Q: What is meant by “double fertilization”? What features of seeds and fruits have enabled angiosperms…
A: Angiosperms are flowering plants that may reproduce by generating seeds. These blooms may also…
Q: Gymnosperms were also the first plants to develop pollen . Which of the following statements…
A: The Gymnosperms: Naked Seeds The extant gymnosperms are a clade of seed plants that do not form…
Q: Apply your understanding of angiosperms to identify which innovations likely contributed to the…
A: Angiosperms are the most evolved group of seed plants, that appeared about 100-125 million years…
Q: Marine angiosperms form a significant component of the sea grass, mangroves and salt marsh…
A: The study of interaction between the organisms and their environment is called ecology. Living…
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A: The majority of insect-pollinated flowers are large, colourful, fragrant and rich in nectar, when…
Q: Contrast the investments that angiosperms andgymnosperms make and the structures that they produce…
A: The process where pollen grains that carry the male gamete in the plants are transferred to the…
Q: Which of the following terms includes all others in the list? angiosperm, fern, vascular plant,…
A: Plants are multicellular organisms. They are categorized under the kingdom Plantae. Most of them…
Q: ngiosperm flowers are comparable to gymnosper
A: ANGIOSPERMS are highly organized flowering plants that reproduce sexually using gametes and have…
Q: Which angiosperm lineage includes the most species?a. magnoliids c. monocotsb. eudicots d. water…
A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…
Q: Use examples from Figure 30.7 to describe how variousgymnosperms are similar yet distinctive.
A: The gymnosperms are the plants that do not bear flowers and produces seed and cones. The gymnosperm…
Q: To enlist: The adaptations of gymnosperm that have helped them become the dominant tree in dry, cold…
A: Plants whose seeds are exposed on the surface of cone scales are known as gymnosperms. Adaptations…
Q: Name three major types of angiosperm secondary metabolites,and explain how these affect animals.
A: The angiosperms are the upper plants that are evolved and modernized from the traditional species.…
Q: Compare and contrast the four types of gymnosperms.
A: The meaning of the word “gymnosperm” is “naked seed”. It is a group of plants that produce seeds.…
Q: Describe the major evolutionary adaptation that allowed gymnosperms to be able to move on to dry…
A: Plants are organisms with eukaryotic cells having cell walls and are capable of synthesizing their…
Q: Trace the evolution of Gymnosperms.
A: Gymnosperms are first group of seed producing plants.
Q: Explain, the reproduction of plants encluding the differences between angiosperms and gymnosperms.
A: The process by which the plants produce new offspring is called reproduction. Plants reproduce…
Q: What is the evolutionary importance of the fruits for the angiosperms?
A: Fruits are the mature ovaries of angiosperms. After fertilization, ovules are transformed into seeds…
Q: Why does the ocotillo not drop its leaves at a singlepredictable time each year, as do temperate…
A: The ocotillos is the most commonly seen and adaptable desert plant which grows in the desert…
Q: The first flowering plants to diverge from the ancestral angiosperm are referred to as monocots…
A: Angiosperm evolved around 125-100 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous Period. Angiosperms…
Q: Make a Conclusion for "ANGIOSPERMS-EUDICOTS : RUNUNCULALES, CARYOPHYLLALES, CUCURBITALES, AND…
A: Angiosperms is also known as flowering plant, in which seeds are enclosed within ovary.
Q: Summarize the evolution of gymnosperms from seedless vascular plants and trace the evolution of…
A: Plants play important role in producing oxygen on the earth. Plants go through the process known as…
Q: Double fertilization evolved independently in gnetophytes and in flowering plants. Name two other…
A: Fertilization is a sexual reproduction process in plants wherein the male gamete that is pollen…
Q: Although there are fewer than 1,000 species of gymnosperms,the group is still very successful in…
A: Flowering plants are classified into two large groups. They are Gymnosperms and angiosperms. The…
Q: Explain how xylem produced by conifers differs from that of angiosperms and how that difference may…
A: The vein systems of plants enable higher rates of solute transport and rapid growth and expansion of…
Q: Which taxa of gymnosperms has 70 species and resembles palm trees? Cycads Ginkgo Gnetophytes…
A: Taxonomy is the study of organism categorization, it is the grouping (division) of all known species…
Q: Discuss two reasons why angiosperms have been so much more evolutionarily successful than…
A: Answer: Introduction: Angiosperms are having a root system and a shoot system. A shoot system…
Q: In a sentence or two, either support or refute the following statement: The pollen grains of…
A: Angiosperms are the flowering and fruit plants in which the pollen and egg cells are produced by…
Q: What features of seeds and fruits have enabled angiosperms to become so widespread?
A: Angiosperms are plants whose ovules are enclosed in an ovary. The seed is a fertilized ovule and has…
Q: Describe how fern diversity has been affected by the evolution of the angiosperms.
A: R.H. Whitakaer’s classification system categorizes living organisms in five major kingdoms. Kingdom…
Q: List the adaptations of gymnosperms that have helpedthem become the dominant trees in dry, cold…
A: Gymnosperms are that group in the Plant Kingdom that are known for their characteristic naked seeds…
Q: Explain when seed plants first appeared and how gymnosperms became the dominant plant group.
A: Gymnosperm The name gymnosperm meaning naked seed. The plant gymnosperm seeds are not enclosed as…
Q: Describe the ways in which humans benefit from angiosperms
A: Introduction Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, are plants that produce flowers and…
Q: Give the economic importance of bryophytes and gymnosperms.
A: Bryophytes are non-vascular small plants like liverworts, hornworts, and mosses. Bryophytes are…
Q: Relate the structure of an angiosperm leaf to each of the following: - Adaptations for…
A: Adaptation is an evolutionary process where a plant or an animal become suited to living in a…
Q: Using appropriate examples, discuss the diversity of forms amonggymnosperm lineages
A: The diversity of forms among gymnosperms is due to their long evolutionary history. Gymnosperms…
Q: Write a note on economic importance of algae and gymnosperms.
A: Economic Importance Of Algae- Algae are used as liquid fertilizer, it helps in balancing nitrogen…
Q: Describe what the early angiosperm may have been like with regard to flowers, body, ecołogy, wood…
A: The earliest fossils of angiosperms are similar to small herbaceous or bushes plants. More diverse…
Q: Explain why Darwin called the origin of angiosperms an “abominablemystery,” and describe what has…
A: Phylogenies refer to the evolutionary history of a type of living organism. The relationship between…
Q: Which of the following is not a characteristic that distinguishesgymnosperms and angiosperms from…
A: Gymnosperm is group of plant , whose distinguishing members are conifers, cycads. These plants are…
Q: How did the evolution of the flower promote the explosive diversification of the Angiosperms in the…
A: The Cretaceous period marks the evolution of angiosperms. Flower diversification played an important…
Q: Diagram the relationship between the sporophyteand gametophyte generations in bryophytes,…
A: The alternation of generation consists of two phases namely, the gametophytic and the sporophytic…
Q: are the most successful (in terms of number of 1. Lst four reasons why angiosperms species) of plant…
A: Plants are divided into two types based on flowers. Angiosperms are large family of plants which…
Q: Compare the reproductive organs of angiosperms and gymnosperms.
A: Gymnosperms and angiosperms are two important groups of plants. Angiosperms are vascular…
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- Which of the following traits characterizes gymnosperms? a. The plants carry exposed seeds on modified leaves. b. Reproductive structures are located in a flower. c. After fertilization, the ovary thickens and forms a fruit. d. The gametophyte is longest phase of the life cycle.In a sentence or two, either support or refute the following statement: The pollen grains of angiosperms are homologous to the spores of bryophytesDiagram the relationship between the sporophyteand gametophyte generations in bryophytes, ferns,gymnosperms, and angiosperms. Show the relative sizesand physical interactions (if any) of the two generations.
- How did the evolution of the flower promote the explosive diversification of the Angiosperms in the Cretaceous? Short answer:Explain why Darwin called the origin of angiosperms an “abominablemystery,” and describe what has been learned from fossil evidenceand phylogenetic analyses.Discuss two reasons why angiosperms have been so much more evolutionarily successful than gymnosperms.
- Use examples from Figure 30.7 to describe how variousgymnosperms are similar yet distinctive.Using appropriate examples, discuss the diversity of forms amonggymnosperm lineagesDescribe what the early angiosperm may have been like with regard to flowers, body, ecołogy, wood and pollen. For each of the characters, what living angiosperms still have those characters? In what ways have those changed in certain lines of evolution?