Which correctly distinguishes between a pine tree and an apple tree? the pine tree bears flowers; the apple tree does not have any flowers. the pine tree has unprotected seeds; the apple tree has seeds in fruit. the pine tree is vascular; the apple tree is a seedless, nonvascular plant. the pine tree thrives in warm climates; the apple tree thrives in cold climates.

The right answer is The pine tree has unprotected seeds; the apple tree has seeds in fruit.

Pines are gymnosperms, which means that they have no strict sense of flower or fruit, unlike angiosperms such as apple or oak. The fundamental difference between the true flowers of the latter and the false flowers of the gymnosperms is the presence in the first of an envelope (the carpel) around the ovules which is transformed after fertilization into fruit.

The pine tree has unprotected seeds; the apple tree has seeds in fruit.