Because Plants Are Unable to Move,they Must Be Able to Perform

question 85

Multiple Choice

Because plants are unable to move,they must be able to perform a number of functions.Which is not one of those functions?

• A) Using the resources in their immediate environment
• B) Adapting to a stationary (sessile)lifestyle
• C) Developing and growing throughout their lives
• D) Regulating their growth to respond to the environment
• E) Developing an external skeleton to divert predators

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Definitions:

Progeny

Progeny are the offspring or descendants of living organisms, representing the next generation.

Totipotency

The ability of a cell to differentiate into any type of cell in an organism, including the extraembryonic or placental cells.

Genes

Genes are units of heredity made up of DNA, responsible for guiding the process of creating proteins that in turn, dictate cell function.

Differentiation

Development toward a more mature state; a process changing a young, relatively unspecialized cell to a more specialized cell. Also called cell differentiation.