Vascular plants exhibit alternation of generation. what is alternation of generation?
a. the plant exhibits reduced sporophyte and dominant gametophyte alternately.
b. plant cells undergo mitosis and meiosis alternately.
c. the plant exists as a diploid organism, and at other times as a haploid.

the solute can move "downhill," from regions of higher to lower concentration, relying on the specificity of the protein carrier to pass through the membrane. this process is called passive transport or facilitated diffusion, and does not require energy.

he forelimbs below belong to four species that descended in a direct line from the ancestral mammal shown above. of the four descendants shown, which species most likely appeared earliest in evolutionary history?