What Was the Name Given to the First Region of Australia

question 25

Multiple Choice

What was the name given to the first region of Australia settled by the British as a penal colony?

• A)Tasmania
• B)Oceania
• C)New South Wales
• D)New Caledonia
• E)none of these

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Definitions:

Xylem

Vascular tissue that transports water and mineral solutes upward through the plant body; it contains vessel elements and tracheids.

Phloem

The vascular tissue in plants responsible for the transport of sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves.

Vascular Tissue

Transport tissue in plants, consisting of xylem and phloem.

Evolution of Plants

The evolution of plants describes the processes by which plant species have developed and diversified from ancestral forms over geological time periods.