SPO5: Plant Diversity II

Question 1

Naked Seed

Answer 1

Gymnosperm.

Seed not surrounded by ovule

Redwoods firs, pines, cycads, junipers, conifers, etc.

Question 2

The flowering plants

Answer 2

Angiosperms

Multiple agents of pollination (air, water, other animals,)

An ovary houses the ovule in a fruit

Question 3

A dormant embryo embedded in nutritive tissue

Answer 3

Seed

Question 4

The nutritive tissue of the seed that acts as a food storage for the developing plant embryo, usually containing starch with protien and other nutrients.

Answer 4

Endosperm

Question 5

Found in the pollen grain produces the sperm

Answer 5

Male gametophyte

Question 6

Held in the ovule of the sporophyte, produces the egg

Answer 6

Female gametophyte

Question 7

Dominant stage of life for seed plants

Answer 7

Sporophyte

Question 8

Develops in the gametophyte

Answer 8

Embryonic sporophyte

Question 9

Seed housed in a mature ovary

Answer 9

Fruit

Question 10

houses male and female components

Answer 10

Flower

Question 11

Has microsporangium which produces microspores, which produces sperm

Answer 11

Anther

Question 12

Produces megasporangium which produces the egg

Answer 12

Ovule

Question 13

What kind of gymnosperm are these?

Answer 13

Conifers

Question 14

What kind of gymnosperm are these?

Answer 14

Cycads

Question 15

What kind of gymnosperm is this?

Answer 15

Ginko

Question 16

Produced by pollen grain. Releases sperm nucleus to fuse with egg nucleus.

Answer 16

Pollen Tube

Question 17

What type of gymnosperm is this?

Answer 17

Gnetophyte

Question 18

Contains ANTHER and FILAMENT. Male portion of the flower.

Answer 18

Stamen

Question 19

A, G, and E form what structure?

Answer 19

The Pistil (or carpel), the female part of the flower

Question 20

A

Answer 20

Stigma

Question 21

BETWEEN A and G?

Answer 21

Style

Question 22

G

Answer 22

Ovary

Question 23

B

Answer 23

Anther

Question 24

H

Answer 24

Filament

Question 25

B and H

Answer 25

Stamen

Question 26

C

Answer 26

Petal (Corolla)

Question 27

D

Answer 27

Sepal (collectively: Calyx)

Question 28

E

Answer 28

Receptacle

Question 29

F

Answer 29

Pedicel

Question 30

Forms from a single flower, with 1 carpal.

Answer 30

SIMPLE Fruit. Peach, pea

Question 31

Forms from a single flower with more than 1 carpal. tiny fruits fused.

Answer 31

AGGREGATE Fruit. Blackberry

Question 32

Forms from more than one flower, fused.

Answer 32

MULTIPLE Pomegranite, pineapple, dates

Question 33

Form from ovary and the pedicle

Answer 33

ACCESSORY Strawberries, apple

Question 34

AGREGATE and MULTIPLE fruts are collectively referred to as:

Answer 34

COMPOUND fruits

Question 35

Key to Pollination: Sepals and petals reduced or inconspicuous; feathery or relatively large stigma; flower with no color

Answer 35

WIND

Question 36

Key to Pollination: Sepals and/or petals large, easily identified; stigma not feathery; flower with or withour odor Odor strong, heavy, sweet

Answer 36

MOTH

Question 37

Key to Pollination: Sepals and/or petals large, easily identified; stigma not feathery; flower with or withour odor Odor strong, fermenting or fruitlike; flower parts and pedicle strong

Answer 37

BAT

Question 38

Key to Pollination: Sepals and/or petals large, easily identified; stigma not feathery; flower with or withour odor Odor of sweat, feces, or decaying meat

Answer 38

FLY

Question 39

Key to Pollination: Sepals and/or petals colored; odor may or may not be present. 1. Flower shape irregular; sepals or petals blue, yellow or orange; petal adapted to serve as a "landing platform"; may have dark lines on petals; sweet, fragrant odor

Answer 39

BEE

Question 40

Key to Pollination: Sepals and/or petals colored; odor may or may not be present. 1. Flower shape regular; odor often fruity, spicy, sweet, or carrionlike

Answer 40

BEETLE

Question 41

Key to Pollination: Sepals and/or petals colored; odor may or may not be present. Flower shape tubular; strong sweet odor

Answer 41

BUTTERFLY

Question 42

Key to Pollination: Sepals and/or petals colored; odor may or may not be present. Flower shape tubular, Little or no odor; flower usually red

Answer 42

HUMMINGBIRD

Question 43

The three layers surrounding a seed (collectively)

Answer 43

Pericarp

Question 44

The three layers surrounding a seed (individually) from innermost to outermost

Answer 44

endocarp mesocarp exocarp

Question 45

Key to Fruits: 1. Dry fruits 2. Fruits with one seed 3. Ovary wall and seed coat are fused

Answer 45

ACHENE (In the grass family, an achene is called a GRAIN) This fruit is INDEHISCENT i.e. Sunflower

Question 46

Key to Fruits: 1. Dry fruits 2. Fruits with one seed 3. Ovary wall hard or woody but can be separated from seed

Answer 46

NUT This fruit is INDEHISCENT i.e. Walnut, Hazelnut

Question 47

Key to Fruits: 1. Dry fruits 2. Fruits with two to many seeds 3. Ovary with several cavities (seen when cut in cross section) and several to many seeds

Answer 47

CAPSULE This fruit is DEHISCENT i.e. Cotton, Poppy

Question 48

Key to Fruits: 1. Dry fruits 2. Fruits with two to many seeds 3. Mature ovary opens aling BOTH SIDES

Answer 48

LEGUME This fruit is DEHISCENT i.e. Beans, Peas

Question 49

Key to Fruits: 1. Dry fruits 2. Fruits with two to many seeds 3. Mature ovary opens along ONE SIDE

Answer 49

FOLLICLE This fruit is DEHISCENT i.e. Brazil nuts, Milkweed

Question 50

Key to Fruits 1. Fleshy Fruits 2. Ovary with one seed, which is surrounded by a very hard stone (outer covering of the seed is formed from the inner ovary wall)

Answer 50

DRUPE i.e. Plum, Peach

Question 51

Key to Fruits 1. Fleshy Fruits 2. Ovary with many seeds; does not have a "stone". 3. All mature ovary tissue is soft and fleshy; surrounding flower tissue does not develop into fruit.

Answer 51

BERRY i.e. Tomato, Grapes

Question 52

Citrus family

Answer 52

Hespiridium

Question 53

Squash family

Answer 53

pepo

Question 54

Key to Fruits 1. Fleshy Fruits 2. Ovary with many seeds, does not have a "stone". 3. Fleshy fruit develops in part from surrounding tissue of the flower (base of sepals and petals): therefore, ovary wall seen as "core" around seeds

Answer 54

POME i.e. Apples, Pears