Question

Which of the following is an adaptation to life on land used by both plants AND animals?

a. development of fertilization systems that required the organism to return to water

b. modifying gill structures to improve gas exchange with the atmosphere

c. development of xylem tissues for additional support

d. living in moist environments

Answer 1

@AnnalieseBronz ?

Answer 2

@Compassionate ?

Answer 3

@Destinymasha ?

Answer 4

xylem is only for plants

Answer 5

animals on land do not have gills well typically

Answer 6

OK:) I got that.

Answer 7

fertilization systems deal with soil so the best answer is d

Answer 8

and the organism to return to water is not easily done by plants

Answer 9

OK I thought so, just wanted to make sure. Thanks!

Answer 10

No problem

Answer 11

Oh, Wait! one more question

Answer 12

Ask away :)

Answer 13

Cladistic classification:

a. places more weight on certain arbitrarily selected characters of a group of organisms

b. places weight only on characters unique to a specific taxon

c. unites groups of taxa into clades based on their possession of shared derived characters

Answer 14

C because iI remember that taxa was a big part of classification process

Answer 15

and focuses on ancestors which in this case is derived characters

Answer 16

I thought that was the answer, too. Thanks for clearing my doubt!

Answer 17

Please start a new thread when asking another question. (I apologize, I'm just reinforcing OpenStudy's rules)