Biology

12th Edition

ISBN: 9780134813448

Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.

Publisher: Pearson,

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Why are all nonvascular plants short?

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Ch. 22.1 - describe the features that distinguish plants from...Ch. 22.2 - In stark contrast to the stinking corpse lily and...Ch. 22.2 - describe the probable ancestor of plants?Ch. 22.2 - identify the closest living relatives of plants...Ch. 22.2 - describe the adaptations that equip plants for...Ch. 22.3 - Why are all nonvascular plants short?Ch. 22.3 - In each of these photos, is the pictured structure...Ch. 22.3 - Can you think of some adaptations that help...Ch. 22.3 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of wind...Ch. 22.3 - Which Plant Provide Us with the Most Food?

Ch. 22.3 - The stinking corpse lily harms species it...Ch. 22.3 - Prob. 1CYL Ch. 22.3 - describe the major plant taxonomic groups and...Ch. 22.3 - describe the key steps in the life cycles of...Ch. 22.4 - In the initial trials with Argemone mexicana in...Ch. 22.4 - describe some of the effects that plants have on...Ch. 22.4 - Perhaps surprisingly, a parasitic lifestyle is not...Ch. 22 - In an alternation of generations life cycle,...Ch. 22 - Which of the following are not nonvascular plants?...Ch. 22 - Which of the following structures is present in...Ch. 22 - In which of the following is the gametophyte stage...Ch. 22 - Prob. 5MC Ch. 22 - Scientists hypothesize that the ancestors of...Ch. 22 - Plant adaptations to life on land include a(n)...Ch. 22 - Seedless vascular plants must reproduce when...Ch. 22 - Three groups of nonvascular plants are __________,...Ch. 22 - What is meant by alternation of generations? What...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2RQ Ch. 22 - Describe evolutionary trends in the life cycles of...Ch. 22 - From which algal group did green plants probably...Ch. 22 - Prob. 5RQ Ch. 22 - Prob. 6RQ Ch. 22 - Prob. 7RQ Ch. 22 - Prob. 8RQ Ch. 22 - Prob. 9RQ Ch. 22 - Prob. 1AC Ch. 22 - Prob. 2AC

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Solution Summary: The author explains that all nonvascular plants are short due to limited diffusion of water and nutrients and the absence of lignin.

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