Classification of Pteridophytes

Q. Categorise the following plants into hydrophytes, halophytes, mesophytes and xerophytes. Give reasons for your answers.

a. Salvinia

b. Opuntia

c. Rhizophora

d. Mangifera

Q.

The dominant generation in pteridophytes is

1. None of these

2. zygotic

3. gametophytic

4. sporophytic

Q.

What is the first plant on earth?

Q. Equisetum belongs to which class of pteridophytes?

1. Lycopsida
2. Pteropsida
3. Sphenopsida
4. Psilopsida

Q.

Difference between sporophylls and sporangia.

Q.

Why are Ascomycetes called sac fungi?

Q. Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in

1. Pinus
   
2. Pteris
   
3. Lilium
   
4. Funaria
   

Q.

Evolutionary the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues are

A green algae

B pteridophytes

C brown algae

D bryophytes

Q. Match the following. Choose the correct combinations from the given options

A	Psilopsida	I	Adiantum
B	Lycopsida	II	Equisetum
C	Sphenopsida	III	Selaginella
D	Pteropsida	IV	Salvinia
		V	Psilotum

1. A – V; B – III; C – II; D – I
2. A – V; B – II; C – III; D – IV
3. A – V; B – IV; C – I; D – II
4. A – V; B – IV; C – III; D – I

Q. Match the following:

	Column I		Column II
A.	Lycopsida	1.	Equisetum
B.	Sphenopsida	2.	Psilotum
C.	Pteropsida	3.	Adiantum
D.	Psilopsida	4.	Selaginella

1. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
2. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
3. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
4. A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

Q. Gametophyte is a dominant phase in the life cycle of a bryophyte. Explain.

Q.

Who Coined the Term Pteridophytes?

Q.

Which plant group has an embryo but no vascular tissue?

Q. In which of the following, sexual reproduction is possible without water?

1. Ulothrix
2. Funaria
3. Dryopteris
4. Cycas

Q.

What are 3 types of nonvascular plants?

Q.

Which of the following is the characteristic feature of ferns?

1. Ferns have seeds

2. The plant body is differentiated into roots, stem, and leaves

3. They have Tuberous roots

4. Ferns are gametophytes

Q.

To distinguish members of the kingdom Plantae, choose any two characteristics.

Q. Shedding of male gametophyte in Selaginella occurs at 13-celled stage which consists of

1. 8 jacket cells, 1 generative cell and 4 androgonial cells
2. 9 jacket cells and 4 androgonial cells
3. 12 jacket cells and 1 male gamete
4. 8 jacket cells, 1 prothalial cell and 4 androgonial cells

Q. Which of the following is not an underground modification of stem?

1. Tuber
2. Corm
3. Phylloclades
4. Rhizome

Q. Recognise the figure and find out the correct matching.

1. a - tracheophyte ancestors, b - Psilophyton, c - cycads, d - seed ferns
2. a - Psilophyton, b - Tracheophyte ancestors, c - seed ferns, d - cycads
3. a - tracheophyte ancestors, b - Psilophyton, c - seed ferns, d - cycads
4. a - Psilophyton, b - tracheophyte ancestors, c - cycads, d - conifers

Q. Directions: Choose the correct option:
Assertion $\left(A\right)$: The prothallus of fern is heart-shaped.
Reason $\left(R\right)$: Prothallus in fern helps in the production of gametes.

1. Both assertion$\left(A\right)$ and reason$\left(R\right)$ are true, but reason$\left(R\right)$ is not the correct explanation for assertion.
2. Both assertion$\left(A\right)$ and reason$\left(R\right)$ are true and reason$\left(R\right)$ is the correct explanation for assertion$\left(A\right)$.
3. Assertion$\left(A\right)$ is false and reason$\left(R\right)$ is true.
4. Assertion$\left(A\right)$ is true and reason$\left(R\right)$ is false.

Q. Selaginella plant is also known as resurrection plant.

1. True
2. False

Q.

State whether the following statements are true or false.

Hydathodes develop all over the surface of a leaf.

1. True
2. False

Q. Choose the right answer choice corresponding to the characteristics of gymnosperms from the options given below.

1. The ovary encloses the ovule
2. The megasporangium releases the pollen grain
3. The sporophyte relies on the gametophyte
4. Both the male and female gametophytes do not possess free-living existence

Q.

Why is the walking fern named so?

Q. Name the four classes of pteridophytes

Q. Living fossil pteridophyte is

1. Rhynia
2. Psilotum
3. Fern
4. Horneophyton

Q. Name the four classes of pteridophyta with one example?

Q. Match items in Column I with those in Column II.

	Column I		Column II
A	Peritrichous flagellation	1	Ginkgo
B	Living fossil	2	Macrocystis
C	Rhizophore	3	Escherichia coli
D	Smallest flowering plant	4	Selaginella
E	Largest perennial alga	5	Wolffia

1. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-5, E-2
2. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4, E-5
3. A-2, B-3, C-4, D-5, E-1
4. A-3, B-4, C-5, D-2, E-1

Q. Which of the following plants do not produce seeds?

1. Ficus and Funaria
2. Fern and Funaria
3. Chlamydomonas and Ficus
4. Punica and Pinus