Angiosperms are best described as flowering vascular plants. They are a group of plants that produce flowers and bear their seeds within a fruit. This distinguishes them from gymnosperms, which produce naked seeds. Angiosperms are also vascular, meaning they have specialized tissues (xylem and phloem) for transporting water, nutrients, and food throughout the plant.
Here’s a breakdown of the options:
- a) Vascular plants that produce naked seeds – This describes gymnosperms, not angiosperms.
- b) Flowering nonvascular plants – Nonvascular plants, like mosses, do not produce flowers.
- c) Seedless vascular plants – These include ferns and horsetails, which do not produce seeds.
- d) Flowering vascular plants – This is the correct description of angiosperms.
- e) Seedless nonvascular plants – These include mosses and liverworts, which do not produce seeds or flowers.
Therefore, the correct answer is d) flowering vascular plants.