Title: Assignment: LAB - plants (transition to land)
Course: BIO-182 RTZ

Turn in your answers to the following questions:

1. Arrange the following adaptations in the order in which the occurred in plant history, from earliest to most recent. Include a brief explanation of the benefit of this this adaptation (why it was important and/or necessary).  The terms: cuticle, fruit, vascularization, mycorrhizae, stomata, true roots, seed, pollen.

2. What type of terrestrial plants do you think are dominant today (liverworts, ferns, gymnosperms or angiosperms)? Explain your reasoning.

3. You're a member of Star Fleet Enterprise and have landed on one of the following planets: Bajor, Vulcan, Takara, Alpha Onias III, Ceti Alpha V, Daled IV, Excalbia, Takara, or the Lorillian homeworld.   Describe the living conditions of the environment (temperature, atmosphere, chemical composition, etc). Then describe some adaptations that plants might have evolved to colonize and survive in this environment. Be specific.