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Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

Protocorm stage occurs in _________________.

  1. Young gametophyte of Lycopodium

  2. Young gametophyte of Selaginella

  3. Young sporophyte of Selaginella

  4. Young sporophyte of Lycopodium

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The protocorm is a specialized tuberous, chlorophyllous structure formed during the early development of the young sporophyte in certain species of Lycopodium after the gametophytic stage.

Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

Pteridophyta do not have

  1. Roots

  2. Stem

  3. Flowers

  4. Leaves

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pteridophytes comprise of a group of roughly 12,000 species of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers, e.g., fern. They differ from mosses by being vascular (i.e., having water-conducting vessels). They have stems and leaves like other vascular plants. 

Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

Sporangiophores of Equisetum are ____________.

  1. Peltate

  2. Whorled

  3. Stalked

  4. All the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In Equisetum, the sporangiophores are stalked structures bearing sporangia underneath, forming a peltate (umbrella-like) disc shape arranged in whorls on the strobilus. Since all these structural characteristics are true, the correct choice is that all the above apply.

Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Pteridophytcs differ from bryophytes in having:

  1. motile male gametes

  2. alternation of generations

  3. antheridia

  4. vascular tissue

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Bryophytes are known as the amphibians of the plant kingdom and they do not have any true roots stem or leaves.

The pteridophytes are the first terrestrial plants that possess vascular tissues that is the xylem and phloem. 
So, the correct option is 'vascular tissue'

Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

State whether the following statements are true or false.
In pteridophytes, the gametophyte is dominant, while sporophyte is a dependent generation.

  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Answer B: False
All pteridophytes have a true alternation of generations, in which a dominant sporophyte generation produces spores through meiosis, and a free-living gametophyte generation forms gametes (egg and sperm) by mitosis.

Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

Gametophytic plant body is nonvascular in

  1. Algae and liverworts

  2. Mosses and ferns

  3. Gymnosperms and angiosperms

  4. All of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Algae are chlorophyll bearing, simple, thyroid autotrophic and large aquatic organism. They have a non-vascular body.

Liverworts, being bryophytes, usually grow in moist and shady habitats. The plant body of liverworts is thalloid and nonvascular The main plant body is gametophyte. Ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms are vascular plants
Hence, the correct answer is 'Algae and liverworts'

Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

The small heart-shaped gametophyte called a prothallus is part of the life cycle of the

  1. mosses

  2. ferns

  3. liverworts

  4. gnetophytes

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The gametophyte of ferns and other pteridophytes is known as the prothallus. It is one cell thick, usually heart or kidney shaped and does not have roots, stems or leaves, but it does have rhizoids that anchor it to the soil and help with absorption. Both female (archegonium) and male (antheridium) sex organs are present in the prothallus. 

So, the correct option is 'ferns'.

Multiple choice botany kingdom plantae introduction to pteridophytes cryptogams pteridophyta pteridophytes

Which statement is not applicable to fertilization in Dryopteris

  1. Antherozoids are multi-flagellated and spirally coiled

  2. At maturity, neck canal cell and ventral canal cells are degenerated forming malic acid.

  3. Antheroizoids show chemotropic attraction towards malic acid.

  4. After fusion of male and female gamete, diploid oospore is produced inside archegonia.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Each sperm of antherozoids is spirally coiled (2-3 coils) multiflagellated bearing 40-50 whiplash type flagella which are not applicable to fertilization in Dryopteris.

So the correct option is 'Antherozoids are multi-flagellated and spirally coiled.'