Exam 36: Reproduction and Development in Flowering Plants

A fruit, such as a strawberry, that develops from tissues of the receptacle as well as the ovary would be considered a(n)____.

The parts of a flower most likely to have distinctive colors, patterning, and shapes for attracting pollinators are the ____.

The female reproductive whorl of a flower typically consists of one or more ____.

All imperfect flowers are also incomplete.

Along with the egg, in the part of an embryo sac next to the micropyle you should find ____.

Which of the following is an unusual event that occurs as trichomes differentiate?

Animals grow mainly by increasing the number of body cells, while plants grow mainly by increasing cell size.

In flowering plants, how many egg cells are typically produced from each megaspore mother cell?

A flower with carpels and stamens but no petals or sepals is ____.

A fruit is a matured or ripened ovary.

A fruit that develops from a single ovary, such as a peach, in a single flower is called a(n)_____.

The embryonic root, which is where the pollen tube enters the ovule prior to fertilization, is called the ____.

Which of the following is the main reason why pollen withstands decay much better than typical plant parts?

The outermost whorl of a flower typically consists of one or more ____.

Joining a scion with useful fruit traits to a stock with useful root traits is called ____.

Plant cells have a ridged cell wall. How do plant cells expand, and how important is cell expansion to plant growth?

The first complete plant genome to be sequenced was that of ____.

Approximately ____ genes have been identified in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana .

The growth of a new plant on the margin of a leaf that eventually falls to the ground and grows independently is an example of ____.