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18. What is the function of the generative cell in conifers?
19. Ephedrine is a stimulant that is derived from a member of the phylum
20. A fruit-bearing dioecious flower would have
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21. Why is external water not essential for fertilization in seed plants?
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22. All gymnosperms have needle-like leaves and produce some type of resin.
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23. Which part of the seed is responsible for providing nutrition to the embryo?
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24. What does it mean if a plant is dioecious?
25. Pollen tubes
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26. Due to their pinnately compound leaves, tropical habitat, and overall appearance members
of which phylum are often thought of as a type of palm?
27. What is the function of pine resins?
28. Old pine stumps are dug up, split into pieces and sold as “fatwood”. Fatwood is used as a
fire starter. Why is this done?
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29. What happens to the ovary after fertilization in angiosperms?
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30. In seed plants the sporophyte has been greatly reduced in size and is typically just a few
cells.
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31. Why are conifers and cycads considered gymnosperms?rev: 03_26_2015_QC_CS-
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32. In seed plants the entire male gametophyte is transported to the female.
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33. A researcher brings a sample of dry soil to the lab, wets it, provides ample amounts of
fertilizer, and places the soil in a container in a greenhouse. Which type of plant would be
least likely to emerge?
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34. The seed coat is formed by the hardening of the
35. Based on the number of species, the most successful extant phylum of plants is the
36. Why can corn seeds germinate in total darkness?
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37. Why aren’t ferns commonly found in deserts?
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