Plant Reproduction

Question 1

Explain asexual reproduction

Answer 1

Asexual reproduction is the formation of offspring from only one parent

Question 2

Name the two types of reproduction that can be used for plant reproduction

Answer 2

Asexual and sexual

Question 3

Give the five stages of the sexual reproduction of a plant

Answer 3

1. Pollintaion
2. Fertilistaion
3. Seed/fruit formation
4. Seed/fruit dispersion
5. Germination

Question 4

Explain pollination

Answer 4

The transfer of pollen from a stamen to a carpel

Question 5

Explain how fertilisation happens in plants

Answer 5

If pollen grain of the same species lands on the stigma, pollen forms a tube
Male gamete(nucleus of pollen) travels down tube and joins with the female egg in the ovule to form a zygote
Zygote will grow to form a seed

Question 6

What occurs during the formarion of a seed and fruit

Answer 6

The zygote forms into an embryo as a part of a seed. Ovary can develop into a fruit after seed is formed

Question 7

What does the fruit do

Answer 7

Surrounds the seed and attracts animals

Question 8

Explain with an example of a seed animal dispersion

Answer 8

Dispersed by animals eating them or sticking to them

Ex. Blackberries

Question 9

Explain germination

Answer 9

The growth of a seed to from a new plant

Question 10

What are the main events of germination as a process

Answer 10

Food from the seed allows root and shoot to grow
The radicle/root grows down into soil
The shoot grows up to the air
Shoot sprouts green leaves when it emerges and begins to photosynthesise making the seedling independent