Nutrients That Have an Atmospheric Cycle

question 65

Multiple Choice

Nutrients that have an atmospheric cycle

• A) include carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
• B) may be affected by events that occur in distant parts of the globe.
• C) may become trapped in ocean sediments until tectonic processes elevate the ocean floor.
• D) can quickly become locally depleted and limit NPP.

Appreciate the importance of seed plants in human nutrition and medicine.

Understand the conservation efforts and synthetic production of plant-derived medicines.

Acknowledge the vulnerabilities and adaptations of plants in response to environmental stresses and human dependence.

Understand the basic structure and usage of loops in Java (for, while, do…while).

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Definitions:

Pollen Tubes

Structures grown from pollen grains to deliver sperm cells to an ovule in seed plants, facilitating fertilization.

Seed Plants

Plants that reproduce and disseminate via seeds, including angiosperms and gymnosperms.

Flagellated Sperm

Sperm cells that are equipped with a flagellum, enabling motility, commonly found in plants, algae, and some animals.

Endosperm

In flowering plants, nutritive storage tissue that is derived from the union of a sperm nucleus and polar nuclei in the embryo sac.