Question

Plants as well as brown, green, and red algae show a basic life cycle which involves the alternation of generations between a(n) egg and a sperm. seed and a cone. spore and pollen. megaspore and a microspore. sporophyte and a gametophyte.

Answer 1

The correct answer is ''sporophyte and a gametophyte''

Step-by-step explanation:

Plants have a diplohaplon life cycle: a haploid adult plant, called a gametophyte, and a diploid adult plant, called a sporophyte. In green algae, the two generations, sporophyte and gametophyte, are independent and generally the same size. This type of life cycle is found not only in many multicellular green algae, but also in brown algae and red algae. In vascular seedless plants, including ferns, gametophytes, although still independent, are smaller in size than sporophytes. In seed plants, the gametophytic generation is further reduced and is totally dependent on the sporophyte.