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?

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

Container, seed Signup and view all the answers

What is the approximate number of known species of angiosperms?

300,000 known species Signup and view all the answers

What type of xylem do angiosperms have?

Vessel elements Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What do angiosperms have that completely envelops the seeds?

Fruits Signup and view all the answers

What did the ancestors of flowering plants diverge from?

The common ancestor of all living gymnosperms Signup and view all the answers

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What is the meaning of the term 'angiosperm'?

What distinguishes angiosperms from gymnosperms?

Which group of plants is the most diverse among land plants?

What is the clade of flowering plants commonly called?

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

What is the approximate number of known species of angiosperms?

What type of xylem do angiosperms have?

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

What do angiosperms have that completely envelops the seeds?

What did the ancestors of flowering plants diverge from?

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