Explain the importance of photosynthesis and the origins of plants for evolution.

Choose two of the following groups of animals and write a paragraph for each (5-7 sentences) to explain how the group evolved through the eras to the present or until they went extinct (focus on morphology, and habitat requirements). Angiosperms, gymnosperms, dinosaurs, trilobites, crinoids

Charophytes are the group of green algae whose ancestral lineage gave rise to land plants. Life on land comes with several challenges not required for life submerged in water. What are these challenges and how did land plants overcome them? 3 challenges that land plants overcame as they adapted to land at least 1 key adaptive characteristic that allowed them to overcome each challenge. Also, include which lineage of land plants first evolved each characteristic you state.

The production of megaphylls by many different species of plants is an example of _____. a. parallel evolution b. analogy c. divergent evolution d. homology