Exam 37: Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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Certain orchids produce flowers and secrete scents that resemble female bees so that male bees will mount these flowers and attempt to copulate with them. This bizarre occurrence is an example of

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Match the modified stem with its description.
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Detachable small plants that form in notches along the parent plant's leaf margins
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Tuber
Plantlets
Stolon
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Detachable small plants that form in notches along the parent plant's leaf margins
Tuber
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Which of the following mechanisms is used to prevent self-pollination in angiosperms?

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Figure 37-4 ​ Figure 37-4 ​   In Figure 37-4, which of the fruits listed is formed by the fusion of ovaries from many flowers? In Figure 37-4, which of the fruits listed is formed by the fusion of ovaries from many flowers?

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Figure 37-5 ​ Figure 37-5 ​   The process illustrated in the accompanying figure is The process illustrated in the accompanying figure is

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A rhizome is a horizontal aboveground stem.

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The absorption of water by a dry seed is known as

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Match the fruit type with its basic description.
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Usually large, have a stony wall, does not split open at maturity
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L egume
Accessory
Aggregate
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Usually large, have a stony wall, does not split open at maturity
L egume
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Enlarged underground stem used for food storage
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Rhizome
Suckers
Plantlets
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Enlarged underground stem used for food storage
Rhizome
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Match the flower part with its description.
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Their frequently bright colors attract pollinators
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Anther
Carpel
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Their frequently bright colors attract pollinators
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Apomixis refers to a type of sexual reproduction.

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The generative cell within a pollen grain will develop into which of the following?

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Biologists estimate that about 70% of all flowering plant species are pollinated by these organisms.

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The hypocotyl connects the radicle with the cotyledons.

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The difference between a drupe and a berry is that a drupe

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Bat-pollinated, night-blooming flowers would most likely display which two characteristics?

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Bears some or all of the flower parts
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Carpel
Receptacle
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Bears some or all of the flower parts
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Nicotine can be found in nectaries.

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Aboveground shoots that develop from adventitious buds on roots
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Bulb
Stolon
Plantlets
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Aboveground shoots that develop from adventitious buds on roots
Bulb
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Flower parts are borne on the tip of a stalk referred to as the

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