Plant pollination

Question 1

Gymnosperms

Answer 1

Naked seeds

Question 2

Angiosperms (how pollinated)

Answer 2

receptacle seeds (some wind pollinated, green, small, lack petals)

Question 3

Advantage of wind pollination

Answer 3

distance, nondependent on pollinators (since it moves without)

Question 4

Female and male parts of flowers

Answer 4

female: pistil, style, ovary
Male: stamen, anther, filament

Question 5

Perfect vs imperfect
Dioecious vs monecious

Answer 5

perfect: both male and female parts
Imperfect: one or the other
Dioecious: one type of imperfect flower on one plant
monoecious: male and female seperate but on one plant

Question 6

What type of relationship do most animal and plants have together (animal pollination)

Answer 6

mutualistic, they both benefit

Question 7

Flower scent (biochemical flowers)
Dinural variations

Answer 7

Important for night flying, Max scent production when ripe
Dinural: scent can be produced midday or dusk

Question 8

Pleasant vs unpleasant flower scents (trillium)

Answer 8

Pleasant: terpenes (essential oils)
unpleasant: free ammonia, fishy, decaying, fecal odors, rancid
Trillium: DECAYING MEAT

Question 9

pheromone mimicry

Answer 9

result in deceptive pollination

Question 10

Flower colour (bees)

Answer 10

prefer blue and yellow, sensitive to patterns (nectar guides), insensitive to red