Biology 301 Practice for the Exam I
Biology 301 Practice - Exam I - Set 2
Instructions:  This page includes a sample of questions relating to material convered during the first two weeks of class.   You may answer as many or as few questions as you wish, in any order.   When you are ready to check your performance, scroll to the bottom and click the 'Submit' button.   All questions you answered will be graded, and your score will be shown at the bottom of the exam.   You can also retry questions that you missed by using the link at the bottom of the page that shows your results and this process can be repeated.   This 'drill' system is under development. Please contact Dr. Wilson (h-wilson@tamu.edu) with problems or comments.
1) A Campanulate corolla has the shape of a:

  1. urn
  2. funnel
  3. bell
  4. ear
  5. wheel
2) A feature found in a pinnately compound leaf that is not present in a palmately compound leaf:

  1. petiolule
  2. leaflet
  3. rachis
  4. petiole
  5. pulvinus
3) Select a tissue type that is unique to flowering plants:

  1. meristematic
  2. photosynthetic
  3. sporanigal
  4. endosperm
  5. cambial
4) The approximate number of Magnoliophyta species present in Texas would be:

  1. 500
  2. 1,000
  3. 5,000
  4. 10,000
  5. 20,000
5) An 'aggregate' fruiting structure, such as that found in Rubus, carries true fruit from a single:

  1. gynoecium
  2. inflorescence
  3. plant
  4. ovary
  5. pulvinus
6) Flowers lacking a set of reproductive appendages (androecium or gynoecium) are known as:

  1. hypogynous
  2. perigynous
  3. epigynous
  4. epipetalous
  5. imperfect
7) A leaf that lacks a petiole would be called:

  1. hypogynous
  2. scapous
  3. hispid
  4. epipetalous
  5. sessile
8) A ovary with marginal placentation would be expexted to have how many carpels:

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
9) The many layers of an onion (Allium bulb represent:

  1. bracts
  2. shoots
  3. leaf bases
  4. sepals
  5. meristems
10) A 'multiple' fruiting structure (corn cob, pineapple) carries fruit from a single:

  1. flower
  2. inflorescence
  3. pedicel
  4. ovary
  5. gynoecium
11) A sessile leaflet features the absence of the:

  1. petiolule
  2. rachis
  3. petiole
  4. stipules
  5. trichomes
12) A glabrous leaf has no:

  1. petiolule
  2. trichomes
  3. petiole
  4. stipules
  5. rachis
13) All flowering plant shoot tissue is derived from the:

  1. lateral meristem
  2. vascular cambium
  3. terminal meristem
  4. locule
  5. pulvinus
14) True wood (secondary xylem) is derived from the:

  1. rachis
  2. vascular cambium
  3. terminal meristem
  4. locule
  5. lateral meristem
15) The connective can be found in the:

  1. gynoecium
  2. androecium
  3. calyx
  4. corolla
  5. receptacle
16) The term 'endosporic' relates to:

  1. development of Pteridophytes
  2. Gymnosperm leaf structure
  3. trichomes
  4. angiosperm gametophyte development
  5. connation of the carpels
17) An acaulescent angiosperm that produces an erect, leafless flowering stalk is known as:

  1. rhizomatous
  2. scandent
  3. decumbent
  4. scapose
  5. stoloniferous
18) Which feature is shared by an achene and a caryopsis:

  1. number of seeds
  2. pericarp differentiation
  3. number of carpels
  4. adnation
  5. color
19) A leaf with a terminal leaflet would be:

  1. simple
  2. palmately compound
  3. pinnately compound
  4. perfect
  5. glaucous
20) Which feature is shared by an follicle and a legume:

  1. connation
  2. seed size
  3. number of carpels
  4. adnation
  5. dehiscence pattern
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