Chapter 39 - Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Question 1

Asexual reproduction

Answer 1

Involves only one parent

Question 2

Sexual reproduction

Answer 2

Involves the union of two sex cells or gametes

Question 3

Gametes

Answer 3

Haploid cells capable of fusion

Question 4

Stamens

Answer 4

Male parts of the flower

Question 5

Carpels

Answer 5

Female parts of the flowerr

Question 6

Stigma

Answer 6

Where the pollen lands

Question 7

Style

Answer 7

Where the pollen tube grows

Question 8

Ovary

Answer 8

Contains one or more ovules

Question 9

Pollination

Answer 9

The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of a flower from the same species

Question 10

Self pollination

Answer 10

The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma on the same plant

Question 11

Cross pollination

Answer 11

The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma on a different plant

Question 12

Fertilisation

Answer 12

The union of the male and female gametes to form a diploid zygote

Question 13

Radicle

Answer 13

The part of the plant embryo that develops into a root

Question 14

Plumule

Answer 14

The part of the plant embryo that develops into the shoot

Question 15

Cotyledon

Answer 15

Seed leaf

Question 16

Non endosperm is seed

Answer 16

Has no endosperm when fully developed

Question 17

Endospermic seed

Answer 17

Contains some endosperm when fully formed

Question 18

Fruit

Answer 18

a developedovary

Question 19

Dispersal

Answer 19

The transfer of a seed or fruit away from the parent plant

Question 20

Dormancy

Answer 20

A resting period when seeds undergo no growth and has reduced cell activity and metabolism

Question 21

Germination

Answer 21

The regrowth of the embryo, after a period of dormancy, if the environmental conditions are suitable