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Chapter 30, Problem 7TYU
EVOLUTION CONNECTION The history of life has been punctuated by several mass extinctions. For example, the irnpact of a meteorite may have wlped out most of the dinosaurs and many forms of marine life at the end of the Cretaceous pcriod (see Concept 25.4). Fossils indicatc that plants were less severely affectcd by this mass extinction. What adaptations may have enabled plants to withstand this disaster bctter than animals?
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Ch. 30.1 - What features not present in seedless plants have...Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 30.1 - WHAT IF? If a seed could not enter dormancy, how...Ch. 30.2 - Use examples from Figure 30.7 to describe how...Ch. 30.2 - Explain how the pine life cycle in Figure 30.4...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 30.3 - It is said that an oak is an acorns way of making...Ch. 30.3 - Compare and contrast a pine cone and a flower in...Ch. 30.3 - WHAT IF? Do speciation rates in closely related...Ch. 30.4 - Explain why plant diversity can be considered a...
Ch. 30.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 30 - Describe how the parts of an ovule (integument....Ch. 30 - Although there are fewer Ihan 1,000 spedes of...Ch. 30 - Explain why Darwin called the origin of...Ch. 30 - Prob. 30.4CRCh. 30 - Where in an angiosperm would you find a...Ch. 30 - Prob. 2TYUCh. 30 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 30 - Which of thc following is not a characteristic...Ch. 30 - Gymnosperms and angiosperms liave tlie following...Ch. 30 - DRAW IT Use the letters a-d to label where on the...Ch. 30 - EVOLUTION CONNECTION The history of life has been...Ch. 30 - Prob. 8TYUCh. 30 - WRITE ABOUT A THEME: ORGANIZATION Cells arc the...Ch. 30 - Prob. 10TYU
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