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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.