Chapter 31 ~ Plant Structure, Growth, and Reproduction

Plant cells are diverse in structure and function

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What is the function of petals?

attract pollinators

What is the function of ovules?

Develops into seed

What part of a plant are you eating when you consume each of the following: celery stalk, peanut, strawberry, lettuce, beet?

- celery stalk (petiole) - peanut (ovule) - strawberry (ripened ovary) - lettuce (leaf blades) - beet (root)

Place these tissues in order, starting at the center of a woody stem.

- vascular cambium - primary xylem - primary phloem - vascular cambium - epidermis. - primary phloem - primary xylem. - epidermis

How does a fruit develop from a flower?

1) Pollen deposited on the stigma of a carpel, and a pollen tube grows to the ovary at the base of the carpel. 2) Sperm travel down the pollen tube and fertilize egg cells into ovules. 3) The ovules grow into seeds, and the ovary grows into the flesh of the fruit. 4) The seeds mature, the fruit ripens and falls (or is picked)

Name two kinds of asexual reproduction among plants.

Fragmentation of bulbs and sprouting of roots

What is the function of ovaries?

Houses ovules

In angiosperms, each pollen grain produces two sperm. What do these sperm do?

One fertilizes an egg, and the other fertilizes a cell that develops into stored food.

What is the function of anthers?

Produce pollen

What is the function of pollen grains?

Produces sperm

What is the function of sepals?

Protects the flower before it opens

While walking in the woods, you encounter an unfamiliar non-woody flowering plant. If you want to know whether it is a monocot or eudicot , it would not help to look at...

Size of the plant

A typical plant body contains three basic organs:

roots, stems, leaves