Study the given chart showing the evolution of plants. Answer the following questions:
(a) Identify the plant which acts as an immediate ancestor of both ferns and conifers.
(b) Name the nearest ancestors of flowering plants.
(c) Name the most primitive group of plants.
(d) Psilophytan provides common ancestry to which classes?
(e) Name the common ancestor of psilophytan and seed ferns.
(f) Name the common ancestor of mosses and tracheophytes.
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Remember: The evolution of plants shows how they diversified from simple mosses to more complex plants like ferns, conifers, and flowering plants, with common ancestors playing a key role in their development.
(a) Identify the plant which acts as an immediate ancestor of both ferns and conifers.
The plant that acts as an immediate ancestor of both ferns and conifers is Psilophyton.
(b) Name the nearest ancestors of flowering plants.
The nearest ancestors of flowering plants are the Seed ferns.
(c) Name the most primitive group of plants.
The most primitive group of plants is Moss.
(d) Psilophyton provides common ancestry to which classes? Psilophyton provides common ancestry to Ferns, Conifers, and Seed Ferns. (e) Name the common ancestor of psilophyton and seed ferns.
The common ancestor of psilophyton and seed ferns is Tracheophyte ancestors.
(f) Name the common ancestor of mosses and tracheophytes.
The common ancestor of mosses and tracheophytes is Chlorophyte ancestors.
