Seeded Plants

Question 1

What is an embryo?

Answer 1

Part of seed consisting of precursor tissues for the leaves, stems, and roots, as well as one or more cotyledons.

Question 2

What is the seed coat (integument)?

Answer 2

The protective outer coat of a seed.

Question 3

What is an endosperm?

Answer 3

A food storing tissue of the seed.

Question 4

What are cones?

Answer 4

Seeds of conifers.

Question 5

What does monoecious mean?

Answer 5

Both sexes occur in the same individual.

Question 6

What does dioecious mean?

Answer 6

Having male and female reproductive organs in desperate individuals.

Question 7

What are ovules?

Answer 7

Eggs

Question 8

What is a carpel?

Answer 8

(Modified leaf) Female part of the flower that develops into fruit.

Question 9

What is a pedicel?

Answer 9

A bud at the end of a stalk.

Question 10

What is a receptacle?

Answer 10

Pedicel expanded at tip.

Question 11

What are whorls?

Answer 11

Flower parts organized in circles.

Question 12

What are sepals?

Answer 12

The outermost layer of the flower that protects the ovaries.

Question 13

What are petals?

Answer 13

Colorful leaf-like structures used to attract pollinators.

Question 14

What is a stamen?

Answer 14

Male part of the flower.

Question 15

What is an anther?

Answer 15

The part of the stamen that collects pollen.

Question 16

What is a filament?

Answer 16

Stalk that supports the anther.

Question 17

What are the 4 female reproductive structures that surround the seeds and develop into fruit?

Answer 17

1. Stigma
2. Style
3. Ovary
4. Ovule

Question 18

What are meristems?

Answer 18

The areas in plants where growth occurs because of unspecialized cells dividing by mitosis, differentiating and becoming specialized.

Question 19

What are cotyledons?

Answer 19

Seed leaves

Question 20

What is a fleshy fruits?

Answer 20

Seeds enclosed in soft, fleshy tissue which is usually sweet tasting. Ex. True berries, drupes.

Question 21

What are dry fruits?

Answer 21

Seeds enclosed in hard or papery coverings. Ex. Nuts, dandelions.

Question 22

What are simple fruits?

Answer 22

Develop from one flower and a single ovary.

Question 23

What are aggregate fruits.

Answer 23

Fruits that develop from one flower with multiple ovaries.

Question 24

What are multiple fruits?

Answer 24

Fruits developed from multiple flowers.

Question 25

Why are flowers and seeds important?

Answer 25

Seeds protect the embryo and keep it viable until conditions are favorable for growth. Flowers house the gametophyte.

Question 26

What are the 4 groups of gymnosperms?

Answer 26

1. Cycads
2. Conifers
3. Ginkgoes
4. Gnetophytes

Question 27

Angiosperms are?

Answer 27

Flowering plants.

Question 28

What are the 3 unique angiosperm features.

Answer 28

1. Flower production
2. Insect pollination
3. Broad leaves with thick veins.

Question 29

What are the 2 types of angiosperms?

Answer 29

1. Monocots
2. Eudicots

Question 30

What is the difference between Monocots and Eudicots?

Answer 30

Monocots have one cotyledon and the flower parts are usually in multiples of 3s. They have leaves with parallel veins.
Eudicots have 2 cotyledons and the flower parts are usually in multiples of 4s and 5s. They have a net like venation.