DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS
Question
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Insects first formed close ecological relationships with ____
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gymnosperms
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angiosperms
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Insects play an important role in maintaining community structure and composition; in the case of animals by transmission of diseases, predation and parasitism, and in the case of plants, through phytophagy and by plant propagation through pollination and seed dispersal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest confirmed insect fossil is that of a wingless, silverfish-like creature that lived about 385 million years ago. It’s not until about 60 million years later, during a period of the Earth’s history known as the Pennsylvanian, that insect fossils become abundant.
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