Plant And Wood Anatomy Quiz 19 (13 MCQs)

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1. Where is the most of the food made in the plant?

Correct Answer: A) Leaf.

2. What color will a red colored object appear to a human if it is illuminated by a red light?

Correct Answer: B) Red.

3. A ..... is a storage container for the plant embryo ..... it has a hard coat and protects the embryo from drying out.

Correct Answer: B) Seed.

4. Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?

Correct Answer: C) Natural selection.

5. Vascular plants with seeds are split into what two groups?

Correct Answer: D) Gymnosperms & angiosperms.

6. Which of the following is the BEST example of the chemical weathering of rock:

Correct Answer: C) Rain percolating through limestone.

7. ..... appear as lines radiating from the pith to the outside of the wood like spokes on a wheel.

Correct Answer: B) Medullary rays.

8. An underground stem from which new leaves and roots grow is a .....

Correct Answer: B) Rhizome.

9. Which of the following are not considered plants?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

10. An elongated tubular extension of an epidermal cell of the root; absorbs water and minerals from the soil

Correct Answer: C) Root hair.

11. A positively charged subatomic particle located in the nucleus and has an atomic mass of 1.

Correct Answer: C) Proton.

12. Which of the following correctly orders the stages in the life cycle of a flowering plant?

Correct Answer: B) Germination, plant development, pollination, fertilization, seed production.

13. Why do fungi live on plants or other organisms?

Correct Answer: D) Because they cannot make their own food.