General Terms - angiosperms

Question 1

Pollination syndromes

Answer 1

Suites of characteristics of particular group of flowering plants that represent evidence of coevolution

More efficient and less waste than wind

Question 2

Coevolution

Answer 2

Evolutionary response in both directions so one change leads to the other

Question 3

Unisexual flowers

Answer 3

Only produce either pollen or ovules on separate flowers

Question 4

Bisexual flowers

Answer 4

Produce both pollen and ovules on same flower

Question 5

Monoecious plant

Answer 5

Individual plant gas 2 types of flowers

1. Flowers with stamens but no functional carpels
2. Flowers with one or more carpels but no functional stamens

Question 6

Dioecious plant

Answer 6

Individual plant only has one type of flower

1. Flowers with stamens but no functional carpels
2. Flowers with one or more carpel but no functional stamen

Incapable of selfing

Question 7

Imperfect flowers

Answer 7

Have either stamens or carpels but not both

Question 8

Spatial separation

Answer 8

Different heights of anthers and stigmas on the same flower

Question 9

Self-incompatability

Answer 9

Genetic system that allows plants to recognize pollen that shares the one or both alleles of S gene and preventing those male gametophytes from reaching ovules

Question 10

Selfing

Answer 10

Forming seed from fertilization involving sperm and egg form the same individual

Question 11

Evolutionary changes in floral structure

Answer 11

1. Reduction in number of parts or whole sets of flower
2. Fusion of parts
3. Bilateral symmetry
4. Container that protects ovules

Question 12

Carpels

Answer 12

Contains immature seeds (ovules)
Includes stigma, style, ovary, and pistil
Fertile

Question 13

Stigma

Answer 13

Sticky surface where pollen is received and germinates

At the top

Question 14

Style

Answer 14

Pollen tubes grow down through to reach ovules

Between stigma and ovary

Question 15

Ovary

Answer 15

Chamber containing ovules

Bottom of carpel

Question 16

Stamen

Answer 16

Consists of filament (narrow stalk) and anther (microsporangia bearing unit)
Fertile

Question 17

Sterile appendages

Answer 17

Petals (innermost) and sepals (outermost)

Sepals protect buds
Petals advertise to potential animal pollinators

Question 18

Angiosperm

Answer 18

Vessel seeds because their ovules and seeds are contained within an enclosed structure (ovary) which becomes part of or all of the fruit

Question 19

Cross pollination

Answer 19

Pollen from one plant is transferred to a different plant