Plant Reproduction

Question 1

modified stems

Answer 1

modified asexual reproduction

Question 2

modified roots

Answer 2

modified for storage

Question 3

modified leaves

Answer 3

modified for storage

Question 4

stamen

Answer 4

made up of anther and filament, produces male gametophytes

Question 5

carpel

Answer 5

made up of stigma, style, and ovary, produces female gametophytes

Question 6

anther

Answer 6

makes pollen

Question 7

filament

Answer 7

holds anther up

Question 8

stigma

Answer 8

sticky tip that receives pollen

Question 9

style

Answer 9

slender stalk

Question 10

ovary

Answer 10

enlarged structure at base of carpel

Question 11

sepal

Answer 11

outermost part of flower, protects petals

Question 12

petals

Answer 12

attract pollinators

Question 13

calyx

Answer 13

all sepals together

Question 13

receptacle

Answer 13

connects all parts of flower

Question 14

fruit

Answer 14

mature ovary containing seeds

Question 15

pericarp

Answer 15

thickened ovary walls

Question 16

exocarp

Answer 16

outside

Question 17

mesocarp

Answer 17

middle

Question 18

endocarp

Answer 18

inside

Question 19

simple fruit

Answer 19

develop from a single flower that contains a single carpel or several carpels that are fused together

Question 20

aggregate fruit

Answer 20

develops from single flower that contains many separate carpels

Question 21

fleshy fruit

Answer 21

all or most of ovary wall is soft or fleshy at maturity

Question 22

berry

Answer 22

entire pericarp is fleshy, there may be one or many seeds (grape, tomato, avocado)

Question 23

pepo

Answer 23

modified berry with hard, thick rind (watermelon, pumpkin, squash)

Question 24

hesperidium

Answer 24

modified berry with leathery rind and parchment like partitions between sections (orange, lemon, grapefruit)

Question 25

drupe

Answer 25

modified berry with hard inner layer surrounding seed (peach, plum, apricot)