Question

Which of the following options lists the correct sequence of the appearance of the four major groups of plants in the fossil record, from most ancestral to most recent?

A) bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, angiosperms
B) bryophytes, gymnosperms, seedless vascular plants, angiosperms
C) bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, angiosperms, gymnosperms
D) seedless vascular plants, bryophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Answer 1

The correct sequence of plant group emergence from most ancestral to most recent is bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct sequence of the appearance of the four major groups of plants in the fossil record, from most ancestral to most recent, is: bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. This tells us that bryophytes were the first land plants and likely emerged around 500 million years ago. Seedless vascular plants such as ferns followed bryophytes in the plant evolution timeframe.

Gymnosperms, with their distinctive trait of nak ed seeds, became the dominant plant group during the Mesozoic era. Finally, angiosperms, characterized by flowers and enclosed seeds, took dominance by the middle of the Cretaceous period and are currently the most abundant group of plants on Earth.

Answer 2

Option-A

Step-by-step explanation:

The plant kingdom comprises of five divisions which are the algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes gymnosperms and angiosperms.

The studies on the evolution of plant show that the bryophytes evolved from the Chara, a species of algae. The bryophytes are non-vascular plants and are known as the amphibians of the plant kingdom.

The bryophytes evolved o the pteridophytes with the vascular system but do not contain the seeds. Later these pteridophytes evolved into the gymnosperms with seeds formed but not enclosed are naked. These gymnosperms evolved into the angiosperms with flowers.

Thus, Option-A is the correct answer.