CH. 28 BIO
Which label designates a female reproductive structure in the accompanying figure?
8
Why are bees important to the reproductive success of flowering plants?
Bees carry pollen to other plants.
Most conifers are dioecious.
False - monoecious
The lowermost and outermost whorl on a floral shoot consists of petals
False - sepals
Which is a basic difference between gymnosperms and flowering plants?
Gymnosperms produce seeds borne naked, while flowering plants produce seeds enclosed within a fruit.
What is the function of the sepal of a flowering plant?
To protect the flower bud
What is the function of the phloem in plants?
To transport dissolved sugars
A fruit develops from the ovary wall.
True
After fertilization in angiosperms, what does the ovule develop into?
seed
The accompanying figures are representative of which of the following? (Diagram)
Coniferophyta
Which phylum has very few surviving species, and are tropical and subtropical plants with stout, trunk-like stems, and compound leaves that resemble those of palms or tree ferns?
Cycadophyta
Which group of plants are the most recent to evolve?
angiosperms
The most diverse, successful, and familiar group of plants today are the:
angiosperms.
In a flowering plant, the ____ is the site of meiosis and, ultimately, the production of pollen.
anther
In flowering plants, the ____ generation is dominant.
diploid sporophyte
A flower that has sepals, petals, and stamens, but lacks carpels, is known as:
incomplete and imperfect.
What do the large female cones of a pine tree contain?
megasporangia
A plant with floral parts in threes or multiples of three would be classified as a:
monocot.
Most conifers have separate male and female reproductive parts on the same tree. This condition is referred to as:
monoecious
Which is an example of a monocot?
onions
The female gametophyte generation in angiosperms is found in the:
ovule of the ovary.
What is the structure labeled as 9 in the accompanying figure? (Diagram)
pistil
What do the xylem and phloem make up of in a plant?
vascular tissue
How is the pollen the pollen of pine trees primarily disseminated?
wind
