Multiple choice questions on General Biology
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Which Division contains members once used to scrub pots and pans?
a. Division Sphenophyta
b. Division Psilophyta
c. Division Lycophyta
d. Division Pterophyta
Which of the following has "scale-like" leaves and photosynthetic stems?
a. club mosses
b. ferns
c. horsetails
d. hornworts
Which of the following describes a rhizoid?
a. root
b. stem
c. leaf
The fern gametophyte, when viewed under the microscope, appears to be in the shape of a _____?
a. square
b. circle
c. heart
d. clover
Sori are found _______.
a. attached to rhizoids.
b. on the underside of fronds.
c. only on fiddleheads.
d. on all plants.
Which of the following Divisions contains the ferns?
a. Division Sphenophyta
b. Division Psilophyta
c. Division Lycophyta
d. Division Pterophyta
The term "gymnosperm" means _______.
a. cone seeds
b. hidden seeds
c. naked seeds
d. vessel seeds
Microspores and megaspores produce _____ and _____ cones, respectively.
a. male and female
b. female and male
This Division only contains one living species.
a. Division Pinophyta
b. Division Cycadophyta
c. Division Ginkgophyta
d. Division Psilophyta
Fruit is defined as
a. seed containing structure.
b. matured ovary.
c. matured seed.
d. female organ of a plant.
Which of the following characteristics describes a Monocot?
a. seed with two cotyledons
b. secondary growth absent
c. flower parts in multiples of 4's or 5's
d. vascular bundles of stem in a ring
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Which Division contains members once used to scrub pots and pans?
a. Division Sphenophyta
b. Division Psilophyta
c. Division Lycophyta
d. Division Pterophyta
Answer: a. Division Sphenophyta
American pioneers used horsetails to scrub pots and pans, they are frequently called Scouring Rushes. Horsetails belong to Sphenophyta.
Which of the following has "scale-like" leaves and photosynthetic stems?
a. club mosses
b. ferns
c. horsetails
d. hornworts
Answer: c. horsetails
Horsetails have Jointed Photosynthetic Stems that contain SILICA, with Scale-like Leaves at each Joint.
Which of the following describes a rhizoid?
a. root
b. stem
c. leaf
Answer: a. root
rhizoid is a hair-like structure that ...
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