Plants Show Remarkable Adaptations to Their Environments, Even Though They

question 88

Multiple Choice

Plants show remarkable adaptations to their environments, even though they were derived from a common ancestor. Such diversity of plants arose by

• A) reproduction.
• B) evolution and natural selection.
• C) inheritance of acquired traits.
• D) genetic variability only.
• E) changes in rates of photosynthesis.

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