Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question 1

Reproduction

Answer 1

The ability of organisms to produce a new generation of themselves

Question 2

Asexual

Answer 2

Production of new generation of the same species by one parent

Question 3

Sexual

Answer 3

Production of a new generation of the same species by bringing together the genetic material of to parents

Question 4

Hermaphrodite

Answer 4

Bisexual make female and male gametes

Question 5

Whorl

Answer 5

A ring a flower parts

Question 6

Pollination

Answer 6

The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma, thereby enabling fertilization and reproduction

Question 7

Cross pollination

Answer 7

The pollen is transferred from the anther of a flower of one plant to the stigma of a flower of another plant of the same species

Question 8

Self pollination

Answer 8

The pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma of the same flower or to another flower on the same plant

Question 9

Fertilization

Answer 9

The joining of two haploid cells the male gamete and female gametes to form a diploid zygote

Question 10

Wild plants

Answer 10

Plants that grow in nature without the aid of humans

Question 11

Grafting

Answer 11

Technique whereby tissues from one plant or inserted into those of another so that the two sets join together

Question 12

Rootstock

Answer 12

The plant selected for its roots which have superior traits e.g. pest resistance

Question 13

Scion

Answer 13

The plant selected for its superior fruits which have a larger and improved yield

Question 14

Cultivar

Answer 14

A plant or grouping of plans selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation

Question 15

Tissue culture or micropropagation

Answer 15

A process whereby a small amount of plant tissue is cultured in a growing medium to produce a callus and then plantlets

Question 16

Callus

Answer 16

A Shapeless clump of cells

Question 17

Herbicide

Answer 17

A chemical that kills herbs or weeds

Question 18

Hybrid crops

Answer 18

Crops produced by cross pollinating to inbred plants of dissimilar genotypes

Question 19

Polyploid plants

Answer 19

Plants containing more than two homologous sets of chromosomes

Question 20

Mutagenesis

Answer 20

And important tool in crop improvement which is free of the regulatory restrictions imposed on genetically modified organisms

Question 21

Mutation

Answer 21

Variation breeding

Question 22

Breeding

Answer 22

The process of exposing seeds to mutagens (chemicals or radiation)in order to generate mutants with desirable traits

Question 23

Seed bank

Answer 23

Facility use to store seeds of various wild plants and crops in an effort to maintain biodiversity

Question 24

Complete protein

Answer 24

Protein that provides all essential amino acids e.g. meat, dairy, soybean (only plant with characteristic)

Question 25

Angiosperm

Answer 25

Plants with flowers which produce ovules enclosed in an ovary

Question 26

Flower

Answer 26

An organ of sexual reproduction which contains reproductive organs and will attract pollinators