Which of the Following Statements About the Coevolution of Angiosperms

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the coevolution of angiosperms and insects is FALSE?

• A) Angiosperms exhibit a wide variety of pollination mechanisms.
• B) Angiosperms exhibit a wide variety of fruit-dispersal mechanisms.
• C) Whole families of plants are associated with major groups of plant-eating insects.
• D) Whole families of plants can be characterized biochemically.
• E) Many of the possible coevolution variants have evolved only once within a particular plant family.

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Definitions:

Fermentation

An anaerobic process by which ATP is produced by a series of redox reactions in which organic compounds serve both as electron donors and terminal electron acceptors.

NADH

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form) is a coenzyme involved in redox reactions, carrying electrons from one reaction to another in cellular metabolism.

Organic Molecule

A compound mainly made of carbon atoms, often containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and/or phosphorus, which is typically associated with living organisms.

Aerobic Pathways

Metabolic processes that require oxygen to produce energy, including the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.