Question

A scientist has discovered a new plant species in the Amazon rainforest. She tells her fellow scientists that the plant she has found produces a cone. What might they say about how this plant is different from an angiosperm?

A.) Its seeds have one or two cotyledons.
B.) Its stems' vascular bundles are scattered.
C.) It does not depend on insect pollination.
D.) It is a seeded vascular plant.

Answer 1

gymnosperms don't depend on insect pollination

Answer 2

The scientist would conclude that it does not depend on insect pollination.

Answer: Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

The plant which bears or produces cones are classified as gymnosperms. The plant which the scientist has identified happens to be a cone producers. The characteristics that acts as difference factor between the identified plant and angiosperm is agents of pollination.

The gymnosperms doesn't require any agent such as water or insect for pollination, whereas the angiosperms are dependent on pollinating agent for pollination.