Biology: Quiz 5: Reproduction in Plants
What is the function of the gametophyte generation of the fern plant?
produces reproductive organs which produce a zygote
The ripened ovaries of a flower produce:...
fruit
Pine cone seeds are produced in the...of the...cone.
ovule, female
The pistil of a flower consists of:
style, ovary, stigma
Pollination of a flower requires that the pollen produced in the...be deposited on the...
anther, stigma
The pine cone seed is the:
container for the fertilized egg
The...flower has both...stamens and...pistil parts.
perfect, male, female
A flower's sepal is part of the corolla.
False
The petals of a flower have no reproductive function.
False
The pollen produced by a gymnosperm is formed in the female cone.
False
Some flowers have a complete set of male and female parts for fertilization.
True
The green leafy plants recognized as ferns are from the...generation of the plant.
sporophyte
The gymnosperm tree or shrub comprises the... generation of the plant.
sporophyte
The organ that produces the egg cell in the life cycle of the pine is called the...
archegonium
Plants that produce seeds within a cone are called...
gymnosperms
Life cycles found in vascular plants are variations of the... life cycle.
sporic
How does the egg of a flower become fertilized?
when the pollen tube grows into the ovule
Some flowers are able to pollinate themselves.
True
About one year is required in the gymnosperm:
between pollination and fertilization
The collective term for the sepals is...
calyx
Vascular plants have a...alternation of generations
heteromorphic
In considering the difference between the male and female pine cones, the...is small, short-lived, and nearly unnoticeable on the tree. The...is the one we recognize as the pine cone.
male, female
Spores produced by the small male cone of a pine tree are produced by
meiosis
The gametophyte generation of a fern is called the...
prothallium
The fully developed ovule becomes a...
seed
An increasingly intricate relationship exists between the gametophyte and sporophyte generations in vascular plants. As vascular plants live longer, they increase in size and complexity and the...generation becomes dominant, while the...generation becomes smaller and of shorter duration
sporophyte, gametophyte
The gametophyte and sporophyte generations of ferns differ from one another in that the long-lived...has... tissue. The...is small, heart-shaped, and lives only a few weeks.
sporophyte, vascular, gametophyte
A...is the sticky end of a pistil where pollen is caught.
stigma