A Researcher Is Evaluating the Development of the Turtle Shell

question 3

True/False

A researcher is evaluating the development of the turtle shell. She notices that the bones composing the "breastplate" of the shell on the shell's bottom start as small nodules of bone, which radiate outward as development proceeds. She does not observe any cartilage during the formation of this part of the turtle shell. This is an example of membranous bone.

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Definitions:

Gametophyte

The sexual phase in the life cycle of plants and algae that produces gametes.

Sporophyte

Diploid generation of the alternation-of-generations life cycle of a plant; produces haploid spores that develop into the haploid generation.

Fertilization

The process by which a sperm cell and an egg cell unite, resulting in the formation of a zygote, marking the beginning of a new organism's development.

Sporangia

Structures in fungi, algae, and plants where spores are formed and stored, playing a key role in reproduction and dispersal.