Bio Lab 6 - Angiosperm Flowers

Question 1

Phylum Anthophyta

Answer 1

Flowering
Called Angiosperm (vessel seed)
Vessel = ovary = fruit
Most widespread plant family

Question 2

Angiosperm Advantages

Answer 2

Most efficient xylem
Shorter generations
Use pollinators
Precise speed dispersal
Seeds
Pollen tube
Defensive chemicals
Flowers
Fruit
Xylem

Question 3

Angiosperm Architecture

Answer 3

4 Whorls:

1. Sepals
2. PEtals
3. Stamens
4. Carpels

Question 4

Sepals

Answer 4

Outermost layer
Green
Structure called Calyx

Question 5

Petals

Answer 5

Colorful
Attract pollinators
Produce nectar to attract pollinators
Collectively called Coralla

Question 6

Stamen

Answer 6

Male parts
Produce pollen
On filament called Anther
Group called Androecium

Question 7

Carpels

Answer 7

Female parts
Stigma receives pollen
Ovule = seed production
Ovary = fruit production
Gynoecium = group of carpels

Question 8

Perfect

Answer 8

Male and female parts both in one flower

Question 9

Complete

Answer 9

All 4 whorls
Sepals
Petals
Stamen
Carpels

Question 10

Monocot

Answer 10

1 Cotyledon
3 flower petals
parallel leaf veins
no wood
xylem spread around

Question 11

Eudicot

Answer 11

2 Cotyledon
4 or 5 petals
branched leaf veins
sometimes woody
Xylem grouped in center

Question 12

Tepal

Answer 12

Sepal + Petal

When Sepal looks like petal

Question 13

Ovary positions

Answer 13

Ovary above flower: superior
Ovary below flower: Inferior
Flower above ovary: epigynous
Flower below ovay: hypogyneous

Question 14

Symmetry

Answer 14

Bilateral

Radial

Question 15

Fusion

Answer 15

Connate: fused to like parts
Adnate: fused to unlike parts

Question 16

Inflorescence

Answer 16

Group of flowers
Disk flower: center of flower
Ray: outer ring of flower

Question 17

Fruit descriptions

Answer 17

Fleshy or Dry

Question 18

Fleshy Fruit, Simple

Answer 18

Thin skin, single ovary
Berry
Drupe
Pome
Pepo
Hesperidian

Question 19

Fleshy Fruit, Complex

Answer 19

Aggregate

Multiple

Question 20

Berry

Answer 20

Simple, Fleshy
Thin skin
blueberry

Question 21

Drupe

Answer 21

Simple
fleshy
has pit
plum

Question 22

Pome

Answer 22

simple
fleshy
few seeds
inferior ovary
apple

Question 23

Pepo

Answer 23

simple
fleshy
thick skin
100s of skins
squash, melon

Question 24

Hesperidian

Answer 24

simple
fleshy
thick skin
few seeds
peelable
citrus

Question 25

Aggregate

Answer 25

Fleshy
Complex
multiple ovaries
strawberries, raspberries

Question 26

Multiple

Answer 26

Fleshy
complex
multiple flowers
pinapple

Question 27

Dry Fruit

Answer 27

Dehiscint: opens
Folicle
Legume Capsule

Indehiscent:
Nuts
Achene
Caryopsis
Semare

Question 28

Folicle

Answer 28

Dry
Dehiscint
opens along one suture line
milkweed

Question 29

Legume

Answer 29

Dry
Dehiscent
opens alone 2 suture lines
peanut

Question 30

Capsule

Answer 30

dry
dehiscint
opens along more than 2 suture lines

Question 31

Nuts

Answer 31

dry
indehiscint
thick skin
walnut

Question 32

Achene

Answer 32

….

Question 33

Caryopsis

Answer 33

dry
indescint
grains

Question 34

Semare

Answer 34

dry
indehiscint
Seeds with wings