Exam 29: Life Cycles of Flowering Plants

Respond to the following statement with reference to the fruit types listed below. -The wall of this type of fruit splits along a seam to release the seeds inside when they are mature.

A stamen is ____.

"Double fertilization" produces nutrient tissue by the union of ____.

The seed is produced by the maturation of the ____.

A cherry blossom has all four sets of modified leaves (sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels), so it is called a __________ flower.

Adventitious shoots that sprout from shallow lateral roots are called ____.

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each. -pollination

Most of the flesh of an apple is an enlarged ____.

Explain why some flowers, such as cherry blossoms, are described as being perfect, complete flowers.

Eudicot embryos transfer nutrients from endosperm to their two __________.

What type of fruit is a tomato?​

-sepal

-filament

Seeds can be described as 'a little plant in a box with its lunch'. Which parts of the seed correspond to the elements of this description?

Figure 29.12 C Use the accompanying figure of a Capsella seed to answer the following three questions. -A cotyledon is indicated by the letter ____.

Respond to the following statement with reference to the flower parts listed below. -Haploid cell that gives rise to the female gametophyte.

The megaspore produces a gametophyte with ____ cells.

____ may be the main factor contributing to colony collapse disorder (CCD) with honeybees.

Figure 29.9 Use the accompanying figure to answer the following four questions. -The mature male gametophyte is indicated by the letter ____.

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each. -sepal