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Both. The generally accepted idea is that life first evolved in the sea. Insects, fish with bony fins and rudimentary lungs (adapted air bladders) and plants eventually left the water to colonize land. Life in both realms continued to adapt to their evironments over millions of years to produce the life that we see today.

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How did plants move from water to land?

Plants moved onto land after algae was entrapped in evaporating ponds, and cast up to the sea shore, and as a majority died, a few survived to be the plants we see on land today.


Do sea plants defecate?

No. Like land based variant Aquatic plants photosynthesize only where light penetrates


How did plant change to move from land to water?

Plants moved from land to water as a result of algae entrapment in evaporating ponds, and casting up on the sea shore, where they were subjected to dry winds, and as others died out, some survived to the ancestors of the plants on land today.


What does bladderwrack have in common with plants on land?

Bladder wrackis a plant that is found in the sea, and it has the same self feeding system as land plants, which makes it similar, using Chlorophyll, which is what plants use to feed themselves. Another similarity is that Bladder wrack also usesphotosynthesis like plants on land to help it grow and develop. Bladder wrack can also be used as medicinelike land plants. You can buy it in health shops, and it is a supplement forunder activethyroid.


Both land and sea plants have the important green coloring substance called?

Both land and sea plants contain chlorophyll, the important green coloring substance that plays a crucial role in photosynthesis. Chlorophyll allows plants to absorb sunlight and convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. This process is essential for plant growth and provides energy for nearly all life on Earth.

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Do more plants and animals live on land or in water?

More plants and animals live n the land then in the sea.


What are facts about sea animals and plants?

they live in the sea or on the land it depends what type of creature they are


What is the name of the location where the sky and the land or the sea appear to meet?

the answer is horizon


Who is the first animal?

Light and dark, sea and sky (sun and stars and moon included), land and plants, birds and fish, then land animals and insects, then Adam, then Eve. Creation!


How did plants move from water to land?

Plants moved onto land after algae was entrapped in evaporating ponds, and cast up to the sea shore, and as a majority died, a few survived to be the plants we see on land today.


Do sea plants defecate?

No. Like land based variant Aquatic plants photosynthesize only where light penetrates


What do Green Sea Turtles like to do?

Green sea turtles appear to look like a land turtle. They can camoflage into their environment too.


Do food chains exist only on the land?

Food chains exist on the land and in the sea. Tiny plants in the oceans are the ultimate source of food for all sea creatures.


What are the Preambrian plants?

During the Precambrian period, plants had not yet evolved. The Precambrian period is characterized by simple life forms like bacteria and algae. Land plants did not appear until the Ordovician period, which followed the Precambrian.


What do sea cockroaches eat?

Sea roaches are isopods and they live on the land near water. They eat both decaying and dead sea animals and plants.


Why is there seaweed in the ocean?

Same reason there is plants on land, it is part of the under sea ecosystems


How does an air mass get moisture?

By evaporation of water from the land or sea surface or by transpiration from plants.