1) What is the event that marks the transition from haploid tothe diploid stage of the life cycle and what event marks thetransition back to the haploid stage again. Describe the timing ofthese two cellular even in life cycles that are dominated byhaploid cells, dominated by diploid cells or that have alternationof generations.
2) What are the closest relatives of land plants? How do youknow this? What do these relatives tell us about the ancestors ofgreen plants -- where did they live? How big were they?
3) Why was it the green algae that gave rise to land plants --why don’t we have relatives of red or brown algae living onland?
