The answer to the question given is letter D. The cones are diploid.
The true reproduction in a pine tree is its cones which are diploid. <span> Conifers has both male and female cones. Once the ovule is fertilized, a </span>diploid<span> sporophyte is produced, which gives rise to the </span><span>embryo.</span>
<span>The answer is D. The living things in a biological community are called biotic components. Living things incorporate plants, creatures, microscopic organisms, parasites and that's only the tip of the iceberg. The non living parts of an environment are called abiotic elements. In a biological community some abiotic variables are daylight, temperature environmental gasses water and soil.</span>
Answer: creating an ozone layer to shield life from UV rays
Cynobacteria or blue green algae is the strain of bacteria, which was able to produce oxygen in the primitive earth as a result of photosynthesis. The abundance of oxygen in the atmosphere formed the ozone layer in the upper atmospheric layers, these layers are protective enough to provide a shield against the harmful UV radiations incident on earth coming from the sun.