QUESTION 3 Wild cherry ( Prunus avium ) is a tree that is native to Europe and p

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QUESTION 3

Wild cherry (Prunus avium) is a tree that is native to Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. It has been widely cultivated by humans for its fruit, which are also attractive to birds. Based on this information, wild cherry is most closely related to which of the following plants?

liverworts

mosses

pine trees

roses

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QUESTION 4

Modern evidence for the first major explosion of land plants can be seen in the

rich carboniferous coal deposits

sphagnum peat bogs

oxygen content of the atmosphere

increases in carbon dioxide emissions

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QUESTION 5

Glittering wood-moss (Hylocomium splendens) is a species of moss that can be found in Alaska and Canada. Based on what you know about mosses, what is NOT true of the female gametes of glittering wood-moss?

They are haploid.

They lack flagella.

They are produced when the gametophyte undergoes meiosis

They are housed in archegonia

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QUESTION 6

While conducting a plant diversity survey in a temperate rainforest in Washington State, you come across a number of individuals of a low-lying plant species. Back at the lab, tests indicate that the majority of the plant material is haploid. The plant you discovered is likely most closely related to

complex streptophyte algae

sphagnum moss

conifers

roses

liverworts

mosses

pine trees

roses

Explanation / Answer

Question 3 - Answer Roses. Since their native and attraction is common.

Question 4 - Rich carboniferous coal deposits. The carboniferous period lasted during the alte paleozoic era. These deposits of coal occur throughout Asia, Northern Europe and North America.

Question 5 - They are produced when the gametophyte undergoes meiosis is not true.

Question 6 - Sphagnum moss. Since it is also haploid in nature and it can hold increased water content in it which is the characteristic of plants in rainforest where abundant water exists.

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