Question

Read the sentences below. What does the phrase on the other hand show?

Everyone knows that plants grow from seeds. Many plants, like tomatoes, produce seeds that will grow the same variety of tomato. Apple trees, on the other hand, make seeds that could grow into plants not at all similar to their parent tree.
Group of answer choices.

That apple trees are another kind of plant.

That apple trees do not produce tomatoes.

That apple trees grow differently from tomato and other plants.

Answer 1

That apple trees grow differently from tomato and other plants.

Step-by-step explanation:

It says "Many plants, like tomatoes," which implies it's describing how a certain group of plants grow by producing seeds that grow the same variety of such parent plant. "Apple trees, on the other hand," is used to contrast the way the seeds from the tree can grow into a large variety of plants and are not limited to their parent tree.