1.  Each annual tree ring is made up of a

___B___           a. Good-growth dark ring and a poor-growth light ring
                        b. Poor-growth dark ring and good-growth light ring
                        c. A xylem ring and a phloem ring
                        d. A bark remnant and a growth ring
                        e. Engagement ring and a wedding ring

                ...good growth produces big cells, well-spaced;  poor growth produces packed
                        small cells.

2. Which would not have "true" roots?

___A___           a. Moss and fern             b. Fern and pine            c. Pine and maple
                        d. Maple and moss                e. So what, they have root "knock-offs"?

                ...the two most primitive plants paired together.

3. Water loss can be reduced with

___D___           a. Root hairs and leaf spaces                      b. Cuticle and open stomates
                        c. Fewer branches and leaf spaces             d. Cuticle and closed stomates
                        e. A switch to pure alcohol - for medicinal purposes only, of course

                ...Cuticle waterproofs, and stomate pores will lose water unless closed.

4.  Which would have a mesoderm?

___A___           a. Tapeworm                     b. Jellyfish                     c. Sponge
                        d. Ameba                                 e. Isn’t that a lotion-?

                ...It's a feature that first shows up in this group.

5.  Plants use glucose for

___A___           a. Energy and structure                      b. Structure and photosynthesis
                        c. Structure and reproduction             d. Energy and reproduction
                                    e. A good time, but they never call afterwards

                ...Broken down in respiration for energy;  assembled into starches for structure.

6.  The presence of sori is an indication that a plant

___C___           a. Will soon produce a flower                 b. Is about to germinate
                        c. Is a true fern                                     d. Will soon "open" its cones
                                e. Needs to be a bit more careful when partnering up

                ...they are the spore-making packets on the undersides of the leaves.

7.  In order to be an effective pollinator, a bee needs to make contact with

___C___           a. Both types of flowers                     b. Both types of cones
                        c. A stamen, then a pistil                    d. A pistil, then a stamen
                                    e. A good training and placement service

                ...it has to pick up pollen from the male parts, then transfer it to the female parts.

8. Which are sessile?

___B___           a. Ameba and medusa                         b. Sponge and coral
                        c. Hydra and medusa                         d. Ciliate and flagellate
                        e. What they do in the privacy of their own habitat is their business

                ...it means they generally wouldn't move around.

9.  In algae, color is often an indicator of

___A___           a. Depth                     b. Pollinators                     c. Fruit type
                        d. All of these                         e. Fashion season

                ...none of the others even apply to algae, which carry different pigments suited
                    to the light frequencies available at different depths.

10.  Chlorophyll absorbs frequencies best in which ranges?

___C___           a. Yellow and green             b. Blue and green             c. Purple and red
                        d. Red and Orange                         e. Planty and not-planty

                ...it reflects green, so then you have to choose from the remaining two -
                    if you've seen a plant light, it's easy.

11.  Much of the damage caused by schistosomes comes from

___A___           a. The eggs             b. The larvae             c. The host’s allergic reaction
                        d. The adults                    e. People trying to pronounce them

                ...the ones that get into circulation tear things up with their spines.

12.  Ameboid cells help most in which process?

___D___           a. Movement                     b. Reproduction                     c. Sensing
                        d. Repair                                     e. Ickyness

                ...they replace lost and damaged cells, moving into their spots and changing
                    into replacement.

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