Chapter 3

Question 0

What is the primary function of fruit?

Answer 0

To spread the seeds

Question 1

What is the primary function of flowers?

Answer 1

To produce seeds

Question 2

Describe the process of fertilization once the male gamete arrives in the stigma.

Answer 2

An enzyme within the pollen grain dissolves through the style to form a pollen tube. As it goes the pollen tube goes around the ovary and penetrates on the bottom of the ovary. The spermcells then move down the tube(s) into the egg. The egg is then joined with the sperm, and so is the polar nuclei: which forms the embryo and the endosperm. There are also other haploid gametes within the plant that form the seed coat and other things.

Question 3

_______ are found on the tip of filaments.

Answer 3

Anthers

Question 4

Anthers are found on the tip of _______ .

Answer 4

Filaments

Question 5

A _______ is a good example of a berrie.

Answer 5

Tomato

Question 6

______have stones.

Answer 6

Drupes

Question 7

Drupes have ________.

Answer 7

Stones

Question 8

A pear is ______.

Answer 8

Pome

Question 9

Maple trees are _________.

Answer 9

Samaras

Question 10

_________:store food for the germinating seed.

Answer 10

Cotelydons

Question 11

______ is a method of pollination.

Answer 11

Water

Question 12

List three groupings of fruits and give an example of one fruit found in each group.

Answer 12

Tropical: bananas
Subtropical: citrus fruits
Temperate: Apple

Question 13

Adequate moisture and oxygen are essential factors for germination to begin. Name two of the other three factors: __________, __________

Answer 13

Sunlight, good soil conditions

Question 14

What does it mean when we call a plant a “short-day” plant?

Answer 14

A short-day plant is when a plant needs more darkness than sunlight to grow and bloom, they tend to need about 14 hours of darkness.

Question 15

When discussing plants, what does the term “viable” mean?

Answer 15

Viable means that it is able to germinate

Question 16

What is the proper way to carry a microscope…and why do we carry it that way?

Answer 16

The proper way to carry a microscope is one hand around the body and one underneath the base and carry it in front of us. We carry it that way so that we don’t bang it against a table and break the microscope or the slide on the microscope.