Exam 36: Reproduction and Development in Flowering Plants

The female gametophyte in flowering plants usually consists of ____.

In flowering plants an ovary is part of a(n) ____.

The male gametophyte in flowering plants forms in a ____.

Which part of a flower is typically the most leaf like, and when green can carry out photosynthesis?

In Arabidopsis the gene TRIPTYCHON is involved in determining ____.

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

A fruit that develops from several ovaries in a single flower, such as a raspberry, is called a(n) ____.

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

The landing platform for pollen in flowering plants is the ____.

A fruit is a matured or ripened ovary.

The process by which plants produce seeds begins with fertilization.

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

In a flower, an anther is typically at the tip of a(n) ____.

Describe several ways that fruits can aid seed dispersal.

Flowering plants ____.

In flowering plants, the gametophytes are ____.

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

A plant species where each plant can only make either male or female flowers is called a ____ species and always has ____ flowers.

In plants, but not animals, each daughter cell differentiates and becomes specialized for its particular function.

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