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Plant Sexual Reproduction Flashcards

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What is Asexual Reproduction

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  • Does not involve gametes (sex cells)

- Produces genetically identical offspring

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What is sexual reproduction (in plants)

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  • involves the fusion of two gametes (sex cells)

- produces genetically different offspring

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What is the reproductive organ in a plant

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Flower

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Function of the sepal

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Protects the flower before it opens (when it is a bud)

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Function of petals

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Attracts insects

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Function of the stamen (male)

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Consists of a filament and anther

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Function of the anther

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Produces pollen (grains)

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Function of the filament

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Holds the anther in place

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Function of the carpel (female)

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Consists of a stigma, style, ovary and ovule

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Function of the stigma

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Where pollen attaches (from the insect or wind)

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Function of the style

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Joins the stigma and the ovary

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Function of the ovary in plants

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The Ovary contains the ovule(S)

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Function of the ovule

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Contains the female gamete (egg)

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Function of the nectary

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Produces nectar (a sweet sugar substance) that is food for insects (makes honey)

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Where is the embryo sac

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In the ovule

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16
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Adaptions in insect pollinated flowers to attract insects

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Coloured petals
Fragrant
Produce nectar

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Why is pollen sticky in insect pollinated flowers

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It sticks to insect

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Why are stigmas sticky in insect pollinated flowers

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So pollen sticks to it (from insect)

Stigma is inside the flower

19
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Why is there a small amount of pollen produced in insect pollinated flowers

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Because there is a high chance of pollen reaching another plant

20
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Adaptions in wind pollinated flowers

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Brown in colour
No fragrance
Don’t need to produce nectar

21
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Why is pollen smooth and light in wind pollinated flowers

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So it can be easily carried in the wind

22
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Why is the stigma large and feathery in wind pollinated flowers

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To catch the pollen

Stigmas outside the flower

23
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Why is there a massive amount of pollen produced in wind pollinated powers

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To compensate for the large amount lost (a lot of pollen will not reach another flower)

24
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What produces male gametes

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The pollen grain

25
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What carries the male gametes to the carpal of a flower

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Pollen

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What produces the female gamete (egg) +2 polar nuclei

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The ovule (embryo sac)

27
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Definition of pollination

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Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of a flower of the same species

28
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Two methods of pollination

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Insect pollination

Wind pollinated flower

29
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What is self pollination

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Self pollination occurs when the anther and stigma are on the same plant

30
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What is cross pollination

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Cross pollination is when the anther and stigma are on different plants of the same species

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What is an advantage of cross pollination

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Cross pollination is better for the plant because it increases genetic variation

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Definition of fertilisation

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Fertilisation is the union of male and female give me to form a fertilised egg (called a zygote)

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After fertilisation what does the ovary form

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The ovary forms the fruit

34
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After fertilisation what does the ovule become

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The ovule becomes the seed

35
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After fertilisation what does the zygote become

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The zygote (2N) becomes the plant embryo getting nutrients from the endosperm (food store)

36
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What is a cotyledon

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A cotyledon is a “Seed leaf” which stores food in the seed

37
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How can seeds be classified

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Seeds can be classified by the number of cotyledons

Seeds can also be classified by the presence or absence of an endosperm

38
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How many cotyledons does a monocotyledon have

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They have one seed leaf

39
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How many seed leaves does a dicotyledon have

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They have two seed leaves

40
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Examples of an endospermic seed

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E.g. maize, wheat

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Examples of a non-endospermic seed

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E.g. broad bean

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Two main parts of the embryo

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Plumule (future shoot)

Radicle (future root)

43
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What is the seed code for protection

A

The testa

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