Botany questions

The word "botany" means:

A) the study of plants
B) the study of space
C) the study of living things
D) the study of anything

Assigning two names to identify something is called:

A) phyla
B) binomial nomenclature
C) taxonomy
D) Latin naming

The task of identifying and organizing things is called:

A) organization
B) biology
C) branding
D) classification

Taxonomy is:

A) the job of collecting taxes
B) the job of selling plants
C) the job of dividing plants into groups and naming them
D) the job of preserving plants

A plant that has tubes running through its stem & leaves is:

A) anthophyta
B) non-vascular
C) dicot
D) vascular

The phylum Anthophyta is characterized by:

A) plants that produce flowers
B) mostly small plants
C) edible plants
D) nonvascular plants

Angiosperms is another name for plants that make flowers.
What does Angiosperm mean?

A) seed container
B) uncovered seed
C) flower making
D) flower seed

Gymnosperm is another seed-making plant.
Gymnosperm means:

A) uncovered seed
B) giant seed
C) one seed
D) seed-like

Gymnosperms are seperated into four phyla.
One of these phylum is:

A) Coniferophyta
B) Bryophyta
C) monocot
D) Anthophyta

What does coniferophyta mean?

A) no flowers
B) fruit producing
C) cone-bearing plant
D) self-pollinated

All plants have seed.

a) true
b) false

Bryophyta is a phylum especially for:

A) broccoli type plants
B) plants with thorns or briars
C) plants with bulbs (like onions)
D) mosses

Lichen is a plant.

a) true
b) false

How do nonvascular plants distribute water without tubes to do the job?

A) moss has no way of distributing water so it dies easily
B) they grow only on ponds and lakes
C) they absorb water similar to the way a paper towel does
D) they depend on people to water them

When a plant is dormant (sleeping) inside a seed it needs three things to wake up.
Which thing does the plant not need?

A) water
B) air
C) warmth
D) soil

The baby plant inside a seed is called:

A) a seedling
B) a radicle
C) an embryo
D) a testa

The testa is what part of a seed?

A) its food supply
B) its shell
C) its stored water
D) its first leaves

In a seed what is the purpose of the cotyledons?

A) to provide food for the embryo
B) to protect the baby plant
C) to make roots
D) to make food using photosynthesis

What part of a plant does the radicle become?

A) the leaves
B) the roots
C) the stem
D) the flower

What part of a plant will the hypocotyl become?

A) the flower
B) the leaves
C) the root
D) the stem

What part of the plant will the epicotyl become?

A) flower
B) leaves
C) root
D) stem