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MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

APPLIED BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION

CODE: HABB 107

SESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS

MAY - JUNE 2016

DURATION: 3 HOURS

EXAMINER: Mrs R. J. Mapaya

INSTRUCTIONS

I. Answer ALL Multiple Choice Questions

(SECTION A) and any THREE questions from
SECTION B.

Each question from SECTION B carries 20 marks.

Where a question contains subdivisions, the mark
value, for each subdivision is given in brackets.
Illustrate your answer where possible, with large
clearly, labelled diagrams.
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 SECTION A
Answer all questions from this section.

I. Fleshy fruits that are brightly colored are often dispersed by

A. insects.
B. water.
C. mammals.
D. birds.

2. The primary walls of the endodermis are impregnated with

A. lignin.
B. wax.
C. suberin.
D. proteins.

3. Which of the following is not a part of the outer protective layer of mature roots?
A. epidermis
B. cork
C. periderm
1). cork cambium

4. The type of conducting element found almost exclusively in angiosperms is

A. sieve cell.
B. sieve tube.
C. vessel.
D. tracheid.

5. Cactus sterns may be modified into photosynthetic

A. spines.
B. cladophylls.
C. tendrils.
D. stolons.

6. Which of the following isn't a form of modified leaf?

A. window leaf
B. bract
C. thorn
D. spine

7. Venation of monocot leaves would best be described as

A. alternate.
B. palmate.
C. pinnate.
D. parallel.
 8. Primary growth in plants is initiated by the
A. vascular cambium.
B. apical meristem.
C. ground tissue.
D. lateral meristem.

9. Which of the following meristems is mismatched with the structure/tissue produced?

A. procambium — primary vascular tissue
B. cork cambium — periderm
C. ground meristem — cortex and pith of a dicot stem
D. vascular cambium — xylem and phloem of an older tree

10. Which vascular tissue in a plant transports sugar?

A. xylem
B. pith
C. phloem
D. cortex

11. The movement of water from the roots to the leaves is best explained by the
A. pressure-flow theory
B. cohesion-tension theory
C. osmosis
D. active transport

12. Which of the following is correctly matched?

A. onion — bulb
B. strawberry runner — stolon
C. potato — tuber
D. All of the above.

13. Which part of a leaf has irregular cells bound by air spaces?
A. lower epidermis
B. palisade mesophyll
C. spongy mesophyll
D. upper epidermis

14. Each vascular bundle in a stem contains meristematic cells located

A. inside the phloem
B. between the xylem and the phloem
C. outside the phloem
D. outside the xylem

15. Which of the following will be responsible for primary growth in plants?
A. apical meristem
B. endodermis
C. cork cambium
D. vascular cambium
16. Which of the following tissue is present more often in monocot roots than in dicot roots?
A. pith
B. cortex
C. epidermis
D. endodermis

17. Which tissue within the vascular cylinder appears star-shaped in dicot roots?
A. pericycle
B. xylem
C. phloem
D. cortex

18. Which part of the root provides a protective cover for the root tip?
A. zone of maturation
B. zone of elongation
C. zone of cell division
D. root cap

19. Which of the following is NOT a function of a plant root?

A. absorb minerals from the soil
B. absorb water from the soil
C. site of photosynthesis
D. anchors a plant in the soil

20. Which of the following cells are hollow and non-living at maturity?
A. companion cell
B. tracheid
C. sieve-tube cell
D. epidermal cell

21. Which of the following cells are relatively unspecialized and correspond best to the
generalized plant cell?
A. parenchymal cell
B. sclerenchymal cell
C. epidermal cells
D. tracheid cell

22. Parenchyma and sclerenchyma cells belong to the tissue system in plants.
A. vascular
B. ground
C. dermal
D. meristems

23. Plants grow throughout their entire lives because of that continues to divide.
A. dermal tissue
B. vascular tissue
C. ground tissue
D. meristem tissue
24. Which of the following comparisons between a monocot and a dicot is NOT correct?
A. leaf veins form a parallel pattern—leaf veins form a net pattern
B. root phloem occurs between arms of xylem—root xylem and phloem occur in ring
C. two cotyledons in seed—one cotyledons in seed
D. flower parts in threes and multiples of three---flower parts in fours or fives and
multiples of four or five

25. Which of the following structures provides nutrient molecules for growing plant embryos
before the true leaves begin photosynthesizing?
A. cotyledon
B. stem
C. petiole
I). blade

26. Which part of a plant is primarily responsible for photosynthesis?

A. root
B. flower
C. leaf petiole
D. leaf blade

27. Which portion of a flowering plant absorbs water and minerals?

A. stem
B. petiole
C. root
D. blade

28. Which of the following isn't a form of modified leaf?

A. thorn
B. prickle
C. window leaf
D. spine

29. Epiphytic orchid roots are a form of root.

A. adventitious
B. aerial
C. parasitic
D. buttress

30. Fruits derived from a single flower with more than one ovary are
A. true berries.
B. drupe.
C. multiple fruits.
D. aggregate fruits.
31. Which of the following flower arrangements promotes self-pollination?
A. monoecious
B. dioecious
C. dichogamous
D. none of the above

32. In the angiosperm life cycle, which of the following is not a member of the sporophyte
generation?
A. carpel
B. anther
C. pollen
I). ovary

33. The male gametophyte of a flowering plant is the

A. pollen grain.
B. pollen sac.
C. microspore.
D. sperm cell.

34. A plant that flowers in its second year of growth and then dies is
A. biennial.
B. a semi-annual.
C. an annual.
D. a perennial.

35. If a flower is to be pollinated by birds, it should be

A. white.
B. red.
C. yellow.
D. blue.

36. The part of the flower that protects the developing bud is the
A. ovary.
B. petal.
C. sepal.
I). anther.

37. Which of the following is not an annual plant?

A. corn
B. sunflower
C. cabbage
D. wheat
38. the part of the flower that produces pollen is the
A. anther.
13. ovary.
C. petal.
D. sepal.

39. Which of the following is not part of the innermost whorl of the flower?
A. ovary
B. stamens
C. pistil
D. stigma

40. Pollen grains on the stigma of a flower reach the egg by forming a
A. seed.
B. cotyledon.
C. pollen tube.
I). generative cell.

SECTION B

Answer any Three questions in this section.

1. Discuss the ecological anatomy of xerophytes.

Write an essay on pollination highlighting the different pollination vectors.

3. Describe the life cycle of an angiosperm.

4. Contrast essential and non essential parts of a dicot flower.

5. Describe the anatomy of a typical monocot root.

END OF QUESTION PAPER