Exam 28: The Life of a Flowering Plant

Read the following scenario to answer the following questions. The pineapple, grown for its sweet fruit, is a tropical monocot with a diploid number of 50. It can live for many years. The plant starts as one short stem with tough leaves. The flowers of the pineapple are located as a cluster at the very top of the stem. After pollination, the single fruit forms from the fusion of the ovaries of the flowers in the cluster. The seeds are located just underneath the surface of the fruit. The pineapple fruit is harvested by cutting at the base of the fruit. After the first fruit is produced, side shoots grow from the main stem, which can go on to produce additional fruits. -Where would we expect to find cells with 25 unpaired chromosomes in a pineapple plant?

Examine the figure below.Secondary growth involves cell division in the ________.

Which of the following is a function of roots?

Most domesticated food crops come from which of the following plant groups?

Which of the following is the major component of most plant cell walls?

Which of the following cell types provide support in growing parts of a plant?

Please refer to the following art of the cross-sections of two trees to answer the following questions. -Which statement CORRECTLY compares the growth of these two trees?

Which of the following is the usual trigger for seed germination?