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Extra Question and Answers
Reproduction in Plants

Q1. Explain zygote formation or fertilisation with the help of a diagram.

Answer:
In sexual reproduction, a male and female gamete fuse to form a zygote. This
process of fusion of gametes to form a zygote is called fertilisation . The zygote
develops into an embryo.

Q2. What are the advantages of vegetative propagation?

Answer:
Plants produced by vegetative propagation take less time to grow and bear flowers
and fruits earlier than those produced from seeds. The new plants are exact copies
of the parent plant, as they are produced from a single parent.

Q3. Which is more advantageous for plants-self-pollination or cross-pollination? Give

reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Cross-pollination is more advantageous as it help the plant in having variation in
offsprings, new varieties are formed, make plant to adapt to new changes in
environmental conditions and diseases. It helps the plant to yield better.
Q4. What is brinjal, a vegetable or a fruit? Explain.
Answer:
Brinjal is actually fruit of the plant which we take or consume as vegetable. Brinjal
develops from the fertilised ovary of the flower and contains many seeds.

Q5. How plants are benefitted by seed dispersal?

Answer:
Seed dispersal prevents competition between the plant and its own seedlings for
sunlight, water and minerals. It also enables plant to invade new habitats for wider
distribution. Thus, seed dispersal provides suitable conditions for survival and
growth of the plant.

Q6. What are the post fertilisation changes in a flower?

Answer:
After fertilisation, the ovary grows into a fruit and other parts of the flower fall off.
The ripened ovary is called fruit. The seeds develop from the ovules. The seed
contains an embryo, which is formed from zygote due to fusion of male and female
gametes. The embryo develops into future plant on getting favourable conditions.