TS EAMCET Plant Kingdom — practice questions
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Practice TS EAMCET Plant Kingdom in the app →Which pigments dominate green algae (Chlorophyceae)?Brown algae owe their colour mainly to which pigment?Which pigment makes red algae look red?What is the stored food of red algae?Which stored food is typical of brown algae?Vegetative reproduction in algae usually occurs by what method?What is the most common asexual spore of algae?Which commercial product comes from Gelidium and Gracilaria?Algin is a hydrocolloid obtained from which algal group?Which unicellular alga, rich in protein, is a food supplement even for space travellers?Roughly what share of global carbon dioxide fixation is done by algae?Into how many main classes are algae divided?Pyrenoids in green algae contain protein along with which substance?The rigid wall of green algae has an inner layer of cellulose and an outer layer of what?In brown algae, what is the leaf-like photosynthetic organ called?Which structure anchors a brown alga to the substratum?Brown algal zoospores bear how many flagella?Which of these is a commonly found green alga?Which genus is a brown alga?Bryophytes are often called the amphibians of the plant kingdom because they do what?What is the main plant body of a bryophyte?The female sex organ of bryophytes is flask-shaped and called what?Bryophyte antherozoids are of which type?A bryophyte sporophyte gets its nourishment from where?Which moss provides peat used as fuel and packing material?Which organisms are the first to colonise bare rocks, along with lichens?Which bryophyte structure holds it to the substratum?Green multicellular asexual buds in gemma cups are found in which group?Which genus is a typical thalloid liverwort?A liverwort sporophyte is differentiated into foot, seta and what?In mosses, the stage that develops directly from a spore is the what?In mosses, where do the sex organs form?Which group were the first terrestrial plants to have xylem and phloem?The dominant phase in pteridophytes is which?What do pteridophyte spores germinate into?Leaf-like appendages that bear sporangia are called what?Which genera form strobili or cones?Plants producing two kinds of spores are called what?Retention of the embryo within the female gametophyte is a precursor to what?Which class of pteridophytes includes Equisetum?Psilotum belongs to which pteridophyte class?Dryopteris, Pteris and Adiantum are placed in which class?Selaginella and Lycopodium are placed in which class?The word gymnosperm means plants with what?Which gymnosperm is among the tallest tree species?The stem of Cycas is described as what?How do conifer needle leaves cut water loss?Gymnosperms are what type with respect to spores?In gymnosperms, the reduced male gametophyte is called what?A nucellus protected by envelopes forms which structure?How many megaspores form when a gymnosperm megaspore mother cell divides meiotically?Unlike bryophytes and pteridophytes, gymnosperm gametophytes do what?In gymnosperms, pollen grains reach ovules mainly by what means?In angiosperms, pollen grains and ovules develop in what?Seeds of angiosperms are enclosed in what?Angiosperms are divided into which two classes?Who showed in 1827 that cycads and conifers have truly naked ovules?In which year did Hofmeister study the embryo sac of flowering plants?Modern APG studies find that monocots form what kind of group?Which plant class is named from the lily family?Which goal of plant taxonomy places known plants into hierarchical groups?Determining an unknown plant's name by comparing it with specimens is called what?Which code governs formal botanical nomenclature of plants today?The basic unit of plant classification is the what?Which plant cell wall component distinguishes plants from animals?Which pigment gives red algae their characteristic colour?The reserve food of brown algae is stored mainly asRed algae store their food in the form ofThe brown colour of brown algae is due to the xanthophyll pigmentPyrenoids in the chloroplasts of green algae contain protein andWhich pigments are the dominant ones that make green algae grass green?Zoospores of brown algae are pear-shaped and carryPeat used as fuel is provided by which moss?Gemmae of liverworts are produced in receptacles calledThe sporophyte of a liverwort is differentiated intoWhich plant is a common example of a liverwort?The first stage of the moss gametophyte that develops from a spore is theIn the life cycle of a moss, the predominant stage is theMosses are attached to the soil byWhich set consists only of mosses?Evolutionarily, the first terrestrial plants to possess xylem and phloem are theHorsetails and ferns belong to which plant group?The free-living gametophyte of pteridophytes is called theWhich two genera are heterosporous pteridophytes?Compact cone-like structures of sporophylls in Selaginella and Equisetum are calledSmall leaves, as found in Selaginella, are calledCoralloid roots of Cycas are associated withPinus roots show a fungal association calledIn conifers, the needle-like leaves help toGymnosperms differ from bryophytes and pteridophytes in having gametophytes thatGymnosperms are heterosporous, producingIn angiosperms the seeds are enclosed inThe Linnaeus system of flowering plants was based onA natural classification system for flowering plants was given byPhylogenetic classification systems are based onWhich taxonomic approach is based on cytological information?