Angiosperms
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What is the meaning of the term 'angiosperm'?

  • Plant with a woody stem
  • Seed enclosed within a fruit (correct)
  • Plant with endosperm outside the seeds
  • Plant with vessel elements in xylem
  • What distinguishes angiosperms from gymnosperms?

  • Presence of tracheids in xylem
  • Absence of fruits
  • Absence of endosperm
  • Presence of flowers (correct)
  • Which group of plants is the most diverse among land plants?

  • Broad-leaved trees
  • Angiosperms (correct)
  • Gymnosperms
  • Forbs
  • What is the clade of flowering plants commonly called?

    <p>Angiosperms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the Greek words ἀγγεῖον and σπέρμα, from which 'angiosperm' is derived, mean?

    <p>Container, seed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the approximate number of known species of angiosperms?

    <p>300,000 known species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of xylem do angiosperms have?

    <p>Vessel elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From which Greek words is the term 'angiosperm' derived?

    <p>ἀγγεῖον / angeion ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / sperma ('seed')</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do angiosperms have that completely envelops the seeds?

    <p>Fruits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the ancestors of flowering plants diverge from?

    <p>The common ancestor of all living gymnosperms</p> Signup and view all the answers

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