Lower Plants (BOTS2101)
Biological Science - BS
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2013
BOTS2101: Lower Plants (Tutorial on Bacteria and Algae)
1- Give the difference kingdoms of living organisms with at least one special feature according to:
a) Traditional division, b) Hogg and Hacckel, c) Herbert F. Copeland, d) Whittaker, e) CarlWoese
2- Give the main characteristics of Thallophytes, cormophytes, lower plants and higher plants
3- In a table, compare Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
4- Give the main forms (shapes) of bacteria with their names (scientific)
5- List the permanent and facultative parts of bacteria.
6- Compare conjugation, transduction and transformation
7- Give the different mode of life of bacteria.
8- Give ways by which autotrophic bacteria obtain their energy (write the general equation of each)
9- Make a summary classification of Bacteria and give characteristics of each class.
10- List organelles and give their roles in algae cells.
11- In a table, compare starch, paramylon and florideen starch
12- List the pigments found in each group of algae
13- Give the different type of thallus found in algae with two examples in each case
14- List and explain the different mode of fertilization found in algae with two in each case
15- Draw and comment the different life cycles of algae with examples.
16- Give the different types of prothallus with two examples in each case.
17- Give the different types of archaethallus with two examples in each case
18- Give five importance of bacteria.
19-List the different uses of algae with examples if possible
20- Give one common characteristic between a) fungi and bacteria; b) bacteria and higher plant; c) fungi
and animals;
21. What is phycology?
22- What is the meaning of the term Coenocytic? And what common term is used to describe algae that are
Coenocytic?
23- What is the function of Heterocysts?
Explain the meaning of the term Heterotrichy & make a simple sketch to illustrate this.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Agar-Agar is obtained from
a) Gelidium b) Polysiphonta, c) Fucus, d) Laminaria
2. Plants which are not differentiated into roots, stem and leaves are grouped under
a) Gymnosperms, b) Pteridophytes, c) Thallophytes, d) Spermatophytes
3. Which are the most primitive group of algae
a) Blue green algae, b) Red algae, c) Brown algae, d) Green algae
4. Ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen is found in
a) leaves of some crop plants, b) chlorella, c) Some marine red algae, d) some blue green algae
5- Cryptogams are plants organisms that
a) posses leaves, roots and stems; b) posses stems, fruits and flowers c) do not produce fruits,seed and
flowers; d) produce flowers and fruits.
6- What is the number of kingdoms recognized in the traditional classification of organisms? a) 2; b) 5; c) 3;
d) 6; e)4
7- lower plants are plants which:
a) Posses vascular tissues; b) Do not posses root, stem, and leaves; c) sexual reproductive organs; d) do not
possess vascular tissues
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8- Concerning bacteria, which of the following sentence deal with transduction?
a) presence of pilus; b) Usage of virus to transfer DNA from one bacterium to another, c) incorporation
DNA from dead bacteria cell, d) consummation of living organic matter.
9- Purple sulfur bacteria, purple nonsulfur bacteria and green sulfur bacteria are: a) Autotroph; b) Parasites;
c) Symbiotic ; d) Saprobo
10- Which of the following bacteria is important to human?
a) Escherichia coli; b) Staphylococcus cureus; c) Salnionellaa thyphinurium. d) Bacillus thuringensis.
11- blue-green algae belongs to,
a) Monera; b) protoctista; c) Plants; d) fungi
12- The algae at the beginning of the food chain are
a) consumers; b) decomposers; c) producers; d) heterotrophs
13- Algae belong to which one of the following groups below?
a) protists; b) fungi; c) Plantae; d) Animalia; e) Monera
14- Algae and Fungi can cooperatively live together that form this variant of protest. A) Sporazoan; b)
Moss; c) Mildew; d) Lichen.
15- Which Algae is Dulse, boiled with milk in Ireland and then eaten?
a) blue green algae; b) Chondrus cripes c) Palmaria palmate; d) None
16- Species which genus was ate by population of the lake chad region
a) Spirogyra b) spirulina c) laminaria, d) palmaria
17- Cryptogams are plants organisms that
a) leaves, roots and stems; b) do not produce fruits, seed and flowers;
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