Chapter 31

Create a diagram or concept map that shows the relationships between the following: root system, root hairs, shoot system, leaves, petioles, blades, stems, nodes, internodes, flowers.

In angiosperms, each pollen grain produces two sperm. What do these sperm do? a. Each one fertilizes a separate egg cell. b. One fertilizes an egg, and the other is kept in reserve. c. Both fertilize a single egg cell. d. One fertilizes an egg, and the other fertilizes a cell that develops into stored food.

Match questions Attracts pollinator a. pollen grain b. ovule c anther d. Ovary e. sepal f. petal

Match questions Protects flower before it opens a. pollen grain b. ovule c. anther d. Ovary e. sepal f. petal

Match questions Produces sperm a. pollen grain b. ovule c. anther d. Ovary e. sepal f. petal

Match questions Produces pollen a. pollen grain b. ovule c. anther d. Ovary e. sepal f. petal

Match questions Houses ovules a. pollen grain b. ovule c. anther d. Ovary e. sepal f. petal

While walking in the woods, you encounter an unfamiliar nonwoody flowering plant. If you want to know whether it is a monocot or eudicot, it would not help to look at the a. number of seed leaves, or cotyledons, present in its seeds. b. shape of its root system. C. arrangement of vascular bundles in its stem. d. size of the plant.

Name two kinds of asexual reproduction among plants. Explain two advantages of asexual reproduction over sexual reproduction. What is the primary drawback of asexual reproduction?