Figuer: -In Suggesting Alternative Hypotheses to Explain in the Figure Above,your

Multiple Choice

Figuer:
-In suggesting alternative hypotheses to explain in the figure above,your lab partner states that perhaps mosses didn't evolve until recently,which is why they increase after herbs and shrubs.Which of the following would be the best response to your lab partner?

A) Mammoths probably ate the mosses, so they did not appear until after the mammoths went extinct.
B) If you look carefully at the graph, there were a few mosses present 300,000 years ago, so they probably arose then.
C) Moss increases in more recent years indicate an environmental shift to wetter growing conditions.
D) Mosses were actually the first land plants to appear.
E) Mosses are better adapted to dry climates.