Plant Reproduction

Question 1

Out of the more than,……… different kinds of plants, more than half are seed plants.

Answer 1

300,000

Question 2

are the most common plant organs for sexual reproduction

Answer 2

Flowers 🌸

Question 3

Sex cells

Answer 3

Gametes

Question 4

Flowers play a key role in…..

is the transfer of pollen (containing the male gametes), from the anther of a flower, to the stigma (receptive surface of the female part of the flower) of the same or a different flower.

Answer 4

Pollination

Question 5

Flower stalk

Answer 5

Peduncle

Question 6

Part of flower stalk bearing the floral organs, at base of flower.

Answer 6

Receptacle

Question 7

Leaf-like structures at flower base, protects young flower bud.

Answer 7

Sepal

Question 8

collective term for all sepals
present in a flower.

Answer 8

Calyx

Question 9

Located in and above the sepals, often large and colorful, sometimes scented, sometimes producing nectar.

Attracts pollinators

Answer 9

Petals

Question 10

All the petals together form the …

Answer 10

Corolla

Question 11

Refers both to sepals and petals.

Answer 11

Perianth

Question 12

Male part of the flower, consisting of the anther and filament, makes pollen grains

Answer 12

Stamen

Question 13

collective term for all the stamens present in a flower.

Answer 13

Androecium

Question 14

The stalk of the stamen which bears the anther.

Answer 14

Filament

Question 15

The pollen bearing portion of a stamen

Answer 15

Anther

Question 16

Grains containing the male gametes. Immature male gametophyte with a protective outer covering

Answer 16

Pollen

Question 17

Female part of the flower.
Consisting of the stigma, style and ovary

Answer 17

Carpel/Pistil

Question 18

collective term for all the pistils present in a flower.

Answer 18

Gynoecium

Question 19

Often sticky top of carpel,
serves as a receptive surface for pollen
grains

Answer 19

Stigma

Question 20

The stalk of a carpel, between the stigma and the ovary, through which the pollen tube grows.

Answer 20

Style

Question 21

Enlarged base of the carpel containing the ovule or ovules. The ovary matures to become a fruit.

Answer 21

Ovary

Question 22

Located in the ovaries. Carries female gametes. Ovules become seeds on fertilization.

Answer 22

Ovule

Question 23

other parts are attached below the ovary

Answer 23

Hypogynous (superior ovary)

Question 24

other parts are attached above the ovary

Answer 24

Epigynous (inferior ovary)

Question 25

sepals, petals, and stamens are fused to form a cup around ovary

Answer 25

Perigynous (intermediate)

Question 26

A flower containing all the floral parts: sepals, petals, stamens and pistil

Answer 26

Complete flower

Question 27

a flower that lacks one or more of the floral parts.

Answer 27

Incomplete flower

Question 28

a flower in which the corolla is made up of similarly shaped petals equally spaced and radiate from the center of the flower. Other flower parts also have a similar arrangement.

Answer 28

Regular flower

Question 29

a flower in which one or more members of at least one whorl are of different form from the other members of the same whorl.

Answer 29

Ireegular flower

Question 30

flower having both stamen and pistil.

Answer 30

Perfect flower

Question 31

One has stamen or pistil but not both

Answer 31

Imperfect flower

Question 32

one in which the male and female sec structures are borne on the same plant but not in the same flower.

Answer 32

Monoecious

Question 33

One in which the male and female reproductive organs are on separate plants

Answer 33

Dioecious

Question 34

a matured ovary or group of ovaries usually containing seed, together with any adjacent parts adhering to them

Answer 34

Fruit