DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF WOODY PLANTS AND THEIR MEANINGS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
mya plants ancestor ____ a green algae shared the same type of chlorophyll and stored energy as starch like our plants today.
|
|
Prototaxites
|
|
|
Moss
|
|
|
Charophytes
|
|
|
Stomate
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -All green algae (Chlorophyta) and plants share a common evolutionary ancestor. They both contain the photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The two lineages diverged between 630 million and 510 million years ago.
Detailed explanation-2: -General characteristics The charophytes, together with the chlorophytes, make up the green algae. As part of this algal group, the charophytes are greenish in colour. This is due to the abundant chlorophyll (green pigment) inside their cell. Their cell wall is chiefly made up of cellulose.
There is 1 question to complete.