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Set 21 The Evolution Of Plants

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Question 1

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Plants invaded the land sometime during the Paleozoic era.In order to evolve and thrive on land,plants had to develop

A) photosynthetic pigments and mechanisms for transporting water and minerals to aerial parts.
B) starch for carbohydrate storage and mechanisms for transporting water and minerals to aerial parts.
C) physical support structures and mechanisms for gamete dispersal.
D) photosynthetic pigments that are not dependent on an aqueous environment and starch for carbohydrate storage.
E) physical support structures and alternation of generations.

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Question 2

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The plants classified as embryophytes include

A) red algae.
B) chlorophytes.
C) glaucophytes.
D) land plants.
E) coleochaetophytes.

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Question 3

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Which characteristic does not link the "green algae" with land plants?

A) The use of chlorophylls a and b
B) Primary endosymbiosis
C) Starch as a major storage compound
D) Chloroplasts
E) Protected embryo

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