A botanist is studying the phylogenetic relationships of plants using only their their morphological traits. Would specialized plants (like desert or rainforest plants) complicate this process, why or why not? Select all that apply Select all that apply: O a. Yes; they often appear similar but are not closely related to each cross out other O b. Yes; their traits are similar to plants across many environments cross out O C. No; their traits are shared by a common ancestor cross out cross out d. Yes; they gained different traits than their close relatives because of their environment
A botanist is studying the phylogenetic relationships of plants using only their their morphological traits. Would specialized plants (like desert or rainforest plants) complicate this process, why or why not? Select all that apply Select all that apply: O a. Yes; they often appear similar but are not closely related to each cross out other O b. Yes; their traits are similar to plants across many environments cross out O C. No; their traits are shared by a common ancestor cross out cross out d. Yes; they gained different traits than their close relatives because of their environment
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Transcribed Image Text:A botanist is studying the phylogenetic relationships of plants using only their their morphological traits. Would specialized plants (like desert
or rainforest plants) complicate this process, why or why not?
Select all that apply
Select all that apply:
O a. Yes; they often appear similar but are not closely related to each
other
cross out
b. Yes; their traits are simnilar to plants across many environments
cross out
Oc. No; their traits are shared by a common ancestor
cross out
d. Yes; they gained different traits than their close relatives
because of their environment
cross out

Transcribed Image Text:There's a healthy community with a food chain of grass --> grasshopper--> frog --> snake -
causes the frogs to become extirpated (die out in the community).
--> hawk. The spread of a fungal disease
After frogs become extirpated, the grasshopper population crashes (decreases substantially). Why?
Select one:
a. Their population grows and diminishes their food source
cross out
b. There are now more snakes to prey on them
cross out
cross out
. Sparrows replace frogs in the community
cross out
d. Hawks must diversify their diet to include grasshoppers
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