Walking Through a Remote Tropical Forest,you Discover a Bright,round Object

question 43

Multiple Choice

Walking through a remote tropical forest,you discover a bright,round object about the size of a golf ball.It smells sweet and,when you cut it open,you see a collection of seeds inside white,juicy flesh.From this,you conclude that you have discovered a fruit.The plant it came from is _______.

• A) an angiosperm
• B) a gymnosperm
• C) a club moss
• D) equally likely to be a gymnosperm or a club moss;you can't tell from the available evidence
• E) equally likely to be an angiosperm or a gymnosperm;you can't tell from the available evidence

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