Question

Which of the following would not support chlorophytes as the ancestor to land plants?

Group of answer choices

A) Both algae and land plants are photosynthetic

B) Both algae and land plants have the same type of chlorophyll pigment

C) Both algae and land plants have cell walls made of different molecules

D) Both algae and land plants

Answer 1

It is believed that Chlorophytes especially green algae as the ancestor to land plants. The answer for the above problem are C) and D)

C) Both algae and land plants have cell walls made of different molecules

D) Both algae and land plants

Explanation:

It is true that both green algae and land plants both posses chlorophyll for their own  food synthesis and chlorophyll is covered with double layer membrane. Generally, Algaes are unicellular in nature whereas plants are multicellular in nature.