Flowers, Fruits, And Seeds
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Test your knowledge of fruits, flowers, and seeds
- 1.
- A.
Have several years to complete life cycle
- B.
Has a two year life cycle
- C.
As a one year life cycle
- 2.
- A.
Has several years to complete a life cycle
- B.
Has a year long life cycle
- C.
Has a two year life cycle
- 3.
- A.
Petals
- B.
Stamens
- C.
Flower Stalk
- 4.
- A.
Flower Stalk
- B.
Swelling on the tip of peduncle that the other parts of the flower attach to
- C.
Sepals
- 5.
- A.
Small, usually green leaf-like structures
- B.
Referred to as the calyx
- C.
Often missing in wind pollinated plants
- D.
Are attached to the receptacle
- E.
The outermost whorl and there are 3-5 sepals
- 6.
- A.
Attached to the receptacle
- B.
Known as the corolla
- C.
Produces pollen
- D.
Missing in wind pollinated plants
- E.
The next whorl of flower parts
- 7.
- A.
Attached to the receptacle
- B.
Small, usually green
- C.
Outermost whorl
- 8.
- A.
Produces pollen
- B.
Refers to the calyx and the corolla together
- C.
Slender Structure
- 9.
- A.
Slender structure
- B.
Refers to the calyx and the corolla together
- C.
Produces pollen
- 10.
- A.
Slender structure
- B.
Produces pollen
- C.
Refers to the calyx and the corolla together
- 11.What are the characteristics of a pistil?
- A.
Often vase-shaped
- B.
Has a stigma
- C.
Has a style
- D.
Has an ovary
- 12.
- A.
Swollen base
- B.
Connects stigma & ovary
- C.
At the top of the pistil
- 13.
- A.
Connects the stigma & ovary
- B.
At the top of the pistil
- C.
Swollen base
- 14.
- A.
Swollen base
- B.
At the top of the pistil
- C.
Connects stigma & ovary
- 15.Ovary wall develops into a fruit which surrounds the seeds
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.
- A.
A single peduncle which leads to the flowers and a pedicel
- B.
Egg-shaped and attached to ovary wall
- C.
A mature ovary and accessory parts that usually contain seeds
- 17.An ovary position is a mature ovary and accessory parts that usually contains seeds
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.The ovary is above the calyx and corolla is known as:The receptacle grows up and around the ovary and the ovary appears to be below the calyx and corolla is known as:
- A.
Inferior; Superior
- B.
Superior; Inferior
- 19.Inflorescence is a single peduncle which leads to the flowers and a pedicel, then leads to each flower
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.A nut is a mature ovary and accessory parts that usually contains seeds
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.
- A.
Mesocarp
- B.
Endocarp
- C.
Exocarp
- 22.
- A.
Inner boundary around the seed(s)
- B.
Outer skin
- C.
Everything in between
- 23.
- A.
Everything in between
- B.
Outer skin
- C.
Inner boundary around the seed(s)
- 24.
- A.
Inner boundary around the seed(s)
- B.
Outer skin
- C.
Everything in between
- 25.Which of the following are true about simple fleshy fruits?
- A.
Develop from a single flower with a single pistil
- B.
Ovaries fuse together to form a single fruit
- C.
Mesocarp is fleshy at maturity
- 26.Which of the following are characteristics of drupes?
- A.
Single seed within a hard, stony endocarp (pit)
- B.
Oily skin and inner wall of ovary very juicy
- C.
A cup formed from bracts is attached to the bottom
- 27.How many different types of berries are there?
- A.
3
- B.
2
- C.
4
- 28.Berries have more than one seed and their entire mesocarp is fleshy
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 29.
- A.
Thick
- B.
Thin
- 30.What kind of skin do pepo's have?
- A.
Thick
- B.
Thin
- 31.
- A.
Thick
- B.
Thin
- C.
Oily/Very juicy inner
- 32.Which of the following are characteristics of a pome?
- A.
Fleshy receptacle
- B.
Endocarp around the seeds is papery
- C.
Developed from a single fleshy fruit
- 33.
- A.
Ovaries fuse together to form a single fruit
- B.
Derived from a single flower with many pistils
- C.
Each pistil forms a fruitlet and mature as a cluster
- 34.
- A.
Derived from many flowers on an inflorescence
- B.
Each pistil forms a fruitlet and mature as a cluster
- C.
Ovaries fuse together to form a single fruit
- 35.
- A.
Mesocarp is dry at maturity
- B.
A cup formed from bracts is attached to the bottom
- C.
Split at maturity
- 36.What is a legume?
- A.
Splits along one seam
- B.
Splits along two seams
- C.
Splits along two seams, but the seeds are attached to a central partition
- 37.What is a folicle?
- A.
Splits along two seams, but the seeds are attached to a central partition
- B.
Splits along two seams
- C.
Splits along one seam
- 38.What are siliques?
- A.
Splits along two seams, but the seeds are attached to a central partition
- B.
Splits along two seams
- C.
Splits along one seam
- 39.
- A.
Legume
- B.
Capsules
- C.
Siliques
- 40.
- A.
Seed is attached to the pericarp but easily separated
- B.
A cup formed from bracts is attached to the bottom
- 41.Which of the following are characteristics of a nut?
- A.
Hard pericarp
- B.
Seed is attached to pericarp
- C.
A cup is formed by bracts and is attached to the bottom
- 42.
- A.
Pericarp forms wings for dispersal
- B.
Pericarp is fused to the seed and cannot be separated
- 43.
- A.
Pericarp is fused to the seed and cannot be separated
- B.
Pericarp form wings for dispersal
- 44.Shizocarps are twin fruits that break apart upon drying into two one-seeded fruits
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 45.
- A.
Cotyledons
- B.
Embryo
- C.
Seed Coat
- 46.
- A.
The stem above the cotyledons
- B.
Develops into the roots
- C.
The stem between the cotyledons and the radicle
- 47.
- A.
The stem above the cotyledons
- B.
The stem between the cotyledons and the radicle
- C.
Develops into the roots
- 48.
- A.
Develops into the roots
- B.
The stem above the cotyledons
- C.
The stem between the cotyledons and the radicle
- 49.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- 50.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- 51.Most seeds will not germinate until they are in favorable environmental conditions including:
- A.
Temperature
- B.
Water
- C.
Oxygen
- D.
Light
- 52.Many seeds require a dormant period
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 53.Dormancy is broken by the development of large cracks in the seed coat over a long period of time
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 54.Scarification is breaking dormancy artificially by putting seeds in a refrigerator in damp sand
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 55.
- A.
Apples
- B.
Pears
- C.
Citrus fruits
- D.
Tomatoes
- 56.Monocots are flower parts in threes and multiple of threes and Dicots are flowering parts in fours or fives and multiples of four or five
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 57.Almost 80%, of all flowering plants are dicots
- A.
True
- B.
False
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