Discussion:
Multiple choice questions on General Biology
1. Which Division contains members once used to scrub pots and pans?
a. Division Sphenophyta
b. Division Psilophyta
c. Division Lycophyta
d. Division Pterophyta
2. Which of the following has "scale-like" leaves and photosynthetic stems?
a. club mosses
b. ferns
c. horsetails
d. hornworts
3. Which of the following describes a rhizoid?
a. root
b. stem
c. leaf
4. The fern gametophyte, when viewed under the microscope, appears to be in the shape of a _____?
a. square
b. circle
c. heart
d. clover
5. Sori are found _______.
a. attached to rhizoids.
b. on the underside of fronds.
c. only on fiddleheads.
d. on all plants.
6. Which of the following Divisions contains the ferns?
a. Division Sphenophyta
b. Division Psilophyta
c. Division Lycophyta
d. Division Pterophyta
7. The term "gymnosperm" means _______.
a. cone seeds
b. hidden seeds
c. naked seeds
d. vessel seeds
8. Microspores and megaspores produce _____ and _____ cones, respectively.
a. male and female
b. female and male
9. This Division only contains one living species.
a. Division Pinophyta
b. Division Cycadophyta
c. Division Ginkgophyta
d. Division Psilophyta
10. Fruit is defined as
a. seed containing structure.
b. matured ovary.
c. matured seed.
d. female organ of a plant.
11. 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