Pioneer plant species could be described as those that, a) sprout from seeds after a forest fire. b) form large forest trees that shade understory plants. c) are slow to mature, and require a soil with well-balanced nutrients. or d) are small in size, and have highly effective means of dispersing their seeds.

In terms of alternation of generations, the internal parts of the pollen grains of seed-producing plants are most similar to a ) moss sporophyteb) moss gametophyte bearing both male and female gametangiac) fern sporophyted) fern gametophyte bearing only antheridia

Ascientist discovers a new body between the orbit of neptune and the kuiper belt. the object is round and travels in an orbit around neptune with other space objects. the scientist claims that she has found a new dwarf planet. where is the scientist’s error?

This is a typical grassland food web. it is also a small picture of an important cycle on earth: the carbon cycle. describe how the carbon gets into this food web. a) bacteria and fungi, the decomposers, recycle carbon from dead organisms. b) carbon is found in the grass and is passed from one level to the next in this food web. eliminate c) all living things give off carbon dioxide as a by-product of respiration and it is released into the atmosphere. d) plants use carbon dioxide as a reactant in photosynthesis, to make usable chemical energy in the form of a sugar.