BIO 101 Exam 5

1. Buy here:
http://student.land/products.php?product=BIO-101-Exa
m-5
Question 1
The function of endosperm is to
Select one:
a. form the seedling.
b. develop the fruit.
c. provide water to the embryo.
d. provide nutrients to the embryo.
e. provide a protective coating for the embryo.
Feedback
Question 2
Parasitic plants have specialized roots for invading a host plant's tissues. What are these
roots called?
Select one:

2. a. adventitious
b. taproots
c. mycorrhizal
d. fibrous
e. haustoria
Feedback
Question 3
You are examining a seed with tiny white plumes attached to it. How is this type of seed
most likely dispersed?
Select one:
a. by animals who eat it
b. by floating on water
c. by the wind
d. by attaching to the fur of animals
e. by bursting forth from the seed pod
Feedback
Question 4

3. The pollen grain contains the
Select one:
a. sperm.
b. egg.
c. embryo.
d. endosperm.
e. anther.
Feedback
Question 5
Which modern technology is not used in the creation of transgenic plants?
Select one:
a. protoplast regeneration
b. high voltage electric pulses
c. a gene gun
d. plant hybridization
e. a bacterial plasmid
Feedback

4. Question 6
Which two structures are associated with the terminal bud?
Select one:
a. apical meristem and leaf primordia
b. shoot tip and zone of maturation
c. apical meristem and zone of cell division
d. zone of cell division and leaf primordia
e. none of these structures are associated with the terminal bud
Feedback
Question 7
The two-stage life cycle in plants evolved as an adaptation to life on land.
Select one:
True
False
Feedback
Question 8

5. In asexual reproduction in plants, there is only one parent, instead of two.
Select one:
True
False
Feedback
Question 9
The male gametophyte in flowering plants will be found within the
Select one:
a. carpel.
b. ovary.
c. sepals.
d. filament.
e. pollen grain.
Feedback
Question 10