All members of the Plant Kingdom have a close ancestor "the Charophytes" and from aquatic habitat. Why would a terrestrial existence be an advantage for a plant? Why didn't they just stay in the water? How terrestrial plants encountered the challenges of colonizing on land successfully

Q: The Riccia is a bryophyte because: ○ It has multicellular sex organs with a sterile jacket and lacks…

A: Bryophyte These are the group of non-vascular plants that have no roots or vascular tissues. These…

Q: generation (sporophyte or gametophyte) of the conifer life cycle actually produces the egg and is…

A: Sporophyte generation of the conifer life cycle actually produces the egg and is protected inside…

Q: horsetails and scouring rushes belong to phylum equisetiphyta psilophyta polypodiophyta lycophyta

A: Certain horsetails called scouring rushes because the stems are rough and durable (due to their high…

Q: Why are ginkgo trees unique in the classification of plants? What useful herb comes from this…

A: Ginkgo which is also known as maidenhair tree, is a deciduous gymnosperm tree native to China…

Q: Members of the cactus family in North and South America and of the spurge family in Africa are very…

A: Cactus belongs to Cactacese family.  Euphorbias also called spurge belongs to Euphorbiacese family.…

Q: In what ways do terrestrial plants and their aquatic ancestors differ? Give at least two…

A: Terrestrial plants are land plants developed from thallophyta or algae. Algae are cryptogram which…

Q: identify the  phylum to which this plant belongs.

A: Plants are divided into many phyla based on different characters. From the most primitive types of…

Q: uestion Fungi are more closely related to plants than they are to animals - basically, they are…

A: Introduction :    *** Fungi  do not contain green pigment that is chlorophyll . So they are not…

Q: The following classification contains the class, domain, family, genus, kingdom, order, phylum &…

A: Family is a taxonomic category which include related genus. In plant kingdom families are classified…

Q: What makes the ANA group of flowering plants a grade rather than a clade? O they lack the important…

A: Introduction The term "ANA grade" refers to the three basally diverging angiosperm groups:…

Q: Plastids of Glaucophytes are called ________________. It is derived from the ______________…

A: Glaucophytes  They are the small group of photosynthic algae. They are ancient fresh water…

Q: among liverworts, hornworts, and mosses, which is the closest to vascular plants? what are the…

A: Vascular plants, otherwise called Tracheophyta, structures an enormous group of plants that are…

Q: What is the ploidy of the following structures: gametophyte, seed, spore, sporophyte? a. 1n, 1n, 2n,…

A: PLOIDY:- It is a total number of chromosome sets in somatic cells of the diploid phase (2n) or…

Q: In organisms that undergo alternation of generations, the gametophyte ______. Group of answer…

A: Alternation of generations, also known as metagenesis is the type of life cycle that occurs in the…

Q: Red algae GREEN ALGAE Ulvophytes Coleochaetes Spores or zygotes encased in tough coat of…

A: Analogous:                 Under the hood of biology, the similarity of function and superficial…

Q: A massive extinction of life happened on Earth. You were lucky to survive all the different…

A: Mosses and other bryophytes are plants that lack vascular tissues.

Q: Bryophytes can be found in every type of habitation, except in the oceans, thus reflecting the…

A: Introduction   Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are examples of bryophytes, which are small…

Q: Select the obvious vegetative and/or habit features that you think will be most helpful in…

A: Each plant is classified into various domain or phylum into class, order,family,genus,species.these…

Q: The kingdom Plantae constitutes large and varied groups of organisms. There are more than 300,000…

A: The plant Kingdom is very large and it allows several years ago starting from many small species…

Q: How does the evolution of endodermis, lignified cell walls, sclerenchyma, vascular tissues, true…

A: Vascular plants are those plants it causes vascular tissues for the transfer of substances. Vascular…

Q: What is the current estimate of the total number of plant species in the plant Kingdom? What is the…

A: Step 1 Hello. Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve the first…

Q: Ferns and their allies are both vascular plants which means they all contain the xylem & phloem for…

A: Ferns are unique in land plants in having two separate living structures, so the ferny plant that we…

Q: From the seed plant phylogeny, which of the following is true of the Gnetophyta? a) They are a…

A: Monophylectic group ( clade) have only one common ancestor.  Paraphylectic group consists of the…

Q: What is the characteristic that distinguishes bryophytes from the other plant phyla?  Answers: They…

A: R. H. Whittaker’s classification system divides organisms into five distinct KIngdoms. The KIngdom…

Q: Monilophytes and seed plants both have megaphylls, as well as other traits not found in lycophytes.…

A: Evolutionary trends are evident in organisms around the world. In plants too this long evolutionary…

Q: Construct an indented dichotomous key on the following groups of plants: Bryophyta Lower Vasuclar…

A: Dictotomous key Also known as "sequential key". It is an identification key where the sequence and…

Q: In gymnosperms (conifers like Christmas trees), what types of cells occur in the axial system (the…

A: The types of cell present in the axial system and radial system of conifers and eudicots is given in…

Q: If the stomata of bryophytes and of vascular plants are not an example of convergent evolution, what…

A: convergent evolution is the term used to indicate when different organisms independently evolve…

Q: Do mosses have an alternation of isomorphic or heteromorphic generations? That is, can you easily…

A: Mosses belongs to bryophytes. The bryophytes are also known as amphibians of the plant kingdom…

Q: According to the cladogram in Figure 27-5, which plants evolved first: nonvascular bryophytes,…

A: Cladogram is determined as a type of an evolutionary diagram that holds some ancestral relationship…

Q: Which of the following does not match one of the 4 main plant groups with a terrestrial adaptation…

A: Terrestrial adaptation In the course of evolution the morden day plants are evolved from green algae…

Q: lants developed from a group of green algae (members of Kingdom Protista) called the charophytes.…

A: Alternation of generations also called metagenesis of heterogenesis. The alternation of a sexual…

Q: The move to land had challenges that needed to be overcome, but the reward was great. Match each…

A: Introduction  Vascular plants, also known as tracheophytes or Tracheophyta, are a wide category of…

Q: What is the position of the sporangia (describe specific position/orientation of sporangia on the…

A: A sporangium or sporangia is term used for spore case in which spore are produced

Q: What are leaves? what are the two types? What is the difference between homosporous plants and…

A: we are supposed to answer only first three subparts in case of multiple question posted. Please…

Q: Why are both bryophytes and fern (with fern allies) are restricted in habitats with significant…

A: Bryophytes are the simplest and primitive non flowering, embryophytes that do not contain vascular…

Q: Which of the following statements is false?  Answers: The gametophyte is the dominant form for…

A: Bryophytes are non vascular plants like the mosses. The seedless vascular plants like the ferns do…

Q: The environments in which ferns grow range from standing water to very dry areas. Nonetheless, all…

A: Plants are organisms with eukaryotic cells having cell walls and are capable of synthesizing their…

Q: Phylogenetic analyses of land plants and their close relatives determined that the land plants form…

A: A phylogenetic tree is an illustration that helps in studying the evolutionary history of an…

Q: Which of the following is a universal feature of the life cycles of land plants? Genetically…

A: The ancestor of land plants may have resembled green algae called charophytes. The first plant…

Q: Which of these best describes the difference between early and more recently evolved land plants? O…

A: Plants have evolved from a simpler body to a more complex and differentiated body.  We find…

Q: Which statement about ferns is TRUE? Ferns are unicellular organisms. Ferns are nonvascular…

A: Ferns are the members of Phylum Pteridophyta that belongs to the Kingdom Plantae. They are the…

Q: Charophytes are the group of green algae whose ancestral lineage gave rise to land plants. Life on…

A: The charyophytes are world wide in distribution and grow in muddy or sandy bottoms of clear lakes or…

Q: The Apiaceae is closely related to the Araliaceae, the family to which ginseng and octopus tree…

A: Introduction  The Apiaceae or Umbelliferae family of primarily aromatic flowering plants is also…

Q: While exploring a forest, you come upon a plant that you haven't seen before.  You dig it up and…

A: Introduction Pteridophyta is one of the Plant Kingdom's oldest genera of plants. They are…

Q: Aside from the Sapotaceae, what other families studied so far possess laticifers? What is a stipule?…

A: Botany, often known as plant biology, or phytology, is the study of plants.

Q: All of the following are trends in plant evolution except; A trend towards better water conducting…

A: Evolution  The process where organisms changes its phenotypic trait in order to survive in changing…

Q: Do mosses have an alteration of isomorphIC Or heteromorphic generations? That is, can you easily…

A: Lower organisms - both flora and fauna such as algae, mosses, ferns, and lower invertebrates show…