Worksheet 16.

1
Plant reproduction
Complete the paragraphs, using the terms in the list. You may use each term once, more than
once or not at all.
anthers cytoplasm different fertilisation filaments identical
meiosis mitosis nuclei ovaries ovules pollen
root seed stigmas style tube zygote

Many plants are able to reproduce both asexually and sexually. In asexual reproduction, a

single plant produces new plants using a kind of cell division called .

This produces offspring that are genetically . The offspring from this kind

of reproduction are usually clustered around the parent plant.

In sexual reproduction, male and female gametes are produced in the flowers. The male

gametes are inside the grains, which are made in the

of the flower. The female gametes are inside the , which are made in the

of the flower.

Sexual reproduction always involves , in which the

of a male gamete and a female gamete fuse together. In flowers, fertilisation happens inside

the ovaries.

The male gametes of flowers cannot move by themselves. Flowers make use of insects or the

wind to carry pollen from the to the . The pollen

grain then grows a down through the to the ovule.

The male nucleus travels down the tube, and fuses with the female gamete to produce a

. This then grows into an embryo plant.

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