Plant Reproductive Cycles

Question 1

Annual Reproductive cycle

Answer 1

Grow vegitatively and reproduce 1 growing season, then senesce

Question 2

Billenial Reproductive Cycle

Answer 2

Grow Vegitatively 1 year, then next year reproductive, then senesce

Question 3

Perennial

Answer 3

Produce vegitative structures that survive many years
-herbacious
-woody

Question 4

Herbacious Perennials

Answer 4

-grow during favorable seasons and then die back during unfavorable surviving through undergrown structures, dormant

Question 5

Woody Perennials

Answer 5

-no dying back, become dormant during unfavorable seasons

Question 6

Sexual Reproduction Advantages

Answer 6

-Genetic Variation through–> evolution
-Rapid Multiplication of Seed
-easy propagation by humans–> less care

Question 7

Asexual Reproduction Advantages

Answer 7

-Less energy expended
-easier to colonize new area
-organs are less delicate than sexual organs–>surivive harsh environment

Question 8

Asexual reproduction Structures

Answer 8

-modified stems???
-miniature plants on margin of leaves
-adventitious shoots produced from roots

Question 9

Disadvantages of vegetative propagation

Answer 9

-no genetic diversity, hard to adapt
-deterioration w age