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question 90

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the description below.
Soil can be considered a complex ecosystem because it contains inorganic particles, minerals, water, and a large diversity of living organisms that all interact with one another. Plants need soil to grow and humans depend on plants for food, building supplies, a source of heat, etc.
-Since soil provides plants with a substrate for support and water, minerals, and oxygen, what is a plausible hypothesis to explain the evolution of carnivorous plants?

• A)Not all soils are rich in nutrients, and parasitic plants that live in soils that are poor in oxygen and carbon can supplement their needs by digesting animals.
• B)If plants that consume insects grow faster and have higher reproductive success, then carnivory is adaptive.
• C)These plants have a mutant gene that decreases photosynthetic output.
• D)Carnivorous plants are rare and compete poorly with noncarniverous plants.
• E)Carnivorous plants are parasites on many invertebrates and small vertebrates.

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Definitions:

Membrane Channel Protein

Proteins that form pores in the cell membrane, allowing specific ions or molecules to pass through.

Internal Membrane Surface

The side of a membrane that faces towards the interior of the cellular organelle or structure it surrounds.

Integral Protein

Proteins that are permanently embedded within the plasma membrane, serving various roles such as transport and signaling.

Daughter Cells

Cells that result from the division of a single parent cell, inherent in both mitotic and meiotic processes.