Haploid is the term used when a cell has half the usual number of chromosomes. A normal eukaryote organism<span> is composed of </span>diploid cells<span>, one set of chromosomes from each parent. However, after meiosis, the number of chromosomes in </span>gametes<span>is halved.</span>
I believe it is keeping these regions warm because the water is flowing from the SOUTHERN part of these regions, like, how it starts from the bottom of the US, (aka Louisiana, Mississippi), and it gradually flows upward, but hot always overrules cold, so the cold water that it is flowing into is becoming warmer as it passes into the warm water from the gulf of Mexico.
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They are also called "Land Plants" that are non-vascular!
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