QUESTION 11 1 points Save Answer According to fossil evidence, arthropods were a

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QUESTION 11 1 points Save Answer According to fossil evidence, arthropods were among the first animals to move to land, and they arrived on land approximately 100 million years before vertebrates did. How does this information correlate with what is known about plant reproduction? CA Angiosperms make up 90% of modern plants. O B. 90% of angiosperms are pollinated by animal OC. Pollination of angiosperms by vertebrates is more common than pollination of angiosperms by insects. OD. Pollination of angiosperms by insects is more common than pollination of angiosperms by vertebrates.

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The correct answer should be option D. Pollination of angiosperms by insects is more commom than pollination of angiosperms by certebrates.

While insects moved to land much before the vertebrated did, it is seen that much of the plants have adapted to pollination by insects (which were available before vertebrates came) along with air and water. Since natural selection is an imporatant factor in shaping the evolutionary process, it can be inferred that those angiosperms that could adapt to pollinaton by insects before vertebrates came could survive and increase in number. Also insects can travel to larger distance as compared to vertebrates, helping in better dispersal of the pollen.

Hence can be corelated to the fact that Pollination of angiosperms by insects is more commom than pollination of angiosperms by certebrates.

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