Botany 201 Practice for Exam I
Botany 201 Practice - Exam I
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1) Which group of flowering plants contains the GREATEST number of species:

  1. Magnoliopsida
  2. Magnoliidae
  3. Magnoliaceae
  4. Liliopsida
  5. Magnolia
2) The basic unit of the androecium is the:

  1. carpel
  2. stamen
  3. anther
  4. petal
  5. ovule
3) A plant at anthesis would be:

  1. in flower
  2. without woody tissue
  3. without trichomes
  4. bisexual
  5. with a waxy covering
4) Of the following characteristics, select the most distinctive key character for the Magnoliophyta:

  1. leaf type
  2. pollen structure
  3. presence of seeds
  4. fruit
  5. roots
5) The term 'glabrous' refers to:

  1. leaf development
  2. fruit production
  3. floral development
  4. absence of trichomes
  5. lack of a stalk
6) Identify the HAPLOID, sexual, egg-producing plant in the angiosperm life cycle:

  1. sporophyte
  2. microgametophyte
  3. epiphyte
  4. megagametophyte (embryo sac)
  5. macrophyte
7) The first, most primitive, angiosperms were probably:

  1. herbaceous
  2. epigynous
  3. syncarpous
  4. monoecious
  5. woody
8) The ovule is attached to the pericarp by the:

  1. peduncle
  2. funiculus
  3. pyxis
  4. pedicel
  5. connective
9) The connective is part of the:

  1. pericarp
  2. gynoecium
  3. perianth
  4. carpel
  5. androecium
10) The plant depicted below could be described as:


  1. arborescent
  2. stoloniferous
  3. scapose
  4. fruticose
  5. decumbent
11) When you eat an apple you are eating ______ tissue and you throw away the ______.

  1. ovary, pedicel
  2. hypanthium, ovary
  3. mesocarp, pyrene
  4. gametophytic, hypanthium
  5. reproductive, endocarp
12) Taxa of the Liliopsida do not produce:

  1. vascular cambium tissue
  2. epigynous flowers
  3. apetalous flowers
  4. bisexual flowers
  5. monoecious species
13) Stipules, if present, are found near the:

  1. calyx
  2. funiculus
  3. hypanthium
  4. node
  5. pedicel
14) Angiosperm reproduction involves three - genetically distinct - plants. Which of these is diploid?

  1. microgametophyte
  2. megagametophyte
  3. sporophyte
15) Which of the following conditions is an archaic or 'primitive' feature of the Magnoliophyta:

  1. alternate, simple leaves
  2. opposite, simple leaves
  3. alternate, pinnately compound leaves
  4. whorled leaves
  5. opposite, palmately compound leaves
16) Conduplication of the pre-angiospermous megasporophyll produced an ovary with ______ placentation.

  1. axile
  2. paretial
  3. free-central
  4. marginal
  5. basal
17) A capsular fruit is derived from:

  1. an apocarpous gynoecium
  2. a simple pistil
  3. a syncarpous gynoecium
  4. an immature ovule
  5. a uniovulate gynoecium
18) Select the correct sequence, left to right (1 to 4), for the placentation types depicted by the ovary cross-sections:


  1. marginal, axile, parietal, basal
  2. free-central, axile, parietal, marginal
  3. axile, parietal, free-central, marginal
  4. gynobasic, marginal, axile, parietal
  5. sessile, ductile, marginal, apical
19) The following terms denote a common feature of leaf structure in the Liliopsida:

  1. parallel,linear
  2. reticulate, lobed
  3. pinnate, obovate
  4. palmate, compound
  5. dichotomous, linear
20) What do all Angiosperms have that all Gymnosperms lack?

  1. vascular cambium
  2. pericarp
  3. secondary xylem
  4. cotyledons
  5. seeds
21) The microgametophyte moves through the ________ as pollination proceeds toward fertilization:

  1. hypanthium
  2. endocarp
  3. style
  4. funiculus
  5. pyrene
22) A monoecious flowering plant species produces unisexual (staminate and pistillate) flowers with individual plants usually having both types.

  1. True
  2. False
23) Select the fruit that would not be the product of a syncarpous gynoecium:

  1. capsule
  2. pome
  3. nut
  4. follicle
  5. berry
24) Which of the following structures does not represent a modified shoot:

  1. thorn
  2. flower
  3. tuber
  4. corm
  5. spine
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