Question

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Ferns differ from Pine trees in ____________ ; but they are the same as Pine trees in having__________.

	A.	storing food as starch; seeds
	B.	having seeds; vascular tissue
	C.	having covered seeds; vascular tissue
	D.	reproducing by spores; vascular tissue
	E.	not having vascular tissue; starch as food storage

Answer 1

Ans. (B). Having a seeds; vascular tissue

explaination

ferns are non-seed plant in phyllum pterophyta. The group have a different life cycle. While conifers like pine tree reproducereproduce through pollination of ovulate cones that eventually develop seed.

​​​​​​Ferns were the first plant species that developed a vascular system. And pines are type of gumnosperm that also have a vascular system.

that means both have a vascular tissue like a xylem and phloem.