Answer: Produce flowers and seeds enclosed in fruits.
- A Reproduce mainly through haploid spores released from sporangia
- B Produce flowers and seeds enclosed in fruits
- C Bear naked seeds lacking any surrounding fruit wall tissue
- D Are restricted mainly to aquatic, deeply submerged habitats
Correct answer: B. Produce flowers and seeds enclosed in fruits
Explanation: Angiosperms produce flowers for reproduction and their seeds are enclosed in fruits (developed from the ovary). They are the most diverse and widespread plant group.
Plants evolved from water-dependent algae through increasingly land-adapted groups, gaining vascular tissue (Pteridophyta), then seeds (Gymnosperms), and finally fruit-enclosed seeds (Angiosperms) - each step reducing dependence on water for reproduction.
Concept context
Classification of plants from algae to angiosperms. Understanding plant diversity is essential for NEET.