Biology Lab Questions?

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1. Which plants were the first to develop a vascular system?
algae
mosses
ferns
liverworts

2. Which stage is the haploid (1N) stage for either mosses or ferns?
gametophyte stage
sporophyte stage
zygote stage
none of the above

3. One characteristic that chordates share ONLY with echinoderms is that they both
have a mantle.
have a hydrostatic skeleton.
are deuterosomes.
have a pseudocoel.

4. Lycophyta are also called club mosses. Do these plants have a vascular system?
Yes
No
Some do, but not all.

5. The plant phylum Bryophyta, the nonvascular plants, includes all BUT the following:
ferns
mosses
liverworts
hornworts

6. Which generation undergoes meiosis to produce haploid spores?
gametophyte
sporophyte
zygote
antheridia

7. Which of the following phyla are protostomes?
Molluska
Annelida
Echinodermata
Chordata
Molluska and Annelida

8. Plants remained very small until which problem of living on land was resolved?
reproduction
competition
availability of minerals
support

9. The vascular system which evolved in land plants resolved two problems of living on land. One was
reproduction
competition
water transport
availability of light

10. Starfish are in which phylum?
Annelida
Echinodermata
Molluska
Playthelminthes

11. Trilobites are extinct animals. They are most closely related to which of the following?
crayfish
starfish
clams
amphioxus

12. Fern gametophytes produce which type of reproductive structures?
sporangia
archegonia and antheridia
spores

13. What by-product of photosynthesis is important for colonization of land?
carbon dioxide
ozone
oxygen
light

14. Which phylum consists of segmented worms?
Arthropoda
Molluska
Nematoda
Annelida

15. Which structures of the vascular system transport water from roots to leaves?
xylem
phloem
stem
cuticle
 
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