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Chapter 25, Problem 18RQ
A plant in the understory of a forest displays a segmented stem and slender leaves arranged in a whorl. It is probably a.
- club moss
- whisk fern
- fern
- horsetail
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Biology 2e
Ch. 25 - Figure 25.6 Which of the following statements...Ch. 25 - Figure 25.14 Which of the following statements...Ch. 25 - Figure 25.24 Which of the following statements...Ch. 25 - The land plants are probably descendants of which...Ch. 25 - Alternation of generations means that plants...Ch. 25 - Which of the following traits of land plants...Ch. 25 - How does a haplontic plant population maintain...Ch. 25 - What characteristic of Charales would enable them...Ch. 25 - Which one of these characteristics is present in...Ch. 25 - A scientist sequences the genome of Chara, red...
Ch. 25 - Which of the following features does not support...Ch. 25 - Which of the following structures is not found in...Ch. 25 - Stomata appear in which group of plants? Charales...Ch. 25 - The chromosome complement in a moss protonema is:...Ch. 25 - Why do mosses grow well in the Arctic tundra? They...Ch. 25 - A botanist travels to an area that has experienced...Ch. 25 - Microphylls are characteristic of which types of...Ch. 25 - A plant in the understory of a forest displays a...Ch. 25 - The following structures are found on the...Ch. 25 - The dominant organism in fern is the sperm spore...Ch. 25 - What seedless plant is a renewable source of...Ch. 25 - How do mosses contribute to returning nitrogen to...Ch. 25 - The production of megaphylls by many different...Ch. 25 - Why did land plants lose some of the accessory...Ch. 25 - What is the difference between extant and extinct?Ch. 25 - Describe at least two challenges that cactuses had...Ch. 25 - Describe a minimum of two ways that plants changed...Ch. 25 - To an alga, what is the main advantage of...Ch. 25 - In areas where it rains often, mosses grow on...Ch. 25 - What are the three classes of bryophytes?Ch. 25 - Describe two adaptations that are present in...Ch. 25 - Bryophytes form a monophyletic group that...Ch. 25 - How did the development of a vascular system...Ch. 25 - Which plant is considered the most advanced...Ch. 25 - Ferns are simultaneously involved in promoting...
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