Why green algae is called ancestors of land plants?

Q: What are the three categories of land plants based on morphology? How do these categories relate to…

A: According to our company policy we are supposed to answer the first question. For the rest please…

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: Reason for the development of the pitcher plant in relation to its natural habitat. What made it…

A: Introduction  Pitcher plants are carnivorous herbs. Its pitcher-shaped leaves form a passive…

Q: What is the scientific name of Butong Bamboo in the Philippines? Provide some literatures related to…

A: Bamboos are enduring woody, evergreen grasses. These have a place with the family Gramineae which…

Q: How did the evolution of certain reproductive features allow early plants to invade the land? Answer…

A: Evolution is defined as the change in traits or characteristic in a population over several…

Q: What is the significance of the cyanobacteria in the origin of plants?

A: Importance of cyanobacteria - The nitrogen cycle is influenced by cyanobacteria. Many plants rely…

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 role and importance of taxonomy and systematics in botany

A: Role Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants.…

Q: . Discuss at least one difference in environmental conditions experiencedby early land plants and…

A: First land plants appeared around 470 million years ago. These were non-vascular plants like…

Q: What major characteristic of green algae (Chlorophyta) supports the hypothesis that they are…

A: Introduction Algal evolution has been remarkably complex. In various branches of the prokaryotic and…

Q: Give a biological reason why in some xerophytes ,leaves are modified into spines.

A: A leaf is a lateral appendage present on the stem of vascular plants. This structure is specialized…

Q: How could phylogenies be used to help researchers search more efficiently for novel medicines…

A: Answer: Introduction: A phylogenetic tree, also called as a phylogeny, is a diagram which shows the…

Q: On what basis do systematists place plants in the same supergroup (Archaeplastida) as red and green…

A: Red algae and green algae are included in the supergroup Archaeplastida. It was from a common…

Q: Which of the following genera most likely directly gave rise to the land plants? a. Volvox b.…

A: Land plants are similar to algae-

Q: What advantages and disadvantages would terrestrialexistence have had for the first plants to invade…

A: Advantages for the first plants to invade land for terrestrial existence are. • Abundant sunlight…

Q: What are cereal grains? What plant family are they in? Give six examples.

A: The seeds obtained from the grasses like wheat, millet, rice, barley, oats, rye, triticale, sorghum,…

Q: Compare and contrast algae with land plants.

A: The advancement of the plants had thought to happen from new water green growth around 590 MYA…

Q: When did plants first emerge? What kinds of fossils were found to give us some ideas about the…

A: The evolutionary evidences of plants are recorded on the basis of fossil preserved in lowland or…

Q: Plants probably descended from a group of green algae called (a) rhyniophytes (b) Calamites (c)…

A: The correct answer is (d) Charophytes

Q: Explain the trait that defines land plants as a distinct lineage.

A: The organisms of the kingdom plantae are very diverse and are classified into several groups based…

Q: How does the cladogram relate to many botanists referring to land plants asembryophytes?

A: Embryophytes are complex multicellular organisms that are characterized by the presence of…

Q: What is a fern

A: Pteridophytes are group of plants that possess vascular system or conducting tissues in form of…

Q: Do plants and animals have a common multicellular ancestor?

A: Yes plants and animals have common ancestor.plant cells are characterised by cell wall and…

Q: Why are Bryophytes regarded as "the amphibians of plant kingdom"?

A: Amphibians can be found on both land and water; however, during the breeding season, they must come…

Q: What is botany?

A: Science is a term which is used for the study of the subject which is based on the facts and…

Q: What types of evidence support the hypothesis that land plants descended from the group of green…

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Q: Bryophytes are often considered to be primitive. Do they lack something that “advanced” plants…

A: Bryophytes include liverwort, miss and ferns. Bryophytes are considered to be primitive plant's

Q: one of the following is the ancestor of the plant kingdom golden algae radiolarians foraminiferans…

A: Answer. Golden algae  are also sometimes known as Chrysophyceae. They are found in oligotrophic…

Q: Why are Ginkgo and Cycas called living fossils?

A: Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the past.…

Q: In which the greek word systematic derived from latin words in living world?

A: The term living word refers to all the creatures living on this planet that possess life. Every…

Q: Why bryophytes are amphibians of plant kingdom?

A: Bryophytes are the non-vascular small plants like hornworts, mosses, and liverworts. These plants do…

Q: This flowering plant may be the nearest living relative to the ancestor of all flowering plants. (a)…

A: Angiosperms are usually defined as the way that they are supposed flowering plants that produce…

Q: Could Nonvascular Plants Have Caused Weathering ofRocks and Contributed to Climate Change During…

A: The Ordovician period was the part of the Paleozoic era which is also considered as the golden age…

Q: How did the evolution happened in the article "First known gene transfer from plant to insect…

A: The first example of gene transfer taking between plants and insects is shown by the whitefly…

Q: Why are bryophytes classified into 3 divisions

A: Bryophytes are small plants that grow in shady places, they do not grow great in height as they lack…

Q: explain the principles of systematics in plants

A: Systematics Biology is the study of how organisms are organised and classified based on their…

Q: Are mosses a direct ancestor of flowering plants? Explain.

A: Mosses are the plants found in the bryophytes. It is also known as amphobian of plant kingdom.

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: Why are green algae known to be ancestors of land plants?

A: Both land plants (embryophytes) and closely-related green algae ( Charophyta ) belong to…

Q: The production of megaphylls by many different species of plants is an example of _____. a. parallel…

A: Megaphylls are a type of leaves that have many veins and leaf gaps on them. In contrast, microphylls…

Q: What evidence supports the idea that members of the plant kingdom evolved from ancestral green algae

A: The  evidence supports the idea that members of the plant kingdom evolved from ancestral green algae

Q: What are three kinds of vascular plants?

A: Vascular plants, which are also known as tracheophytes form a large group of land plants, which have…

Q: Why do many biologists classify red algae and green algae with land plants?

A: Red algae are also known as Rhodophyta are algae species that are mostly found in freshwater and one…

Q: There are two alternative hypotheses about the life cycle of the early vascular plants, the…

A: Vascular Plants are the plants which help in conducting water and food to all the different parts of…

Q: Why did land plants lose some of the accessory pigments present in brown and red algae?

A: Accessory pigments are also known as light absorbing pigments. These play important role in process…