Plant Reproduction QUIZ

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MATCHING:

1. _____ ​The tiny granules that contain sperm (the male gametophyte) of seed plants.

2. _____ ​The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.

3. _____ ​Underground stems, or tubers, can produce new plants after a dormant

season.

4. _____ ​When the sperm fuses with the egg inside an ovule.

5. _____ ​Above-ground stems from which new plants can grow.

6. _____ ​Each fertilized egg in the ovary turns into a ​______.

7. _____ ​The inactive state of a seed when conditions are unfavorable to growth.

8. _____ ​Tiny plants that grow along the edges of a plant’s leaves, and fall off and grow

on their own.

9. _____ ​The ovary of the plant turns into ​_____ ​after fertilization.

10. _____ ​The sporophyte releases ​____​ into the air, where they float to a new area and

land on moist soil, growing into a gametophyte.

a. _____ ​Fruit f. _____ ​Fertilization

b. _____ ​Plantlets g. _____ ​Pollination

c. _____ ​Runners h. _____ ​Pollen

d. _____ ​Tubers i. _____ ​Seed

e. _____ ​Dormant j. _____ ​Spores

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