Fertilisation in a plant is when:

A pollen is transferred from flower to flower

B the male and female gametes fuse
C the plant respires
D the plant photosynthesises

What results from fertilisation in a plant?

A flowers and leaves
B Carbon Dioxide and water
C Glucose and oxygen
D fruits and seeds

What process usually happens before fertilisation?

A Pollination
B Germination
C Diffusion
D Transpiration

Which part of the flower becomes the Seed?

A anther
B ovules
C ovary
D petals

What part of the flower becomes the fruit?

A petals
B sepals
C ovary
D ovules

What happens to the petals after fertilisation?

A become the fruit
B become the seed
C falls off
D becomes epicarp

Fruits aid in the dispersal of:

A seeds
B Flowers
C pollen
D leaves

What structure grows out of the pollen grain carrying the male gamete to the ovary?
Root tube
Pollen tube
Leaf tube
Bicycle tube

What structure contains the male gamete?

Root
Leaf
Ovule
Pollen grain
What structure contains the female gamete?
A ovary
B sepal
C anther
D chlorophyll

What are the two major agents of pollination?

A wind and water
B Earth and fire
C Wind and insect
D insect and animals

Which of the following is a list of pollinators ?

A Bees, hummingbirds, bats, butterflies
B dogs, cats, goats, sheep
C mosquitos, worms, roaches, termites
D humans, bats, rabbits, dogs
Figure 1.0 Shows the structure of a typical fruit. Use it to answer question 13.
13. The diagram in figure 1.0 shows a typical fruit. Match each number to the correct part of the
fruit which that number labels.
1. Seed dispersal is:
A the process of germination
B the process of pollination
C the process of fertilisation
D the process by which seeds are dispersed to distant places by agents.

2. Agents of seed dispersal are:

A wind, water, mechanical, animal
B wind, insects, volcanoes
C hurricanes, earthquakes
D none of the above.

3.  Seeds with hair like structures are specialised for dispersal by:
A Water
B insects
C wind
D animals

4. Peas are dispersed by which method of dispersal?

A water
B Explosion/Mechanical
C wind
D animals.

5. The word ‘Biotic’ refers to:

A living things
B non-living things
C both living and non- living things.
D none of the above.

6. Coconut is an example of a fruit that is dispersed by:

A snow
B water
C animals
D wind

7. Seed dispersal is important to plants to avoid

A over-crowding
B competition for sunlight
C competition for water
D all of the above.

8. The main function of a fruit is to disperse the seed or seeds.

True
False

9. A true fruit contains the following parts: mesocarp, epicarp, endocarp.  

True
False

10. Humans are also agents of seed dispersal when they eat fruits and throw away the seeds.  
True
False
Figure 1.1 This image refers to question 11.

11. Which method of seed dispersal is the plant in figure 1.1 adapted to carry out.
Water
Wind
Mechanical
Animal
Figure 2.0 refers to question 12

Figure 3.0 refers to question 12

12. Which method of seed dispersal are the plants in Figures 2.0 and 3.0 adapted for?
Water
Wind
Mechanical
Animal
Figure 4.0 refers to question 13

13. The fruits in figure 4.0 are adapted for which type of seed dispersal
Water
Wind
Mechanical
Animal

Figure 5.0 refers to questions 14 and 15

Figure 5.0 shows a plant that is adapted to carry out seed dispersal by wind.
True
False

Figure 5.0 shows a plant that is adapted to carry out seed dispersal mechanically (or by
explosion).
True
False