Plant bioolympiad practice

1. Which of the following structure protect

the gamete producer？
A. Calyptra
B. Operculum
C. Paraphyses
D. Protonema
19.All of the following are modified stems
except:
A. Stolons
B. Tendrils
C. Rhizomes
D. Tubers
E. Bulbs
20. Which group of plants has vascular tissue
but does not produce seeds?
I Mosses
II Ferns
III Gymnosperms
• A. I B. II c. III D. II & III
22. Which of the following is true for transport in
xylem?
• A. The primary force involved is osmotic
pressure
• B. Xylem is the primary site for transport of
sucrose
• C. Movement through xylem depends mainly
on transpiration
• D. All of the above
• In the fern life cycle, the dominant
generation is the:
• A. haploid gametophyte
• B. diploid gametophyte
• C. haploid sporophyte
• D. diploid sporophyte
19. Which of the following is true for transport in
xylem?
A. The primary force involved is osmotic pressure
B. Xylem is the primary site for
transport of sucrose
C. Movement through xylem depends
mainly on transpiration
D. All of the above
 10. You examine a leaf cross-section under a
microscope and find many loosely packed cells.
These cells have many find the chloroplasts and
relatively thin cell walls. These cells are:
A. Collenchyma
B. Endodermis
C. Parenchyma
D. Sclerenchyma
E. Xylem
20. Which statement describing plant structure is
true?
A. Sclerenchyma cells provide support for the
plant body
B. Collenchyma cells form the outer cell layer of
the plant
C. Wood is formed from old epidermal cells
D. Stomates are pores in the roots that allow
nutrients to enter
E. Parenchyma cells have thicker cells walls than
other plant cells
27.Which of the following characteristics is an adaptation of temperate
climatic zone plants?
A. Leaves with drip tips
B. Sunken stomata
C. Succulent leaves
D. Dormant buds
E. Very shallow roots
33.Which of the following is part of the egg-producing structure in
plants?
A. The megagametophyte of angiosperms
B. The plasmodesmata of angiosperms
C. The microgametophyte in gynmosperms
D. The anthridium of mosses
E. The son of ferns
39. Plant systematists have found that monocots were not the first
flowering plants to evolve. This would suggest that
A.They must be more complex than previously thought
B.They were misplaced in their lineage
C.Evolution does not always proceed from simple to complex
D.They do not represent a true clade
E.They evolved from a different ancestral group than other flowering
plants did
50. Vascular plants share all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
A. Alternation of generations
B. Development of seeds
C. Dominance of the sporophyte
D. Lignin in cell walls
E. Xylem and phloem
5. The local swimming pool Is contaminated with an organism that is
causing “swimmers itch.” You think you have identified cyanobacteria
in your sample. Which features would you expect this organism to
LACK?
A. chlorophyll
B. cell membrane
C. differentiated cell types such as spores, vegetative cells, and
heterocysts
D. nucleoid
E. nucleolus
37. The photobiont of a lichen is most likely to be:
A. green algae or cyanobacteria
B. green or red algae
C. moss or cyanobacteria
D. red algae or moss
E. sponge
38. Xerophytic adaptations are exemplified by which combination
of the following features:
1.stomata close at night and open during the day
2.rolled leaves
3.thick waxy cuticles
4.reduction in leaf area
5.hairy leaves
A. 1,2&3
B. 1,2,3 &4
C. 2,3&4
D. 2,3,4&5
E. all of the above
43.The movement of water from the soil to the top of a tall tree is
primarily the result of:
A. active transport of water from xylem vessels into leaf cells
B. active transport of water into xylem vessels
C. higher water potential in leaf cells as compared to root cells
D. root pressure
E. transpiration
45.When Darwin covered the tip of an oat coleoptile with foil and
then illuminated it from one side, the coleoptile:
A. bent away from the light
B. failed to grow toward the light
C. grew toward the light
D. had reduced growth in length
E. wilted and died
• 30. Scientists have determined that three classes of genes (named A, B, and C)
control development of the four flower parts: Sepals, Petals, Stamen, and Carpels.
Genes A and C mutually repress each other. Gene B is not regulated by either gene
A or C. The expression pattern of these genes in wild-type flowers is shown below,
where +++ indicates gene activity.

A mutation in Gene C, which, prevents its expression, will result in which of the
following floral patterns?
A. Sepals-Petals-Stamen-Carpels
B. Sepals-Petals-Petals
C. Sepals-Petals-Petals-Sepals
D. Sepals-Petals-Petals-Carpels
E. Sepals-Petals-Stamen
• Which of the following is not shared between the Magnoliophyta
and the Pinophyta?
A. Siphonogamy
B. Ovule
C. Endosperm
D. Tracheids
E. Megaphylls
• You mow the lawn with a lawn mower and during good growing
conditions you soon have to mow it again. This growth is likely due
to what growth region?
A. Cork cambium
B. Vascular cambium
C. Basal meristem
D. Root apical meristem
E. Shoot apical meristem
40.The cell shown in the image below is most likely a:

A. companion cell.
B. vessel element.
C. sieve tube element.
D. sclerid.
E. fiber.
37. You mow the lawn with a lawn mower and during good growing
conditions you soon have to mow it again. This growth is likely due to
what growth region?
A. Cork cambium
B. Vascular cambium
C. Basal meristem
D. Root apical meristem
E. Shoot apical meristem
12. Correctly identify the tissue types A, B, C in the image below:

A. Sclerenchyma, parenchyma, collenchyma

B. Collenchyma, parenchyma, sclerenchyma
C. Collenchyma, sclerenchyma, parenchyma
D. Parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma
E. Parenchyma, sclerenchyma, collenchyma
13.Some of the oxygen molecules given off in the process of
photosynthesis are used by the plant:
A. To form water by combining with hydrogen stored in the
vacuoles
B. In cellular respiration in the mitochondria
C. To build enzymes in the Golgi complex
D. In transcribing DNA in the lysosome
E. In membrane-bound amyloplasts to aid in the storage of
starch
14.How many root meristems do you estimate are
on this plant?
15.Among flowering plants the details of the
morphology of the flower were considered the most
important characteristics to determine relatedness
because
A. Flowers are the most conspicuous part of the
plant
B.Flower structure could easily be observed with a
magnifying glass
C.Flower parts were the easiest to physically measure
and accurately describe
D.Small changes in flower structure could
dramatically affect the fertility of the plant
E.Flower size was not altered by soil properties
16.The cross section (b) indicated here is a:
18.Suppose you are walking through a deciduous forest. You notice a
dead tree that had been cut down and cut into logs that were tagged
and labeled for removal from the forest three years prior. You and a
friend tty to move one of the smaller logs in order to build a camp fire.
You find that the small log is heavy and difficult to move. The mass of
the log is actually made-up mostly of:
A. Water from the soil
B. Macronutrients from the soil
C. Micronutrients from the soil
D. An invisible gas from the air
E. Membrane-bound cell organelles of the prokaryotes
48.In the phylogenetic tree of green plants below,
indicate the branch (A to E) where traits I and IV
are acquired?
I. Pollen
II. Tracheid
III. Cuticle
IV. Seed
V. Carpel
VI. Multicellular embryo
11. Pollen grains were treated with colchicine in culture. The
resulting plants were
A. No more than large calluses
B. Dihaploid and fertile
C. Dihaploid and sterile
D. Haploid and sterile
E. Haploid and fertile
12. Which of the following statements about seeds is FALSE?
A. Coleorhizae are found in monocotyledonous seeds
B. Both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous seeds have radicles
C. Both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous seeds have a pericarp
D. The coleoptile is found only in monocotyledonous seeds
E. The aleurone layer is found only in dicotyledonous seeds
13. Which of the following terms describes the closing of leaves or
flowers at night?
A. Epinasty
B. Nycitnasty
C. Seismonasty
D. Thermonasty
E. Thigmonasty
• 30.A fruit with an endocarp composed of sclerenchyma cells, but
fleshy mesocarp and exocarp, is called a: (2005)
A. pome
B. pepo
C. hesperidium
D. drupe
E. berry
14. Which of the following statements about carnivorous plants is FALSE?
A. All carnivorous plants are angiosperms.
B. All carnivorous plants are evolved for nutrient-poor environments.
C. All carnivorous plants are limited to small arthropods or, in the case of
bladderwort, zooplankton as prey.
D. All carnivorous plants have mechanisms to attract and capture prey.
E. All carnivorous plants derive energy from trapping and consuming
arthropods and/or zooplankton
• 16. Which of the following statements about plant stomata is TRUE?
A. When the guard cells are filled with water and turgid, the stoma is
closed.
B. Cellulose microfibrils are oriented along the longer axis of guard ceils.
C. After a certain point, stomata closure is irreversible.
D. Stomata open with the active uptake of K+ ions by the guard cells.
E. Only CO2 depletion contributes to stomatal opening.
 17.Which of the following features of flowers is NOT meant to facilitate
its pollination by animals?
A. The production of nectar at the base o£ the flower.
B. The presence of leaf-like sepals.
C. Brightly-colored and conspicuous petals.
D. A strong odor of rotting meat
E. Patterns only visible under ultraviolet light
11.Which of the following chemicals or groups of chemicals is not a
major determinant of flower color?
A. Flavonols
B. Carotenoids
C. Cyanidin
D. Phytoalexins
E. Betacyanins
12. Which of the following is not a characteristic of cycads?
A. Secondary growth from a vascular cambium
B. Fruit
C. True leaves
D. Insect pollination
E. Presence of neurotoxins and carcinogens in plant tissues
13. Which of the following does not take part in the light
reactions of photosynthesis?
A. Photosystem I
B. Photosystem II
C. Rubisco
D. ATP synthase
E. Cytochrome complex
14. Lettuce seeds receive flashes of far red and red light in this order:
far red, red, far red, red, red, red, red, far red. The seeds will
A. Germinate since far red light induces germination.
B. Germinate since the first flash of light determines germination.
C. Germinate since there are more flashes of red light
D. Not germinate since the flashes of light have destroyed the seeds.
E. Not germinate since only the last flash of light determines
germination.
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