The chart below lists different plant species with a description of adaptations. Plant Species Adaptation Turkey Feet Grass This plant has very deep roots to prevent soil loss in windy areas, and to help anchor the plant. Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus Contains spines for protection, and a waxy coating on the sunny side of the plant to help prevent water loss. Devil’s Walking Stick Secrete chemicals as a defense mechanism, and have broad leaves to catch sunlight in shady areas. Hairy Manzanita Pale pink flowers attract humming birds for pollination. Which plant species above is best adapted for a grassland biome? a Turkey feet grass b Pinkflower hedgehog cactus c Devil's walking stick d Hairy Manzanita

A) Turkey feet grass

Explanation:

Grassland biome is one of the biomes that makes up the Earth's biosphere. Due to the characteristics of this biome (grassland), it favours the abundance of grass species over trees and shrubby plants. These characteristics include a low annual rainfall, soil's susceptibility to wind erosion etc.

Based on these characteristics, an organism that will thrive in this biome must be structurally adapted to it. This is the case of the Turkey feet grass mentioned in the question. The Turkey feet grass possess very deep roots to prevent soil loss in windy areas, and to help anchor the plant. This is as a result of soil loss common to the soil of grassland biomes.

interphase

the period of cell growth when the cell synthesizes new molecules and organelles. the cell is not dividing and it constitutes the majority of the time spent in the cell cycle

prophase

changes occur in the nucleus and cytoplasm. the chromatin condenses to form structures (sister chromatids) visible with a light microscope and the mitotic spindle begins to form, but the nucleus is still in tact

prometaphase

the nuclear envelope fragments and the spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochores of the sister chromatids

metaphase

all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle

anaphase

begins when sister chromatids separate from each other and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes arrives at each of the two poles of the cell

telophase

the daughter nuclei form at the two poles of a cell

cytokinesis

the division of a cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells. usually occurs during telophase during mitosis. this and mitosis make up to mitotic (m) phase of the cell cycle