Question

Which statement best describes the life cycle of plants such as ferns?

a. Different plants have a different number of phases in their life cycle.


b. Plants have a single life cycle and are entirely haploid.


c. Plants have a single life cycle and are entirely diploid.


d. Plants have a two-part life cycle, spending part of their life in a diploid phase and part in a haploid phase.

Answer 1

plants have a two part life cycle

Answer 2

Ferns have a characteristic and stable cycle, it is digenetic Diplo-haplophasic.

The right answer here is D- Plants have a two-part life cycle, spending part of their lives in a diploid phase and part in a haploid phase.

- A is false because they all have a stable cycle.
- B and C false because they don't have a monogenetic cycle.