Ch. 8 Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds

Question 1

Name the categories of plants

Answer 1

annual plants, biennial, pernnial

Question 2

annual plants

Answer 2

cycle complete in single seasons

Question 3

Biennial plants

Answer 3

completed in 2 growing seasons

Question 4

Perennial plants

Answer 4

cycle takes several to many growing seasons or plant produces flowers on new growth, while other plant parts persist indefinitely

Question 5

Plant Cycle

Answer 5

from seed germination to mature plants producing seeds

Question 6

Two major groups of flowering plants

Answer 6

dicots and monocots

Question 7

Dicot flowering plants

Answer 7

• Most flowering trees
• Three-fourths of all flowering plants
• shrubs

Question 8

Monocot flowering plants

Answer 8

• Species that produce bulbs
• Parallel leaf veins

Question 9

Compare and Contrast Dicot and Monocot flowering plants

Answer 9

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Question 10

Describe structures of flowers

Answer 10

o Flowers begin as embryonic primordium that develops into a bud
o Flowers occur as specialized branches at tips of peduncles
 May have branchlets of pedicels (stalk of single flower)

includes receptacle, sepals, petal, stamens, pistil, ovary

Question 11

Receptacle

Answer 11

swollen end of peduncle or pedicel
 Other parts of flower attached to receptacle in whorls: Sepals, petals, stamens and pistil

Question 12

Sepals

Answer 12

outermost whorl
 Collectively referred to as calyx
 Protects flower while in bud

Question 13

Petal

Answer 13

next whorl inside sepals
 Collectively referred to as corolla
 Showy corollas attract pollinators
 Inconspicuous or missing corolla sin many trees, weeds, grasses, and wind-pollinated plants

Question 14

Perianth

Answer 14

formed by calyx and corolla

Question 15

Stamens

Answer 15

o Stamens attached around base of pistil
 Each stamen consist of filament with anther at top
 Pollen grains developed in anthers

Question 16

Pistil

Answer 16

consists of stigma style and ovary
 Ovary develops into fruit

Question 17

Ovaries

Answer 17

o Evolved from carpels with margins rolled inward
 Carpel: lead with ovules on margins
* Carpels may be fused together into compound ovary
* Pistil can consist of one to several carpels

Question 18

Superior ovary

Answer 18

calyx and corolla attached to receptacle at base of ovary

Question 19

Inferior ovary

Answer 19

recpectable grows up and around the ovary
 Calyx and corolla appear attached at top of ovary

Question 20

What do ovaries contain?

Answer 20

ovules, ovules develop into seeds after fertilization

Question 21

Inflorescene

Answer 21

o Flowers can be produced singly or in a group , attached to mean branch called peduncle

panicle, raceme, simple umbel, catkin, spike, corymb, compound umbel, head