Observe the global biodiversity distribution of major plant taxa in th

1.	Observe the global biodiversity distribution of major plant taxa in the diagram alongside and answer the questions that follow.a. Which group of plants are most endangered? b. Why are mosses/ferns so few? Give reason. c. How do fungi that are heterotrophs sustain themselves as a large population? d. Which group of plants is most advanced and which one is most primitive?
Answer» a. Lichens. b. Mosses and ferns are few as they need humid conditions in forests that are fast disappearing. c. Fungi are able to sustain themselves as a large population because of their wider adaptability to the changing environmental conditions. d. Most advanced group is of angiosperms and most primitive group is of fungi.

Observe the global biodiversity distribution of major plant taxa in the diagram alongside and answer the questions that follow.a. Which group of plants are most endangered? b. Why are mosses/ferns so few? Give reason. c. How do fungi that are heterotrophs sustain themselves as a large population? d. Which group of plants is most advanced and which one is most primitive?

Answer»

a. Lichens.

b. Mosses and ferns are few as they need humid conditions in forests that are fast disappearing.

c. Fungi are able to sustain themselves as a large population because of their wider adaptability to the changing environmental conditions.

d. Most advanced group is of angiosperms and most primitive group is of fungi.