Reproduction in Plants

Question 1

What is the male gamete in flowering plants?

Answer 1

Pollen

Question 2

What is the female gamete in plants?

Answer 2

Ovule

Question 3

Name the female gamete in plants.

Answer 3

Ovule

Question 4

Name the male gamete in plants.

Answer 4

Pollen

Question 5

Name 3 female parts of a flower

Answer 5

Style, ovary and stigma

Question 5

Name 2 male parts of a flower

Answer 5

Anther and Filament

Question 6

Give the definition of pollination

Answer 6

The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma, so that the male gametes can fertilize the female gametes in sexual reproduction.

Question 7

Give the definition of cross-pollination.

Answer 7

A type of sexual reproduction in pants where pollen is transferred from the anther of one plant to the stigma of another.

Question 8

Give 4 examples of plant adaptations for insect pollination.

Answer 8

Brightly colored petals to attract insects.
Scented flowers and nectaries to attract insects
Big sticky pollen grains to stick to insects as they go from plant to plant
Sticky stigma so any pollen picked up by insects will stick to the stigma

Question 9

Give 5 examples of plant adaptation for wind pollination.

Answer 9

Light, small pollen grains- easily carried by wind.
Lots of pollen grains
Long filaments that hang outside of the flower. Stigma also hangs outside the flower.
Large feathery stigma to catch pollen as its carried past.

Question 10

1. Parent 2. Root, grow 3. Clones

Describe the steps of asexual reproduction in plants

Answer 10

The parent plant sends out runners
The runners take root at various points and new plants start to grow
The new plants are clones of the parent strawberry plant.

Question 11

Give the definition of runners

Answer 11

Fast growing stems that grow out sideways just above the ground.

Question 12

Describe the steps of cloning plants artificially

Answer 12

Gardeners take cuttings from good parent plants and plant them to produce clones
These plants can be produced quickly and cheaply

Question 13

1. Pollen lands
2. Pollen tube
3. Fusion
4. Fertilized ,seed

Describe plant fertilization

Answer 13

1. A pollen grain lands on the stigma of a flower
2. A pollen tube grows out of the pollen grain and down through the style to the ovary and into an ovule.
3. A nucleus from the male gamete moves down the tube to join with the female gamete with the ovule.,
4. Each fertilized female gamete forms a seed