Lecture 16

Question 1

Pollination

Answer 1

Transfer of pollen from the anther (male) to the stigma (female)

Question 2

How does fertilization occur?

Answer 2

The nucleus of the male gamete fuses with the ovule in the female ovary to create the seed.

Question 3

How does fruit set and seed formation occur?

Answer 3

A small percentage of flowers develop into fruits. May be unpollinated or abort during development.

Question 4

food storage tissue

Answer 4

food in the form of starch, oil, protein, or carbohydrates may be stored in the endosperm to cotyledons.

Question 5

Testa

Answer 5

the seed coat and is a tough covering layer which protect the young embryo from damage.

Question 6

Fruit

Answer 6

includes tissue that develops from a mother plant along with the seed.

Question 7

Three basic parts of a seed are:

Answer 7

Embryo, food storage tissue, and testa.

Question 8

Embryo:

Answer 8

created by fertilization of ovule

Question 9

Food storage tissue:

Answer 9

Created by fertilization of ovule

Question 10

Testa:

Answer 10

From the mother plant.

Question 11

Embryo is a young plant and consists of:

Answer 11

Cotyledons, Plumule, and radicle

Question 12

Cotyledons:

Answer 12

One of a monocot, two if a dicot.

Question 13

Plumule:

Answer 13

will form new shoot, if monocots it is protected by the coleoptile.

Question 14

radicle:

Answer 14

Will form the new root.