Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Introduction:

Plants belong to kingdom plantae and are multicellular and autotrophic eukaryotes. They can make their own food by the process of photosynthesis, as they contain chloroplast, which captures light energy to make glucose. Plants include gymnosperms, flowering plants, conifers, hornworts, mosses, green algae, liverworts, and mosses.

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Option (c) the liverworts and mosses.

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Explanation/justification for the correct answer:

Option (c) is the liverworts and mosses. Liverworts and mosses are bryophytes, which are the oldest plants known to be on the earth. Hence, this option is correct.

Explanation/justification for the incorrect answer:

Option (a) is ferns. Ferns are the vascular plants and were evolved after or from the non-vascular plants. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option (b) is cycads. Cycads are vascular gymnosperm plants that were evolved after bryophytes. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option (d) is angiosperms. Angiosperms were evolved after the bryophytes. Hence, this option is correct.

Option (e) none of the above. From the above options, option (c) is correct. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Conclusion

Among the answers given, a correct answer is an option (c), the liverworts and mosses.

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