil to improve its
ability to _________________________.
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Horsetails were used in colonial times to scour
pots and pans because their stems contain
crystals of ____________________.
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In mosses, sperm cells are produced in the
____________________.
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In true leaves, bundles of vascular tissue are
gathered into ____________________.
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Water loss from the leaves of tracheophytes is
prevented by the ____________________.
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The rootlike structures of some plants are
____________________.
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Sphagnum moss is added to soil to
____________________ acidity .
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The club mosses and the horsetails are in the
phylum ____________________.
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These were 28 questions taken directly from the
test.