Sexual Reproduction In Plants

Question 1

Function of SEPAL

Answer 1

Protects unopened flower

Question 2

Function of PETALS

Answer 2

Brightly coloured
Insect pollinated flowers to attract insects

Question 3

Function of ANTHER

Answer 3

Produces and released male sex cell

Question 4

Function of STIGMA

Answer 4

Top of female part of flower which collects pollen grains

Question 5

Function of OVARY

Answer 5

Produces the female sex sex cell

Question 6

Function of OVULE

Answer 6

Contains female sex cells

Question 7

INSECT-POLLINATED: petals

Answer 7

Large
Brightly coloured

Question 8

INSECT-POLLINATED: scent and nectar

Answer 8

Present - attracts insects to push past stamen to get to nectar

Question 9

INSECT-POLLINATED: pollen grains

Answer 9

LARGER
sticky
Spiky
Attach to insects and carried away

Question 10

INSECT-POLLINATED: anthers

Answer 10

Inside flower, stiff and firmly attached to brush against insects

Question 11

INSECT-POLLINATED: stigma

Answer 11

Inside flower
Sticky so pollen grains still to it when an insect brushes past

Question 12

WIND POLLINATED: petals

Answer 12

Small and dull
Green or brown often

Question 13

WIND POLLINATED: scent and nectar

Answer 13

Absent
No need to waste energy producing these

Question 14

WIND POLLINATED: number of pollen grains

Answer 14

Large amounts
Most are not transferred to another flower so larger the amount, more chance of successful pollination

Question 15

WIND POLLINATED: anthers

Answer 15

Outside flower, swinging loose on long filaments to release pollen grains easily

Question 16

WIND POLLINATED: stigma

Answer 16

Outside flower
Feathery to catch drifting pollen grains