Science Bowl

BIOLOGY

Biology - 58

BIOL-92; Multiple Choice:  Liverworts and mosses are characterized by their lack of vascular
conducting tissue.  These two groups of plants, liverwort and mosses, are known by which of the
following terms:

a)  thallophytes

(pron: THAL-o-fights)

b)  gymnosperms

(pron: JIM-na-sperms)

c)  bryophytes

(pron: BRIE-o-fights)

d)  none of the above

ANSWER:   C -- BRYOPHYTES

BIOL-92; Multiple Choice:  In studies of plants, which of the following are thallophytes?

a) bacteria
b) fungi
c) algae
d) all of the above

ANSWER:   D -- ALL OF THE ABOVE

BIOL-92; Multiple Choice:  The group containing the most primitive living vascular plants has
only two living genera.  This group is named: 

a) arthropoda
b) psilophyta
c) bryophyta

ANSWER:   B -- PSILOPHYTA

BIOL-92; Multiple Choice:  Thickness and toughness of plant walls are increased by deposition
within the original cellulose wall, of a substance known as lignin.  The process of deposition is
called:

a) Sclerenchymacia
b) Lignification
c) Scleridia

ANSWER:   B -- LIGNIFICATION