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FOCUS ON EVOLUTION
The history of life has been punctuated by several mass extinctions. For example, the impact of a meteorite may have wiped out most of the dinosaurs and many forms of marine life at the end of the Cretaceous period (see Figure 23.12). Fossils indicate that plants were less severely affected by this mass extinction. What adaptations may have enabled plants to withstand this disaster better than animals?
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EVOLUTION CONNECTION The history of life has beenpunctuated by several mass extinctions. For example, theimpact of a meteorite may have wiped out most of thedinosaurs and many forms of marine life at the end of theCretaceous period (see Concept 25.4). Fossils indicate thatplants were less severely affected by this mass extinction.What adaptations may have enabled plants to withstandthis disaster better than animals?
BIOMES & ADAPTIVE RADIATION
Adaptive Radiation
ven the type of biome these succulent plants are found in, identify 3 important stressors present in their environments.
Now, describe how these pressures likely influenced the diversification of these plant lineages. Use one of the plant families listed above (and your representative species) to discuss as an example. (A well-developed paragraph is expected.)
Some ancestral plants had a difficult transition to land, as challenges to survive caused plant evolution to develop very specialized adaptations over an extended amount of time. These are some
of the challenges that plants faced:
A. Avoiding desiccation
B. Supporting larger bodies (against gravity)
C Internally transporting substances
D. Keeping gametes wet
E. Keeping embryos wet
For each of the above challenges. provide a structure/adaptation that plants have developed which mitigates that specific challenge. Must describe a structure or trait for all!
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Ch. 26.4 - What features not present in seedless plants have...Ch. 26.4 - Explain why Darwin called the origin of...Ch. 26.4 - MAKE CONNECTIONS Suppose the Bennettitales and...Ch. 26.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.5 - MAKE CONNECTIONS Figure 1.9 illustrates the...Ch. 26.5 - Prob. 4CCCh. 26 - Prob. 1TYUCh. 26 - Which of the following characteristics of plants...Ch. 26 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 26 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 26 - Prob. 5TYUCh. 26 - DRAW IT Use the letters a-d to label where on the...Ch. 26 - SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY INTERPRET THE DATA The grass...Ch. 26 - FOCUS ON EVOLUTION The history of life has been...Ch. 26 - FOCUS ON INTERACTIONS Giant lycophyte trees of...Ch. 26 - SYNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE These stomata are from...
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