Today, gymnosperms have pollen and seeds but do not have flowers and fruits. Flo
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Question
Today, gymnosperms have pollen and seeds but do not have flowers and fruits. Flowers and fruits are found only in the flowering plants where they greatly increase the efficiency of pollination and seed dispersal. Evolution through natural selection suggests “survival of the fittest”, so why do we still find gymnosperms without flowers and fruit today?
Question 12 options:
This observation refutes evolution through natural selection because gymnosperm forests are very common, showing that they are very successful plants.
Gymnosperms occur in tropical environments where lack of flowers and fruits do not limit reproduction or survival.
This observation supports evolution through natural selection because gymnosperms are a much more diverse group of plants than angiosperms.
This observation refutes evolution through natural selection, because flowers and fruits allowed the angiosperms to flourish, so all gymnosperms should have gone extinct when the angiosperms evolved.
Gymnosperms occur in environments, and have life histories, which do not limit their reproduction or survival.
This observation refutes evolution through natural selection because gymnosperm forests are very common, showing that they are very successful plants.
Gymnosperms occur in tropical environments where lack of flowers and fruits do not limit reproduction or survival.
This observation supports evolution through natural selection because gymnosperms are a much more diverse group of plants than angiosperms.
This observation refutes evolution through natural selection, because flowers and fruits allowed the angiosperms to flourish, so all gymnosperms should have gone extinct when the angiosperms evolved.
Gymnosperms occur in environments, and have life histories, which do not limit their reproduction or survival.
Explanation / Answer
b .} Gymnosperms occur in tropical environments where lack of flowers and fruits do not limit reproduction or survival.