Exam 45: Plant Reproduction and Development

Meiosis produces a__________ , which eventually gives rise to an egg in an unfertilized seed.

Commercials on TV use food and sex as their most effective selling points. Explain how flowers use the same two points to ʺsellʺ their pollen to animals.

In general, the plant life cycle has evolved from__________ to __________.

Throughout the world, the most common types of plants are the flowering plants.

Endosperm has allowed the angiosperms to become the most numerous and diverse plant group. What is the role of the endosperm?

An oak tree is a

When you eat a cherry, you know that the fruit was derived from the__________ and the seed was derived from the__________ .

If you see moss near the base of a tree in your yard, the green leafy moss plants are

A flowering plant produces pollen in the

Most ʺhay feverʺ is actually caused by ragweed, and not hay grass.

In general, plants have evolved from__________ to __________.

While walking along a riverbank after a swim, you step on a sharp fruit. When you pick it up, you notice that it rattles, which indicates there is an air pocket around the seeds. How is this fruit most likely dispersed?

What are the advantages of producing gametes within a flower?

Which of the following pollinators would likely visit a flower that is relatively simple in design and smells like rotting carrion?

Spores and gametes are both haploid reproductive cells. What is the difference between the two?

In dicots, the shoot tip is protected by

What are the results of double fertilization?

All of these flower structures are modified leaves EXCEPT

Desert plants often have__________ in their seed coats that keep them dormant until there is enough rain to complete their life cycle.

In monocots, the shoot tip is protected by__________ , which eventually degenerate(s) once exposed to air.