The World of Plants

(B) Growing Plants

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1. Give the function of the following
parts of a seed

Seed coat protection

Embryo plant grows into new plant

Cotyledon food store until the first

green leaves appear

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 In the following experiment to investigate conditions for
2. germination of cress seeds, what conclusion do you come to?

Tube 1 2 3 4
heat heat
Conditions heat moisture
light moisture
Present oxygen w ater
moisture oxygen
Conditions
oxygen none w ater heat
absent

Percentage
of seeds 0% 100% 0% 0%
germinated

Answer: Seeds need oxygen, water and heat to

germinate
Seeds do not need light to germinate
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3.. Why can a large seed be
planted deeper in the ground
than a small seed?

Answer:
If a small seed was planted too deeply in
the ground it would use up its food store
(in the cotyledon) before the first green
leaves appeared.

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4..
What is the name given to the
temperature at which seeds will
germinate best at?

Answer: The optimum temperature.

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5..
Below is table to show what percentage of
seeds germinate at different temperatures. What
is the optimum temperature for germination ?
o %
Temp ( C)
Germination
0 0
15 50
20 100
25 40
30 30
35 8

Answer: 20oC

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6.. Why was there no germination at 00C ?

o %
Temp ( C)
Germination
0 0
15 50
20 100
25 40
30 30
35 8

Answer:
Because it was too cold for the
enzymes involved in germination to
function.
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7.. Give the function of each of the
following parts of a flowering plant

Petal colour / scent to attract

insects
Sepal protects the bud before it opens

Anther produces pollen

Nectary contains nectar to feed insects

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8.. What is the definition of fertilisation?

Answer:

Joining together the male and female

gamete.

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9..
What is meant by pollination in
a flowering plant?

Answer:

? The process by which

pollen grains travel from
anther to stigma.

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10..
What is the difference between self
pollination and cross pollination?

a) Self Pollination means -

Pollen is transferred from anther to stigma of
the same flower.

b) Cross pollination means -

Pollen is transferred from anther to stigma of a
different flower.

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11..
What is the difference between
wind pollination and insect
pollination?
a) Wind Pollination means -
Pollen grains are transferred by the wind.

b) Insect pollination means -

Pollen grains are transferred by insects.

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12.. Below is a table comparing the structure of wind
and insect pollinated flowers. Fill in the gaps.

Insect Pollinated Wind Pollinated

Petals large and Petals small and green

coloured

Sticky, spiky pollen Small, light pollen

Scented No scent

Usually produce nectar Never produce nectar

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13..
Below you will see a list of flowers. Which are
insect pollinated and which are wind pollinated?

Buttercup - Insect
Grass - Wind
Dandelion - Insect
Barley - Wind
Tulip - Insect
Lavender - Insect
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14..
stigma.
The pollen grain lands on the ______
The male sex cell is inside thepollen
_____
style
and grows a tube down through the ____
ovary.
to reach the female sex cell in the _____

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15..
What term describes the pollen nucleus
joining with the ovule nucleus ?

Answer: Fertilization

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16..
Where does fertilization take place in
a plant?

Answer: In the ovary

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17..
Name the structure which always
contains the seeds.

Answer: The fruit

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18..
After fertilisation what do the
following parts of the flower become?

The flower stalk the fruit stalk

becomes..
the fruit
The ovary becomes..
the seeds
The ovules become..
wither and drop off
The
petals,stamen,stigma..
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19..
By what method of dispersal are the
following seeds scattered?

Dandelion - wind
Bramble - animal
internal
Tomato -animal
internal
Burdock - animal
external
Ash -wind
Strawberry - animal internal
Coconut -water
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20.
What is meant by asexual reproduction?

Answer:
Only one parent involved
No sex cells produced
Producing new plants without forming
seeds
No pollination involved
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21.
What type of asexual reproduction do the
following plants display?

A potato tuber
-
runner
A strawberry -
bulb
An onion
-

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22.
Which method of vegetative reproduction
is the following statement describing?

special stems grow out from the

parent plant and when they make
contact with the earth, roots begin to
grow. In time a new plant is
produced.
Answer: A runner

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23.
Give some disadvantages of asexual
reproduction.

Answer:
Plants may be overcrowded
No variation of plant characteristics
Any undesirable characteristics will be passed on

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24.
Give some of the advantages of asexual
reproduction.

Answer:
Rapid growth available food stores from parent
No vulnerable stages of germination and early seed
growth
Colonies of the same kind of plant will form no room
for competition

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