Ch. 9 Quiz

Question 1

Coconut milk and meat are the result of one sperm fusing with..

Answer 1

Polar nuclei

Question 2

A cherry is a(n) ___.

Answer 2

Drupe

Question 3

Wind pollinated flowers usually are or have..

Answer 3

Stigmas with a large surface area

Question 4

The order in which flower parts are attached to the receptacle, from lowest or highest, is

Answer 4

Sepals -> petals -> stamens -> carpels

Question 5

For a structure to be considered a flower, it must have..

Answer 5

Stamens or carpels

Question 6

Which of the following plants would be most likely to produce multiple fruit?

Answer 6

One that produces an inflorescence of closely spaced flowers, where all floral parts become fleshy during fruit development

Question 7

The layer of a fruit wall are, in order from the outside to the inside..

Answer 7

Exocarp, mesocarp, endocarp

Question 8

The ovary of a watermelon flower contains 100 ovules. If each ovule develops into a seed, what is the minimum number of pollen grains that must land on the flower’s stigma, germinate, and grow through the flower’s style to the ovary?

Answer 8

100

Question 9

Blackberries look very similar to mulberries because both are composed of numerous small sections grouped together to form a single fruit. The sections of a blackberry come from many carpels within the same flower, while each section of a mulberry comes from a carpel in a different flower. What are these two fruits?

Answer 9

A blackberry is an aggregate fruit and a mulberry is a multiple fruit

Question 10

In the life cycle of a flowering plant, which of the following would be diploid?

Answer 10

Megasporocyte