How did plants and algae acquire their ability to photosynthesize?

What will be an ideal response?


At some point during their evolutionary history, a eukaryote enveloped an oxygenic cyanobacterium without killing the cyanobacterium. The result was a eukaryotic cell structure with a photosynthesizing organelle called a chloroplast. The process is termed "endosymbiosis." The evidence for this endosybiotic event comes from the close genetic relationship between chloroplasts and cyanobacteria.

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A) where the humidity averages more than 70% B) where the trade winds bring moisture C) where the temperature is always above 35°C D) below 1000 meters of elevation E) that have mountainous regions of forest

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Cities rely on their ________ for food and provide them goods and services

A) populations B) neighboring cities C) hinterlands D) farmers

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Which category most accurately describes waste such as food wastes, cardboard, cans, bottles, yard wastes, furniture, plastics, metal, glass, and e-waste?

a. e-waste b. municipal waste c. solid waste d. industrial waste e. municipal solid waste

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El Nino events are caused by a dramatic increase in barometric pressure over large portions of the eastern Pacific.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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