Exam 3 Jeopardy

Fungi

100

Fungi are generally (haploid/diploid).

Haploid

- this plays a role in how they function and they alternate generations (are both haploid and diploid)

200

Fungal spores give rise to multicellular structures called what?

Hyphae

300

What type of hyphae lack septa?

Coenocytic

400

What type of hyphae produce "lassos"?

Nematophagous

500

What are 3 of the 6 ways that fungi can "save the world"?

1. Absorb waste/oils

2. Habitat restoration

3. Agarikon can be used to improve human health

4. Kill insects

5. Life box

6. Ecanol

Algae & Bryophytes

100

List 2 unique characteristics of red algae.

Phycoerythrin & Passive Fertilization

200

List one advantage of the sporophyte's dependency on the gametophyte in bryophytes.

Protection from Desiccation

Increased Spore Production

300

What 2 challenges to multicellularity must colonial organisms overcome?

Adhesion & Communication

400

What clade includes everything that came from the ancestral algae that is not red algae?

Viridiplantae

500

What are the 4 benefits to moving out of the water?

1. Limited mineral resources

2. Life more abundant near the shore

3. Light

4. CO2

Seedless Vascular Plants & Seed Plants

100

What are the 2 types of heterospores?

Megaspores & Microspores

200

What is the vascular equivalent of a leptoid?

Phloem (both transport sugar)

300

List the 3 types of tracheophytes.

Pteridophytes
Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

400

List any 2 steps in the evolution of the ovule.

1. Retention of megaspores

2. Reduction in the number of megaspore mother cells

3. Survival of only 1/4 megaspores

4. Endosporic megagametophyte

5. Embryo development

6. Formation of integument

7. Modification of Apex

500

List 3 reasons why seeds are better than spores.

Multicellular

Contains a food supply

Coat surrounds and protects the seed

Life Cycles & Anatomy

100

True/False: The bryophyte life cycle requires water for reproduction.

True

200

What type of carnivorous plant utilizes "sticky fly paper"?

Sundews

300

List 2 characteristics of vessel elements.

Multiple Cells

Wider

Travels longer distances

400

What process occurs after the mycelial stage in the sexual life cycle of fungi to produce the heterokaryotic stage?

Plasmogamy (fusion of the cytoplasm)

500

List the 3 steps in the zone of elongation.

Division

Elongation

Differentiation

Random!

100

What is the key driving force that led to the movement of photosynthetic organisms from water to land?

Competition for Resources

200

What does the rhizosphere aid in due to it's richness in microbial populations?

Decomposition

300

What are the microspores of seed plants called?

Pollen Grains

400

What are 5 characteristics of living organisms?

1. Demonstrate organization

2. Acquire energy

3. Grow and reproduce

4. Adapt to the environment

5. Evolve

500

What are the 5 challenges to life on land?

1. Desiccation

2. Gas exchange

3. Water for reproduction

4. Support against gravity

5. Bulk flow of nutrients