Chapter 26: Q. 18 (page 697)
Plants are a source of ________.
a. food
b. fuel
c. medicine
d. all of the above
Short Answer
The correct option is (d). all of the above
Chapter 26: Q. 18 (page 697)
Plants are a source of ________.
a. food
b. fuel
c. medicine
d. all of the above
The correct option is (d). all of the above
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Get started for freeAbundant and powdery pollen produced by small, indistinct flowers is probably transported by:
a. bees and butterflies
b. flies
c. birds
d. wind
The Mediterranean landscape along the sea shore is dotted with pines and cypresses. The weather is not cold, and the trees grow at sea level. What evolutionary adaptation of conifers makes them suitable to the Mediterranean climate?
Corn develops from a seedling with a single cotyledon, displays parallel veins on its leaves, and produces monosulcate pollen. It is most likely:
a. a gymnosperm
b. a monocot
c. a eudicot
d. a basal angiosperm
Biosynthesis of nectar and nutrient-rich pollen is energetically very expensive for a plant. Yet, plants funnel large amounts of energy into animal pollination. What are the evolutionary advantages that offset the cost of attracting animal pollinators?
In which of the following geological periods would gymnosperms dominate the landscape?
a. Carboniferous
b. Permian
c. Triassic
d. Eocene (present)
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