Plant Reproduction

Question 1

What is the technical name for flowering plants?

Answer 1

Angiosperms

Question 2

What is the technical name for non-flowering plants?

Answer 2

Gymnosperms

Question 3

What is the term for the reproduction process of nonvascular plants?

Answer 3

alternation of generations; when the plant goes through both a gamete (sex cell) producing stage and a spore producing stage

Question 4

Pollen (or pollen grains) are which gender of sex cell: male or female?

Answer 4

Male. Pollen is carried by wind or animals to a female reproductive organ, fertilizing it for the next stage of development

Question 5

What is the term for a flower that contains both male and female reproductive organs?

Answer 5

a perfect flower

Question 6

What is the purpose of petals?

Answer 6

to attract pollinators like bees and birds

Question 7

What are the male structures of a perfect flower?

Answer 7

a stamen, which contains an anther and a filament

Question 8

What are the female structures of a perfect flower?

Answer 8

a style, stigma, and ovary/ovaries

Question 9

What is the purpose of fruit?

Answer 9

to carry seeds away from the plant

Question 10

What is the basic definition of fruit?

Answer 10

anything that the ovary containing the seed/seeds turns into