Plant reproduction worksheet

Stefani kavango 220093962

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1. Three of the megaspores cells degenerate and one grows and develops.
The last megaspore undergoes three mitotic divisions to produce eight haploid nuclei within the
embryo sac. During pollen grain formation, the microspore mother cell undergoes one meiotic
division to generate four haploid microspores, usually in the shape of a tetrad, which later
mature into pollen grains.
2. One sperm cell combines to form a 3x nucleus and quickly divides, eventually becoming the
nutrition for the growing seed or to store starch.
3. A micropyle is a small opening that allows the pollen tube to pass through.
4. A chalaza is a rope-like spiral strand that holds the yolk in the thick egg white. Each yolk is
anchored by two chalazae, one on top and one on the bottom.
5. Triple fusion is a fusion that involves a sperm nucleus and two polar nuclei which occurs in
the double fertilization in a seed-bearing plant that results in the endosperm formation.
6 . c) embryo sac
7. b) ovule
8. d) Pollen sacs
9. c) One egg cell and two polar nuclei
10. a) four megaspores
11. Pollen sacs
12. Microspores
13.
Male Gametophyte Cells What does cell produce?
Pollen tube cell produce the pollen tube
Generative cell divide and form 2 sperm

14. Only one survives.

15. Each ovule develops into a seed.
16. The endosperm
17. Triploid
18. Diploid
19. The function of endosperm is to provide stored food supply in the angiosperms seeds to
nourish an embryo.
20. Only one survives.
21.a) Three mitotic
22. Double fertilization refers to the joining of two sperm cells with distinct nuclei of the
female gametophyte. This ensures that endosperm only develops in ovules where the egg has
been fertilized, preventing angiosperms from wasting nutrients on infertile ovules. Each ovule
develops into a seed after double fertilization, while the ovary develops into the fruit.

23. Double fertilization: In angiosperms, one sperm fertilizes the egg to form the 2n zygote,
while the other sperm fuses with two polar nuclei to form the 3n endosperm. This is called a
double fertilization.