Plant Reproduction

Question 1

two choices for reproduction

Answer 1

asexual and sexual reproduction

Question 2

vegetative growth

Answer 2

asexual reproduction

Question 3

production of sex gametes followed by their fusion and the creation of an embryo that is reliant upon the female gametophyte

Answer 3

sexual reproduction

Question 4

angiosperms produced separate male and female flowers

Answer 4

imperfect flowers

Question 5

reproductive shoots of the angiosperms sporocyte

Answer 5

flowers

Question 6

four whorls of floral organs

Answer 6

sepals, petals, stamens and carpels

Question 7

single carpel or a fused carpel

Answer 7

pistil

Question 8

have all four of floral organs

Answer 8

complete flowers

Question 9

it lack one or more floral organs

Answer 9

incomplete flowers

Question 10

clusters of flowers

Answer 10

influorescences

Question 11

presence of a staminate and corporate flowers on the same plant

Answer 11

monocious plant or bisexual

Question 12

presence of either staminate or corporate flowers

Answer 12

dioecious plant or unisex

Question 13

male reproductive structure

Answer 13

stamen

Question 14

sac where pollen is produced

Answer 14

anther

Question 15

stalk that supports anther

Answer 15

filament

Question 16

female reproductive structure

Answer 16

carpel or pistil

Question 17

sticky area on top of carpel that receives pollen

Answer 17

stigma

Question 18

tube that connects stigma to ovary

Answer 18

style

Question 19

base of carpel that contains ovule and egg sac

Answer 19

ovary

Question 20

plant response to light involving relative length of day and night

Answer 20

photoperiodism

Question 21

bloom when days are longest and nights are shortest

Answer 21

long day plants

Question 22

bloom in spring late summer and autumn when they are shorter and nights are longer

Answer 22

short day plants

Question 23

day length is not important for flowering

Answer 23

day neutral plants

Question 24

control by light is due to a pigment in plants

Answer 24

phytochrome

Question 25

the process by which pollen is placed on the stigma

Answer 25

pollination

Question 26

pollen from a flowers anther pollinates stigma of the same flower

Answer 26

self pollination

Question 27

pollen from anther of one flower pollinates another flower's stigma

Answer 27

cross pollination

Question 28

most common insect pollinators

Answer 28

bees

Question 29

flower traits that attract different pollinators

Answer 29

pollination syndrome

Question 30

pollination by animals or organisms

Answer 30

biotic pollination

Question 31

pollination by insects

Answer 31

entomophily

Question 32

pollination by animals

Answer 32

zoophily

Question 33

pollination by non animal factors

Answer 33

abiotic pollination

Question 34

pollination by wind

Answer 34

amenophily

Question 35

pollination by water

Answer 35

hydrophily

Question 36

pollination that occurs before the flower opens

Answer 36

cleistogamy

Question 37

ripened ovary plus seeds of a flowering plant

Answer 37

fruit

Question 38

two main types of fruits

Answer 38

dry and fleshy

Question 39

as the fruit develops the outer wall of the ovary thickens and develop into the

Answer 39

pericarp

Question 40

in fleshy fruits the per car can be divided into several regions

Answer 40

exocarp mesocarp and endocarp

Question 41

types of fruits

Answer 41

simple, aggregate and multiple

Question 42

derived from a single carpel or several fuse carpels within one pistil

Answer 42

simple fruit

Question 43

results from a single flower that has more than one separate carpel with each forming a separate fruitlet

Answer 43

aggregate fruit

Question 44

develops from an inflorescence, the walls of the ovaries taken and fused together

Answer 44

multiple fruit

Question 45

fruit development stages

Answer 45

cell division, pit hardening, cell enlargement, fruit maturation

Question 46

cell size primarily related to length of growing season

Answer 46

cultivar

Question 47

proportion of fruit growing in high light and competition between shoot and fruit growth

Answer 47

root stock

Question 48

factors affecting fruit skin color

Answer 48

cultivar, rate of maturation, light, temperature, and nutrition