I. Matching (30 points) (2 points each)
| _____ Equisetophya | A. ferns |
| _____ Rhyniophyta | B. green algae with members such as Volvox |
| _____ Zygomycota | C. mushrooms; bracket fungi; Agaricus |
| _____ Apicomplexa | D. extinct group of vascular plants |
| _____ Chlorophyta | E. horsetails, scouring rushes; homosporous |
| _____ Rhodophyta | F. Pilobolus; coenocytic hyphae |
| _____ Pyrrhophyta | G. contains non-motile protozoans such as the malaria organism, Plasmodium vivax |
| _____ Pteridophyta | H. liverworts such as Marchantia |
| _____ Psilotophyta | I. most lichens; ergot of rye; Peziza |
| _____ Oomycota | J. red algae; Polysiphonia belongs here |
| _____ Gasteromycetes | K. water molds; Plasmopara and Phytophthora |
| _____ Myxomycota | L. puffballs, earth stars, stinkhorns |
| _____ Hepatophyta | M. wisk ferns, Psilotum belongs here |
| _____ Ascomycota | N. red tides; dinoflagellates; Noctiluca |
| _____ Hymenomycetes | O. plasmodial slime molds; Physarum |
II. Fill in the blanks (30 points) (1 point each)
1. What are the five Kingdoms of living organisms?
___________________, ______________________, _____________________
_________________________ and _____________________.
2. The process of making an RNA message from the DNA molecule is called
_________________________ while the actual assembly of the protein based on the mRNA code is the process of
___________________________.
3. Amino acids are brought to the protein assembly site of the ribosome attached to molecules of
_________________________. These molecules have a three-letter code called the
_______________________ which must complement the three-letter code on the mRNA molecule.
4. Which group of fungal-like protoctists has a life cycle pattern like animals and produces cellulose in the cell walls?
______________________________
5. Imperfect fungi (Deuteromycetes) are ,most likely members of the Division
____________________________.
6. The three growth forms of lichen-forming fungi are ____________________,
__________________________ and __________________________.
7. In Dictyostelium, once the amoebae have aggregated, the
________________________ stage migrates and eventually forms the sorocarp.
8. A member of the Phylum: Ciliophora is the genus
____________________________.
9. Nereocystis and Macrocystis belong to the Division
_______________________ and are commercially important because we
extract ______________________ from their cell walls.
10. Name a genus of "algae" which produces a red eye spot, proteinaceous cell wall, and paramylon as a food reserve.
_____________________________.
11. Give a generic example (I want a genus name!) of each of the following:
a. a non-motile, unicellular green alga ________________________
b. a motile, colonial green alga ________________________
c. a coenocytic, marine green alga ________________________
d. a liverwort ________________________
e. a heterosporous lycopod (Lycopodophyta) ________________________
f. a heterosporous fern ________________________
g. a moss ________________________
h. a dinoflagellate ________________________
12. What moss capsule structure is specially designed to assist in spore dispersal?
___________________________
13. The cluster of sporangia on the underside of a fern frond is termed a
____________________________.
14. In ferns, the spores develop into the ___________________________
generation.
III. True or False (40 points) (1 point each)
_____ 1. In the DNA molecule, adenine always "pairs" with guanine.
_____ 2. In prokaryotes, the mRNA molecule is "edited" before it leaves the nucleus.
_____ 3. DNA replication starts at one end of the molecule and proceeds until it reaches the other end.
_____ 4. The 3-letter sequence on a mRNA molecule which specifies an amino acid is called a codon.
_____ 5. All viruses contain DNA molecules which direct the synthesis of new virus particles in host cells.
_____ 6. AIDS is caused by a bacterium.
_____ 7. Some viruses contain reverse transcriptase, an enzyme capable of making a DNA molecule from an RNA molecule.
_____ 8. Fungi gain their nutrients like animals do, by ingestion.
_____ 9. Yeasts are bacteria which have a type of cell division called budding.
_____ 10. Hormogonia are produced by some cyanobacteria.
_____ 11. Lichens are sensitive to air pollution, especially SO2.
_____ 12. In Puccinia graminis, one host for the rust is the apple tree.
_____ 13. Peziza is a fungus which produces an apothecium.
_____ 14. Ascospores are haploid.
_____ 15. Giardia is an intestinal parasite of humans and other animals which belongs to the same group as the malaria organism.
_____ 16. Ulva and Polysiphonia both have alternation of generations types of life cycles.
_____ 17. Spirogyra produces motile, flagellated gametes like most other green algae.
_____ 18. Red algae produce no motile (flagellated) cells.
_____ 19. Most brown algae are found in cold ocean water.
_____ 20. Diatoms have silicon in their cell walls.
_____ 21. Red tides are caused by exploding populations of diatoms.
_____ 22. Red algae are important as a source of commercial agar.
_____ 23. In the large kelps, the plant you see is the gametophyte generation.
_____ 24. Archegoniophores and antheridiophores are produced by some liverworts.
_____ 25. Male mosses produce pollen.
_____ 26. Acetabularia is a brown alga.
_____ 27. Paramylon is the food storage carbohydrate of the green algae.
_____ 28. Lycopodium is homosporous.
_____ 29. Megaspores develop into female sporophytes.
_____ 30. Most ferns are homosporous.
_____ 31. Megaphyllous leaves do not produce a leaf gap.
_____ 32. Armored and unarmored are terms which refer to diatoms.
_____ 33. Pluricarpous mosses are erect forms with terminal sporophytes.
_____ 34. Isoetes is a heterosporous with each leaf being a sporophyll.
_____ 35. Lepidodendron, Calamites, and Rhynia are extinct plants.
_____ 36. Marchantia is a thallose liverwort.
_____ 37. Morels and mushrooms both belong to the same fungal division.
_____ 38. Sphagnum bogs are relatively sterile places because they are very acidic.
_____ 39. Ferns produce megaphyllous leaves (fronds).
_____ 40. Desmids are green algae, members of the Chlorophyta.