Exam 27: Plant Reproduction and Development

Wind-pollinated flowers are typically ____.

The plant hormone that promotes fruit ripening is ____.

Resuming metabolic activity after a period of dormancy is called ____.

Which hormone is a gas that is soluble in water?

The primary function of the endosperm is ____.

Fruit often has fleshy tissues that develop from the ____.

Which fruit is an aggregate fruit?

Stimulation of flowering in spring following prolonged exposure to low temperature in winter is called ____.

In the megaspore, three rounds of mitosis with no cytoplasmic division result in a single cell with ____ haploid nuclei.

In most flowering plants, one sperm nucleus fuses with an egg forming a zygote that develops into an embryo. Another sperm nucleus fuses with ____.

The hormone most involved in triggering abscission is ____.

Four of the five answers listed below are nonreproductive parts of a flower. Select the exception.

The egg is ____.

The seeds of fleshy fruits are most likely to be spread by ____.

Four of the five answers listed below are related by the same gender. Select the exception.

The various flower parts are attached to a modified branch called the ____.

Four of the five answers listed below are the results of fertilization in angiosperms. Select the exception.

What is the purpose of fruits? How do they accomplish that task

Extracellular signaling molecules of plants that exert their effects on target cells at very low concentrations are called ____.

What type of pollinator would an unscented, red flower attract?