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Explain the difference between a gymnosperm (conifer) and an angiosperm. Name trees that are examples of each.

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Angiosperms typically drop their leaves when the seasons change and chlorophyll production ceases. By contrast, gymnosperms such as pine trees produce bare, uncovered seeds, usually in pine cones. Most gymnosperms have green, needle-like leaf structures; angiosperm leaves are flat.

Name trees that are examples of each.

Angiosperms:

1. Orchids

2. Tomato

3. Palm trees

4. Wheat

5. Rose

6. Magnolia

7. Cactus

8. Coconut

9. Dandelions

10. Sunflowers

Gymnosperm:

1. Conifers

2. Pinus gerardiana

3. Cycad

4. Maidenhair tree

5. Ephedra

6. Cycas circinalis

7. Welwitschia mirabillis

8. Araucaria columnaris

9. Cedrus deodara

10. Platycladus orientalis

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