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Set 28 Green Algae And Land Plants

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Question 1

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What is characteristic of tracheid cells that are mature?

A) They contain cytoplasm at maturity.
B) They have both primary and secondary walls.
C) They have only secondary walls made of lignin.
D) They have only primary walls made of cellulose.
E) All of these answers apply.

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Question 2

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Why have biologists hypothesized that the first land plants had a low, sprawling growth habit?

A) Only fossilized plants exhibit this habit.
B) The ancestors of land plants, green algae, lack the structural support to stand erect in air.
C) At the time of the first land plants, the atmosphere had oxygen mainly close to the ground.
D) Land animals of that period consumed erect plants.
E) Land animals of that period were small, so they needed short plants to eat.

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Question 3

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What two major novelties allowed for the first colonization of terrestrial habitats by plants?

A) cuticle and pores
B) roots and true leaves
C) roots and vascular tissue
D) tracheids and vessel elements
E) All of these answers apply.

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