Exam 29: Life Cycles of Flowering Plants

In monocots cultivated for human consumption, such as wheat, rye, and barley, what part of the seed contains most of the proteins and vitamins?

Which part of the flower matures into fruit?

Plant roots sense gravity by which of the following?

Thigmotropism is a response to _____.

Which of the following is an accessory fruit that is aggregate of individual dry seeds?

Most of an orange fruit is derived from the ____.

Hairy modified sepals of a dandelion fruit are dispersed by ____.

What is the main trigger for flowering?

A house plant that has been covered entirely with blue cellophane and then placed in the window ______ because _____.

In eudicot seed germination, which structure forms a hook shape in the soil?

The plant louse Phylloxera kills the ____ of ______.

Circadian rhythms are the outcome of cycles of ____.

Chrysanthemums and other short-day plants flower only when the hours of darkness are greater than a critical value. This is an example of ____.

Gibberellin induces ____ production, which causes _____ of starch in seeds.

Which describes the product of egg and sperm fertilization?

____ is a plant hormone that was first discovered for its ability to promote growth, but it was later discovered to have a critical role as a master coordinator of plant development.

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

To which of the following is a microspore most closely and completely related?

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