This figure identifies lineages as plants, non-vascular plants, vascular plants, seedless vascular plants, and seed plants. Which of these categories are paraphyletic and which are monophyletic?

A group composed of mosses, hornworts, club mosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms and their common ancestor but not angiosperms is considered: Group of answer choices a. polyphyletic b. monophyletic c. paraphyletic

Rank the relative size of the gametophyte generation in the following plant lineages: Bryophyte Seedless Vascular Plant Angiosperms ✓ [Choose ] Mid Largest Smallest [Choose ]

What types of evidence support the hypothesis that land plants descended from the group of green algae known as charophytes?

Which of the following statements characterize the megaphyll line of evolution? A) They differ from microphylls by developing a single, unbranched vein rather than a branched vascular system.B) They are believed to have evolved from branching telomeres that flattened and developed photosynthetic tissue between the branches.C) They developed into leaves that can also be called lycophyllsD) They developed into the large leaves of the angiosperms

Based on this diagram, which of the following plants evolved first?     A. conifers   B. flowering plants   C. nonvascular plants   D. vascular, non-seeded plants

A botanist is studying the phylogenetic relationships of plants using only their their morphological traits. Would specialized plants (like desert or rainforest plants) complicate this process, why or why not? Select all that apply Select all that apply: a. Yes; they often appear similar but are not closely related to each other Ob. Yes; their traits are similar to plants across many environments c. No; their traits are shared by a common ancestor Od. Yes; they gained different traits than their close relatives because of their environment cross out cross out cross out cross out

Match the following clades with the characteristics that they share   Clades: Bryophytes and Tracheophyta                                                                          Embryophyta and Charophycea                                                                    Chlorophyta and Streptophyta                                                                    Bryophytes and Tracheophyta   Characteristics: -Chlorophylls a and b are autotrophic -Alternation of generations -Rosettes in the plasma membrane  -Sporangia with walled spores

Make a cladogram for the following 14 Phyla: Spider (Arthropoda) Earthworm (Annelida) Snail (Mollusca) Sea anemone (Cnidaria) Starfish (Echinodermata) Red Seaweed (Rhodophyta) Squirrel (Chordata) Anthrophyta Coniferophyta Bryophyta Ascomycota Pteridophyta Cycadophyta Muschroom (Basidiomycota)

Phylogenetic trees are used to show the evolutionary relationships among various biological species and are usually based upon shared derived characters. In constructing phylogenetic trees, it is useful to first draw up a character table to show the presence or absence of characters among the various groups of organisms being studied. a. Draw up a character table based upon the following shared derived characters of land plants: flowers, seeds, vascular tissues, and dependent embryos. Your character table must include the names/descriptions of the plant groups that are being characterized. b. Construct a phylogenetic tree based on this data.