Plant Reproduction

Question 1

Petals

Answer 1

Are coloured and scented to attract insects

Question 2

The sepal

Answer 2

Protects the flower before it blooms

Question 3

The male part

Answer 3

Carpel- consists of the anther and filament

Question 4

The female part

Answer 4

The carpel - consists of the stigma, style and ovary

Question 5

Pollen

Answer 5

Is made in the anther of the stamen

Question 6

The egg

Answer 6

Is made in the ovary of the carpel

Question 7

Reproduction involves 5 stages:

Answer 7

Pollination 
Fertilisation 
Seed and fruit formation 
Seed dispersal 
Germination

Question 8

Pollination

Answer 8

Is the transfer of pollen from anther to stigma

Question 9

Plants are pollinated by either

Answer 9

Insects or wind

Question 10

Fertilisation

Answer 10

Is the fusion of the pollen nucleus with the egg nucleus to form a zygote

Question 11

A seed

Answer 11

Is a fertilised ovule

Question 12

The ovary wall

Answer 12

Becomes the fruit

Question 13

Seeds are dispersed

Answer 13

To avoid competition

Question 14

Seeds are dispersed by

Answer 14

Animal
Wind
Self-dispersal
Water

Question 15

Germination

Answer 15

Is the growth of a seed into a new plant

Question 16

Seed germination

Answer 16

Is necessary to form a new plant

Question 17

A geranium

Answer 17

Can reproduce asexually by using leaf cuttings

Question 18

Plants reproduce sexually

Answer 18

By means of flowers