EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Name : Rona Elaiza Campolio Date : Nov. 20 , 2021

Section and Strand : Humss 11 - 9 St. Titus Teacher : Sir. Jerome Razon

1. Jayson - MUNG BEANS - As the plant matures, small, pale yellow

flowers will appear in clusters of 12 to 15 toward the top of a mung
bean plant. The flowers are self-pollinating and do not require wind or
insects. Pollen, the male portion of the plant, forms as grains at the end
of an organ called the anther. When pollen comes in contact with the
female portion of the plant, known as the stigma, sperm is released. The
sperm travels down through the stigma into the ovary, where
fertilization occurs.
● As it matures, the plant will put forth stems that will grow either
as indeterminate plants that grow as vines or terminate plants that
grow in bush form.
2. Jenny - GRAPES - The male parts of the flower are the stamens, each
consisting of a pollen-bearing anther supported by a filament.
Generally, there are five anthers arranged around the ovary, but some
varieties may have more or less. Pollen is shed as the anther ripens and
 are primarily transported by wind, though rarely more than 20 feet (7
meters) from the source. Pollination occurs when pollen lands on the
female parts of a flower. Each pollen grain grows a long tube towards
the eggs within the ovary, and sperm cells move down this tube.
● The female parts of the flower consisting of the ovary, the stigma,
and the style. The stigma and style provide the entrance to the
ovary for pollen. When a sperm cell in the pollen tube unites with
an egg cell in the ovary, an embryo (a new seedling plant) is
produced. The embryo grows within the developing seed, while
the entire ovary grows to become the grape berry itself with seeds
contained within.
3. Angelo - ROSE - The sexual reproduction in rose plants happens with
the fusion of male and female gametes produced by plants. The male
gametes are produced by the process of microsporogenesis which
occurs in anthers whereas the female gametes or eggs are produced in
the ovary of the flower. After the maturation of gametes, fertilization
between gametes occurs by pollination in which the male gametes
reach the female gamete for fertilization to give rise to a new rose plant.
The process of pollination is aided by many agents of pollination such
as wind or insects which take pollen grains to other rose plants (in case
of cross-pollination). After fertilization, embryo formation takes place.
This embryo is present in the seeds of the plant. The seed protects the
embryo and nourishes the embryo until it germinates in soil and
develops into a new plant.
● A seed consists of an embryo, which is surrounded by a
protective coat. The parent rose plant disperses the seeds into the
atmosphere. In favourable conditions, those seeds germinate and
the embryo grows into a new rose plant.
4. Janelle - PINE TREE - As a general rule, most trees pine trees
included – reproduce sexually. This means that both male and female
parts of the pine tree are required for fertilization and for a seed to
 develop. Female pine cones use their woody structure to keep their
seeds safe. They keep their seeds safe so the seeds can hopefully be
pollinated and grow. Each female pine cone has numerous spirally
arranged scales, with two seeds on each fertile scale. Male pine cones
produce pollen, which is like a powder. The male cones release their
pollen, which is carried around the air by blowing wind and hopefully
to another female pine cone on a different pine tree. If the pollen
reaches a female pine cone, this process is called pollination.
● After pollination, and as time passes (usually about two to three
years), the pollinated pine seeds grow and eventually peel loose
and off of the cone and fall to the ground. If a good spot for the
seed is available, a new pine tree will grow! However, there are
many ways fertilized pine seeds can move from place to plac

5. Jerome - FERN - The fern "life cycle" refers to sexual reproduction.

However, ferns use asexual methods to reproduce, too. In apogamy, a
sporophyte grows into a gametophyte without fertilization occurring.
Ferns use this method of reproduction when conditions are too dry to
permit fertilization. Ferns can produce baby ferns at proliferous frond
tips. As the baby fern grows, its weight causes the frond to droop
toward the ground. Once the baby fern roots itself, it can survive
separate from the parent plant. The proliferous baby plant is genetically
identical to its parent. Ferns use this as a method of quick reproduction.
● The rhizomes (fibrous structures that resemble roots) can spread
through soil, sprouting new ferns. Ferns grown from rhizomes are
also identical to their parents. This is another method that permits
quick reproduction.

6. Erica - THYLLOPHYTA - The sexual reproduction in thallophyta is

isogamous, anisogamous and oogamous. In thallophyta, sexual
reproduction takes place through zygotic meiosis, therefore the embryo
is not formed.