Question

a scientist has discovered a new plant species in the amazon rainforest. she tells her fellow scientists that the plant she has found produces a cone. what might they say about how this plant is different from an angiosperm?
its seeds have one or two cotyledons.
its stems vascular bundles are scattered.
it does not depend on insect pollination.
it is a seeded vascular plant.

Explanation:

• Angiosperms (flowering plants) often rely on insect pollination. Conifers (plants with cones) typically use wind pollination instead.
• Option 1: Having one or two cotyledons is a characteristic within angiosperms (monocots and dicots), not a difference from angiosperms.
• Option 2: Scattered vascular bundles in stems is a characteristic of monocot angiosperms, not a difference from angiosperms.
• Option 4: Both angiosperms and conifers (cone - producing plants) are seeded vascular plants.

Answer:

C. It does not depend on insect pollination.