Considering the trends in floral evolution, how do you think these changes contribute in ensuring successful sexual reproduction among angiosperms? Cite at least two (2) examples of plants exhibiting advanced floral features to support your answer.

Q: List and briefly describe at least three adaptations that have contributed to the evolutionary…

A: Angiosperms include the flowering plant and have around 300,000 species. It is the most diverse…

Q: Can we infer traits of the angiosperm common ancestor from traits found in early fossil angiosperms?

A: Flowers are basically sent evolution of plants on land. Angiosperms or flowering plants have evolved…

Q: According to the cladogram, which organisms do not have vascular tissue? A. Ferns O B. Gymnosperms…

A: it is used to predict the relation between the groups it is based on the phylogenetic relationship…

Q: Which morphological innovation is associated with plants being able to blanket dry terrestrial…

A: Plants are multicellular species that are mostly photosynthetic eukaryotes belonging to the kingdom…

Q: If the leptoids of mosses were found to contain a protein whose gene had the same nucleotide…

A: Homology refers to similar structural patterns but different functional roles between molecules…

Q: If the vascular system is less crucial to the evolution of trees, then what innovations do you think…

A: According to research studies, the oldest vascular plant fossil was found from the Silurian period…

Q: Select the proper evolutionary order of appearance of these key traits of plants: A flowers, seeds,…

A: Evolution is a continuous process and we are still evolving. Evolution is nothing but adapting to…

Q: Based on the diversity of forms in fruits, what is the primary function of the fruit?

A: Fruits are found in many diverse forms. The primary functions of the fruit are:  Protection of the…

Q: Name 4 characteristic features of angiosperms.

A: Plants are autotrophic organisms which have ability to synthesise food . Plant kingdom generally…

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: 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: Over the course of plant evolution, there has been an increasing dominance ofa. the gametophyte…

A: Most primitive plants are bryophytes which then evolved to form vascular plants of two types i.e.…

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: Explain why angiosperms have fruits, whereas gymnosperms do not.

A: Angiosperms are seed-producing flowering plants whose seeds are enclosed within an ovary. Seeds are…

Q: Most flowers contain both male and female reproductive structures, in contrast to the cones of…

A: To answer this question we must have knowledge about plant kingdom.

Q: a. How are the angiosperms classified according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG)?

A: Since you have asked multiple question, we will answer only the first question for you. If you want…

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: What is the evolutionary trend in the alternation of generation in plants? Further elaborate on the…

A: An evolutionary trend is the development of an evolutionary pattern in a specific direction as a…

Q: List four key innovations in the evolution of plants.

A: Evolution can be defined as the phenomenon in which species developed new characteristics over…

Q: Cite at least three (3) advantages of having two plant forms in the life cycle of land plant

A: A land (terrestrial) plant has its entire life cycle divided into two phases or…

Q: What are the  relationship of  angiosperms and gymnosperms with pollinator species,? please cite at…

A: Angiosperm and Gymnosperm Angiosperms are the plants that bear seers inside the flowers or fruits…

Q: A slight change in a plant species’ flower structure might favor a different pollinator. How might…

A: Pollination is the process by which the pollens are transferred from the anther (male) to the stigma…

Q: If animal pollination has so many advantages,why did approximately 20% of angiosperm species…

A: Transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma is called pollination. It is the process to create…

Q: working in the field, you discover a fossil of a previously undescribed plant species. the specimen…

A: Fossils help to predict the nearest predecessor and investigate evolution. They can help in…

Q: What can you say about an early interpretation or hypothesis that the gnetophytes are probably the…

A: Taxonomy is the branch of biology concerned with the placement (of a new creature into an existing…

Q: Moving evolutionarily through plant groups, from the nonvascular plants to the flowering plants, the…

A: Question - Moving evolutionarily through plant groups, from the nonvascular plants to the flowering…

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: 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: In which of the following lineages would you expect to find a triploid (3n) endosperm? anthophyta O…

A: triploid endosperms are the characteristics  of angiosperms. These are used to give nutrition to the…

Q: While surveying plants in the jungles of Borneo, you come across a flowering plant that you have…

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Q: Describe the interrelationships among the different gymnosperm lineages, as inferred from the two…

A: Conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes are all classified as gymnosperms, which is also…

Q: In the vascular bundles of flowering plants, protoxylem is closest to the center of the stem, and…

A: The various land vascular plants have two types of arrangement of xylem vascular bundles during…

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: Explain how the pine life cycle in Figure 30.4 reflectsthe five adaptations common to all seed…

A: Plants are generally classified into flowering and non-flowering plants. The flowering plants are…

Q: What is sporopollenin? Why is this structure so important for the eventual evolution of early…

A: Sporopollenin is one of the most chemically inert biological polymers. It is a major component of…

Q: What is the evolutionary trend in the alternation of generation in plants? Elaborate on the adaptive…

A: The trend in the alternation of generation is that  in the algae , bryophyta, these are the…

Q: In the evolution of seed plants, explain when seed plants first appeared and how gymnosperms became…

A: The spermatophytes are seed-producing plants, so the alternate term seed plants. They are a subgroup…

Q: Contrast the ways in which the evolution of angiosperms hasaffected the distribution of cycads and…

A: Introduction: At the end of the Paleozoic, an unknown group of plants was competing with the one…

Q: Question #1. Identify the economic uses of at least 3 species in each order (Laurales, Magnoliales…

A: 1.Economic uses of Laurales are characterized by woodiness(timber trees), aromatic parts(spice and…

Q: There is an evolutionary trend for more basal plants to be gametophyte dominant, but more derived…

A: The gameto implies gametes and phytate implies plants. The  planets that develop the structure of…

Q: A) How are the seeds of pine trees dispersed away from the parent plant? b) Suggest an advantage of…

A: Plants are majorly divided into 2 types they are vascular plants and on vascular plants. Non…

Q: What is the evolutionary link between angiosperms and animals?

A: Angiosperms are those vascular plants with true roots, stems, leaves, and seeds embedded in the…

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. The flower diversification played an…