Exam 29: Life Cycles of Flowering Plants

In the life cycle of a flowering plant, which of the following is diploid?

Thigmotropism is a response to _____.

Match the flower parts with the descriptions, in reference to the diagram. a.carpel b.corolla c.stamen d.receptacle e.calyx -thickened region of the stem from which flower parts develop; indicated by label 1

How are the varieties of apples that account for 90 percent of the apples sold in U.S. grocery stores today propagated?

Most of an orange fruit is derived from the ____.

____ is a photoperiodic response in many species.

What process fuels embryonic growth?

Varroa destructor, a type of parasitic ____, attaches itself to a honeybee and sucks out tissue from an organ called a ____.

Which plant hormone is commercially sold as a rooting compound?

Why are bananas seedless?

Matching Match the plant hormone with its description. -stimulates ripening in fruit A)ethylene B)cytokinin C)auxin D)abscisic acid E)gibberellin

Seed _____ allows germination to match _____ .

Match the flower parts with the descriptions, in reference to the diagram. a.carpel b.corolla c.stamen d.receptacle e.calyx -the ring of petals; indicated by label 3

Which hormone causes leaves to fall from trees in autumn?

In an experiment in barley seed germination, which hormone would you treat the seeds with to prevent seed germination?

Which describes the product of egg and sperm fertilization?

Which of the following are true, simple fruits?

Match the fruit with its description. -accessory fruit; an aggregate of individual dry fruits A)pea pod B)cherry C)pineapple D)strawberry E)blackberry

Entire forests of quaking aspen trees are actually strands of _____ that grew from ______, shoots that sprout from shallow lateral roots.

What kind of fruit is formed from multiple, unfused ovaries of one flower?