Question

Using the characteristic chart provided, which of the following characteristics would absolutely identify a flowering plant and eliminate the other species?
A.Its seeds are often developed in a cone.
B.It has true leaves, stems, and roots.
C.It's often found in dry places.
D.The seeds are enclosed in a fruit.

Answer 1

A describes a gymnosperm.

B describes any type of plant.

C is too vague to even describe a plant.

D (the correct answer) describes an angiosperm (flowering plant). After double fertilization, angiosperms form a fruit over the ovulary of the plant, where the seeds are located.

Answer 2

D.The seeds are enclosed in a fruit.