chap 30 Flashcards
What environmental factor is most likely to help a coconut disperse?
water in ocean currents
A mature ovary is called a ____________.
fruit
What type of fruit is a peanut classified as?
legume
A mature bean seed has no endosperm?
True
In the corn seed, there is one cotyledon and the nutrients are stored within it.
False
Which of the following can trigger germination?
all of the above
Vegetative propagation refers to the
use of vegetative structures to produce new plants
The process of causing roots to grow on a stem is called what?
layering
The embryonic root is known as the _______________.
radicle
In the pine seed, the embryo is surround by what?
tissue of the female gametophyte
During ovule formation in a flowering plant, the resulting structure contains
one egg cell and two polar nuclei
In a flowering plant, the female gametophyte is referred to as
an embryo sac
During pollen formation in a flowering plant, the resulting structure contains
a generative cell and a tube cell
In a flowering plant, one sperm fertilizes the polar nuclei to form the
endosperm
How many eggs does a moss archegonium produce?
1
