From personal experience, you may have noticed that cut flowers placed in a vase with tap water continue to be "alive" for several days. what is the most likely explanation as to why these cut flowers don't immediately wither and die? a. cells in the flower petals continue to carry out photosynthesis. b. the tap water in the vase is an excellent source of nitrogen. c. the plant can still take up water from the vase via an "evaporative pump," i. e. transpiration.

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Why is it important to reduce the number of chromosomes in half when forming gametes for sexual reproduction?

In a classic experiment using pea shape, mendel conducted two separate genetic crosses. in the first cross the parent plants were “true breeding” for pea shape; one had round peas ( r )and the other had wrinkled (r). the first cross produced a filial 1 generation of all round peas. in the second cross, mendel bred plants from the filial 1 generation. this cross produced different results. out of approximately 1000 plants, about 75% were round and 25% were wrinkled.