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Plant Ecology quiz

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What organisms decompose dead plants to recycle nutrients into soil?

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  1. 1 Medium

    Which insects carry off seeds that have fatty elaiosomes?

    Answer: Ants

    Why: Ants consume only the fatty attachment and discard the undamaged seed inside underground waste chambers where it sprouts.

  2. 2 Easy

    Which small green land plants lack vascular veins and true roots?

    Answer: Mosses

    Why: Mosses absorb moisture and nutrients directly across their surfaces rather than through internal vascular tubes.

  3. 3 Medium

    Where do strangler fig seeds typically germinate?

    Answer: In the canopy of a host tree

    Why: Germinating in the canopy lets young strangler figs capture sunlight before growing roots downward to compete for soil resources.

  4. 4 Easy

    What term describes trees that shed all their leaves seasonally each autumn?

    Answer: Deciduous

    Why: Deciduous species lose all their foliage at once before winter, whereas evergreen trees replace needles continuously.

  5. 5 Easy

    Which underground fungal network connects plant root systems to exchange nutrients?

    Answer: Mycorrhizae

    Why: The mutualism exchanges soil-derived minerals like phosphorus from the fungus for sugar carbohydrates synthesized by the plant.

  6. 6 Easy

    Which plant tissue carries water and minerals from roots to leaves?

    Answer: Xylem

    Why: Functional xylem tubes are actually dead hollow cells that conduct water upward without consuming cellular energy.

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