Lesson 6-Reproduction In Plants

Question 1

Pollination

Answer 1

Is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther to the female stigma.

Question 2

Fertilization

Answer 2

Is the process of fertilizing an egg

Question 3

Pistil (what are the parts, there are 4)

Answer 3

~stigma (sticky top)
~style
~ovary (contains the ovules)
~ovules (unfertilized eggs)

Question 4

Stamen (what are the parts, there are 2)

Answer 4

~anther (contains pollen)

~filament

Question 5

Asexual (examples)

Answer 5

~budding>hydra or yeast
~runners>strawberries
~cutting>ivy
~bulbs>tulips

Question 6

Asexual (advantages)

Answer 6

~convenient because only needs one parent to reproduce ~quality of the organism stays the same (good)

Question 7

Asexual (disadvantages)

Answer 7

~makes it harder to adapt

~quality of the organism stays the same (poor)

Question 8

Asexual

Answer 8

~means without sex
~cells copy and divide
~mitosis creates identical cells

Question 9

Sexual (examples)

Answer 9

~human (sperm+egg=baby)

~plants (pollen+ovule=fertilized seed)

Question 10

Sexual (advantages)

Answer 10

~number of chromosomes stay the same because during meiosis the chromosomes are halved. When sperm and the egg combine (23+23) it equals the original number of chromosomes (46).
~genetic variety (offspring receive DNA from 2 different parents)

Question 11

Sexual (disadvantages)

Answer 11

~more complex
~harder to make it happen
~cells are not identical

Question 12

Sexual

Answer 12

~means with sex
~union of a male sperm and a female egg
~meiosis is the process that produces sex cells.
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there is a 2nd division instead of another copy