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Botn 101: General Botany Question Paper

Botn 101: General Botany 

Course:Pure And Applied Sciences

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2012



KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 2''ND ''TRIMESTER 2012 EXAMINATIONS
FACULTY : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT : PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
UNIT CODE : BOTN 101
UNIT TITLE : GENERAL BOTANY
TIME : 2 HOURS


INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all questions in section A and any two in section B
Question One
Explain the following terms
Phyllidia
Caulidium
Rhizoid
Protonema
Meisospores
Archegonium in relation to Bryophytes.
(6 marks)
Name the three phyla of bryophytes giving an example of each.

(6 marks)
Question Two
What plants are the Tracheophytes?
(3 marks)
The seedless plants are dividend into four phyla. Name and give an example of a plant in each division of the phylum pterophyta (ferns)

(8 marks)
i.e. attempt a classification of the ferns into its four divisions.
Question Three
List the common name for each of the seven phyla of the plant like protists. (7 marks)
SECTION B
Answer any two questions.
Question One
Discuss the factors that led to the success of any ten sperms hence out numbering gymnosperms. (20 marks)
Question Two
Outline the challenges faced by terrestrial plants and discuss the adaptations of plants to life on land. (20 marks)
Question Three
Outline the adaptations and limitations of Bryophytes to terrestrial life.
(20 marks)






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