General Botany Test Questions
Course Introduction
General Botany introduces students to the scientific study of plants, exploring their structure, function, growth, reproduction, classification, and ecology. The course covers fundamental topics such as plant anatomy, physiology, genetics, evolution, and diversity, examining both lower and higher plants. Students will also gain insight into the ecological roles of plants, their interactions with other organisms, and their significance to humanity. Through lectures, laboratory exercises, and field experiences, the course provides a foundational understanding of botanical principles and scientific inquiry in plant biology.
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Sterns Introductory Plant Biology 13th Edition by James Bidlack
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Chapter 1: What Is Plant Biology
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Q1) An early English botanist who described the structure of wood more precisely than any of his predecessors was
A)Nehemiah Grew.
B)Sir Joseph D.Hooker.
C)Charles Claude Smythe.
D)James Worthington.
E)Anton L.Bortenschlager.
Answer: A
Q2) A theory is
A) an educated guess.
B) an accumulation of data.
C) a modified hypothesis.
D) a repeatable observation.
E) a group of generalizations or principles that help us understand events in the natural world
Answer: E
Q3) Science may be defined as "a search for knowledge of the natural world."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Life
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Q1) The bonds that hold atoms together do so through the sharing or transfer of A) atomic nuclei.
B) electrons.
C) protons.
D) neutrons.
E) molecules.
Answer: B
Q2) The mass of the protons and neutrons added is the A) atomic sum.
B) atomic number.
C) atomic weight.
D) atomic charge.
E) atomic coefficient.
Answer: C
Q3) About 50% of the cytoplasm including structures within are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.The other 50% includes phosphorous, sulfur, potassium and calcium.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Cells
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Q1) The middle lamella
A) appears after droplets of pectin accumulate in the equatorial region on spindle fibers.
B) consists mainly of cellulose.
C) appears during anaphase.
D) is not formed if the phragmopast is present.
E) is an important living portion of the cell.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following would be found in a eukaryotic cell but NOT in a prokaryotic cell?
A) chloroplast
B) cell membrane
C) mitochondrion
D) nucleus
E) chloroplast, mitochondria, and nucleus are correct.
Answer: E
Q3) Phragmoplasts are produced during prophase of mitosis.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Tissues
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Q1) In woody plants most of the vascular tissues are produced by the cork cambium.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The porous regions of sieve-tube elements are called sieve plates.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following tissues has sugar conduction as a primary function?
A) epidermis
B) parenchyma
C) sclerenchyma
D) collenchyma
E) phloem
Q4) Which of the following tissues has support as one of its primary functions?
A) phloem
B) vascular cambium
C) parenchyma
D) cork cambium
E) collenchyma
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Chapter 5: Roots and Soils
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Q1) In traversing the root to the central xylem vessels, the last living tissue that water passes through before entering the xylem is the A) endodermis.
B) pericycle.
C) cortex.
D) phloem.
E) epidermis.
Q2) The arrangement of soil particles into groups called aggregates refers to A) soil structure.
B) soil texture.
C) parent material.
D) micelles.
E) soil nutrients.
Q3) The perception of gravity by a root takes place in A) root hairs.
B) the region of elongation.
C) the region of cell division (apical meristem).
D) the region of maturation.
E) the root cap.
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Chapter 6: Stems
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Q1) An increment borer is
A) a beetle that consumes wood in several small stages.
B) an instrument used for determining the age of a tree.
C) a device for calculating the number of leaves on a tree.
D) a small wood drill.
E) an electronic instrument used for determining if the wood of a tree is healthy.
Q2) Which function does the stem have in common with the root?
A) synthesis of starch
B) photosynthesis
C) conduction
D) absorption
E) both [photosynthesis and conduction] are correct
Q3) The difference between the inner bark and the outer bark is that the outer bark is aged inner bark tissue.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Knots are branch bases that have become covered over by new wood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Leaves
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Q1) The epidermis of leaves normally is coated with A) suberin.
B) lignin.
C) resin.
D) latex.
E) cutin.
Q2) Which of the following is primarily responsible for forcing water out of hydathodes?
A) root pressures
B) transpiration
C) osmosis
D) photosynthesis
E) none of these answers are correct
Q3) The plant part that facilitates a leaf blade being oriented at right angles to the sun is a/an
A) stipule.
B) axillary bud.
C) terminal bud.
D) midrib.
E) petiole.
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Chapter 8: Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
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Q1) The floral parts are attached to an apical portion of the flowering stem called the A) carpel.
B) receptacle.
C) stamen.
D) corolla.
E) inflorescence.
Q2) Water-dispersed fruits often have pericarps that absorb water very slowly.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The skin of most fruits is technically the A) endocarp.
B) pericarp.
C) exocarp.
D) mesocarp.
E) dermocarp.
Q4) The hilum on a bean seed marks the spot where a radicle will emerge.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Water in Plants
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Q1) Pressure sufficient to prevent the rise of fluid in an osmometer tube, when applied to the top of the tube, is called
A) pressure diffusion.
B) turgor pressure.
C) osmotic pressure.
D) pressure potential.
E) water potential.
Q2) All essential macro- and microelements exist as part of organic molecules in the plant except
A) potassium.
B) phosphorus.
C) nitrogen.
D) hydrogen.
E) carbon.
Q3) Some sort of physiological pump is believed to be involved in active transport.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A hydathode is normally located at the tips of a leaf vein.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Plant Metabolism
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Q1) The longest wavelengths of light useful in photosynthesis are those of
A) ultraviolet.
B) red light.
C) blue light.
D) infrared.
E) green light.
Q2) Respiration occurs only in cells where no photosynthesis is taking place.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which photosynthetic pigment is a precursor of vitamin A?
A) Xanothophyll
B) Phycobilin
C) ß-carotene
D) Chlorophyll b
E) Fucoxanthin
Q4) The light most extensively used in photosynthesis consists of wavelengths in the green range.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Growth
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Q1) An important commercial use of auxin is to A) defoliate forests.
B) induce fruit ripening.
C) cause fruit to drop so ground harvesting can take place.
D) stimulate production of adventitious roots on stem and leaf cuttings.
E) stimulate flowering.
Q2) There probably is only one auxin naturally produced by plants.
A)True
B)False
Q3) No developmental process (germination or root and shoot initiation, for example)is influenced by more than one plant hormone.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The fruit ripening process releases large quantities of A) auxin.
B) cytokinin.
C) ethylene.
D) abscisic acid.
E) gibberellin.
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Chapter 12: Meiosis and Alternation of Generation
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a part of sexual reproduction?
A) Zygote
B) Meiosis
C) Mitosis
D) Vegetative spores
E) Fusion of egg and sperm
Q2) Any cell of a gametophyte generation is diploid.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ______________ is common to all organisms that reproduce sexually.
A) Meiosis
B) Formation of haploid spores
C) Formation of haploid gametes directly from meiosis
D) Formation of a gametophyte generation
E) All of these are common to all sexually reproducing organisms
Q4) A homologous chromosome pair has a total of two chromatids.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Genetics
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Q1) James Watson and Francis Crick started the field of _____________ with their 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA.
A) Mendelian genetics
B) transposable genetics
C) population genetics
D) genetic inheritance
E) molecular genetics
Q2) An anticodon is found on a molecule of
A) mRNA.
B) tRNA.
C) rRNA.
D) DNA.
E) both [mRNA and tRNA] are correct.
Q3) _____________ and ______________ are molecular processes that convert genetic information into functional proteins.
A) Replication; mutation
B) Meiosis; mitosis
C) Transcription; translation
D) Semiconservative; replication
E) All of the above
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Chapter 14: Plant Breeding and Propagation
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Q1) Tissue culture is used _______________.
A) to rapidly increase the number of orchids for commercial sale
B) to culture protoplasts and propagate somatic hybrids
C) to grow plants from transgenic experiments
D) to propagate desirable somatic mutants such as naval oranges or seedless grapes
E) all of these
Q2) People began to domesticate plants in the Near East approximately ______ years ago.
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 2,500
D) 20,000
E) 25,000
Q3) The man known as the "father of the green revolution" was
A) Gregor Mendel.
B) Johnny Appleseed.
C) Gustav Johansen.
D) Luther Burbank.
E) Norman Borlaug.
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Chapter 15: Evolution
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Q1) During Charles Darwin's lifetime, the earth was thought to be about
A) 15 million years old.
B) 1 million years old.
C) 100,000 years old.
D) a few thousand years old.
E) 2,000 years old.
Q2) Approximately half of present-day plant species are believed to have originated in the past by which of the following events?
A) The proliferation of recessive genes.
B) An increase in organismal sterility.
C) Ultraviolet radiation.
D) Polyploidy.
E) None of these answers are correct.
Q3) Which of the following provides evidence in support of evolution?
A) Form and ecology of living organisms.
B) Structure and relationships of organic molecules.
C) The fossil record.
D) Geographical distribution of organisms.
E) All of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 16: Plant Names and Classification
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Q1) The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature is
A) a list of code names for all known plants.
B) a book written in Latin that gives the meaning of plant names.
C) a detailed list of plant importation requirements for the countries of the world.
D) a book of rules, written in several languages, for naming and classifying plants.
E) a list of international symbols for various plants.
Q2) The singular of species is specie.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A plant name at the divisional rank always ends with opsida.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Bacteria are separated from protists on the basis of size; protists being larger than bacteria.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 17: Domain Kingdombacteria, Domain
King-Domarchaea, and Viruses
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Q1) Photosynthetic, algal-like bacteria are A) archaea.
B) cyanobacteria.
C) methanogens.
D) chlorophytes.
E) rickettsias.
Q2) An organism that has no nuclear envelope and divides by fission would be a A) protist.
B) fungus.
C) prokaryote.
D) plant.
E) both [fungus and prokaryote] are correct.
Q3) ____________________ are special cells that are able to fix nitorgen and serve as fragmentation sites for certain types of bacteria.
A) filaments
B) cocci
C) akinetes
D) heterocysts
E) parenchyma
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Chapter 18: Kingdom Protista
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Q1) No unicellular or colonial representatives of the _______________ algae have been found to date.
A) green algae
B) diatoms
C) brown algae
D) dinoflagellates
E) euglenoids
Q2) The plant kingdom is considered to be most closely related to the Chlorophyta, as compared to the other algae phyla.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the red alga Polysiphonia, meiosis takes place within A) tetrasporophytes.
B) male thalli.
C) female thalli.
D) carposporangia.
E) spermatangia.
Q4) Algin is used primarily by medical laboratories for culturing bacteria.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Kingdom Fungi
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Q1) The dung-inhabiting Pilobolus fungus is __________, and can catapult sporangia up to 8 meters (26 feet)away from the dung pile where they are growing.
A) moisture sensitive
B) temperature sensitive
C) sensitive to grazing animals
D) light sensitive
E) dangerous
Q2) Lichens are classified into groups based on their evolutionary relationships. A)True
B)False
Q3) Monokaryotic and dikaryotic mycelia would be found in A) morels.
B) athlete's foot fungus. C) yeasts.
D) black bread molds.
E) puffballs.
Q4) Rusts produce their spores along plate like gills. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Introduction to the Plant Kingdom: Bryophytes
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Q1) Capsules of mosses normally have xylem tissue.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A moss protonema
A) has the n number of chromosomes in each cell.
B) is a part of the sporophyte generation.
C) produces gametes.
D) is saprophytic like a fungus.
E) produces spores.
Q3) None of the mosses has any economic importance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) "Peat" is a product derived from the dead parts of a moss.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Hydroids are specialized water conducting cells in some mosses that resemble hollow tubes; however, most water travels up the outside of the plant by capillarity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 21: The Seedless Vascular Plants: Ferns and Their
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Q1) Enations and microphylls have the same basic anatomy; however, enations are smaller that microphylls.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Quillworts have no stems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The antheridia of ferns are usually located
A) around the apical notch of the prothallus.
B) within a sorus on a frond.
C) among the rhizoids on the prothallus.
D) in the axils of rhizome scales.
E) around the margins of the prothallus.
Q4) Carinal and vallecular canals are found in the stems of
A) true ferns.
B) club mosses and ground pines.
C) horsetails.
D) quillworts.
E) whisk ferns.
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Chapter 22: Introduction to Seed Plants: Gymnosperms
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a phylum of gymnosperms?
A) Pinophyta
B) Ginkgophyta
C) Polypodiophyta
D) Gnetophyta
E) Cycadophyta
Q2) A feature or structure NOT found in a pine life cycle includes
A) the production of two different kinds of spores.
B) pollen grains that frequently have a pair of external air sacs.
C) nutritive tissue (nucellus) for the gametophyte.
D) antheridia.
E) egg and sperm.
Q3) Albuminous cells of pines apparently perform the same function as A) tracheids.
B) companion cells.
C) laticifers.
D) vessel elements.
E) parenchyma cells.
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Chapter 23: Seed Plants: Angiosperms
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Q1) Bird-pollinated flowers tend to be white or dull in color.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In this question, assume that the life cycle of a flowering plant begins with the germination of a seed and ends with the development of a fruit.Two events that occur in the life cycle are formation of a pollen tube and pollination.
A) The first event precedes the second event.
B) The second event precedes the first event.
C) Both events occur more or less simultaneously.
Q3) The outer part of an ovary wall is called the exine.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The structure that matures into the seed is called a (an)
A) ovule.
B) megasporangium.
C) pollen grain.
D) ovary.
E) ovuliferous scale.
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Chapter 24: Flowering Plants and Civilization
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Q1) Aromatic oils are found in the leaves and stems of members of the Lamiaceae (mint family).
A)True
B)False
Q2) Members of the Buttercup, Rose, and Cactus Families all have numerous stamens.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Poinsettia, cassava, and Para rubber all belong to the A) Sunflower Family.
B) Grass Family.
C) Rose Family.
D) Legume Family.
E) Spurge Family.
Q4) Many plant families contain both edible and poisonous species.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Ordinary white (Irish)potatoes can, under certain circumstances, be very poisonous to humans.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 25: Ecology
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Q1) Nitrogen fixation refers to ______________________.
A) the conversion of organic proteins to nitrogen gas by bacteria
B) chemical conversion of nitrogen gas to ammonia in chemical fertilizer production
C) conversion of atmospheric nitrogen gas to ammonia or nitrates by bacteria
D) use of atmospheric nitrogen by plants
E) the presence of nitrogen in proteins of living organisms
Q2) Carbon dioxide is taken up during respiration and the decay process.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Climax vegetation always consists of some type of trees.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Humans have little impact on water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles in the biosphere. A)True
B)False
Q5) Hydrophyte plants require running water for pollination.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 26: Biomes
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Q1) The climate consists of dry, hot summers and cool, moist winters.The vegetation is characterized by having shrubs with multiple stems arising at the base and extensive root system.This description of climate and vegetation describe the __________biome.
A) savanna
B) chaparral
C) desert
D) tall grass praire
E) grassland
Q2) When high winds tear away matted vegetation of tundra, the resulting barren patch is called a ______________.
A) sink
B) permafrost oasis
C) blowout
D) arctic scar
E) vernal pool
Q3) Climax vegetation always consists of some type of trees.
A)True
B)False
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