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Land plants differ from their most closely related algal relatives, in that…(mar

ID: 189332 • Letter: L

Question

Land plants differ from their most closely related algal relatives, in that…(mark all that apply)

1. Land plants produce spores with sporopollenin in their walls, but algae do not

2.Land plants have embryos, but algae do not

3. Land plants have an alternation of generations, but no algae does

4. Land plants produce zygotes with sporopollenin in their walls, but algae do not

5. Land plants do NOT produce swimming sperm, but some algae do

6. Land plants have specialized, multicellular sporangia, but algae do not

7. Land plants produce gametes in multicellular gametangia, but algae do not

8.. Land plants elongate through cell divisions in apical meristems, but algae do not

Explanation / Answer

Answer: Corrtect options are 1,3, 6, 7 and 8.

Wrong options are:

2- Some Algae have embryos enclosed in protection by the parental plants.

4- Charophytes are a group of algae that have zygotes enclosed in sporopollenin.

5- Land plants produce both flagellated and non-flagellated sperms.