Flowers, Fruits, And Seeds
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Test your knowledge of fruits, flowers, and seeds
- 1.What are annuals?
- A.
Have several years to complete life cycle
- B.
Has a two year life cycle
- C.
As a one year life cycle
- 2.What are perennials?
- A.
Has several years to complete a life cycle
- B.
Has a year long life cycle
- C.
Has a two year life cycle
- 3.What is a peduncle?
- A.
Petals
- B.
Stamens
- C.
Flower Stalk
- 4.What is a receptacle?
- 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.What are the characteristics of stamens?
- A.
Attached to the receptacle
- B.
Small, usually green
- C.
Outermost whorl
- 8.What is perianth?
- A.
Produces pollen
- B.
Refers to the calyx and the corolla together
- C.
Slender Structure
- 9.What is a filament?
- A.
Slender structure
- B.
Refers to the calyx and the corolla together
- C.
Produces pollen
- 10.What is anther?
- 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.Which of the following is the correct definition for stigma?
- A.
Swollen base
- B.
Connects stigma & ovary
- C.
At the top of the pistil
- 13.Which of the following is the correct definition for style?
- A.
Connects the stigma & ovary
- B.
At the top of the pistil
- C.
Swollen base
- 14.Which of the following is the correct definition for ovary?
- 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.What are ovules?
- 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.Which regions together are called the pericarp?
- A.
Mesocarp
- B.
Endocarp
- C.
Exocarp
- 22.What is the exocarp?
- A.
Inner boundary around the seed(s)
- B.
Outer skin
- C.
Everything in between
- 23.What is the mesocarp?
- A.
Everything in between
- B.
Outer skin
- C.
Inner boundary around the seed(s)
- 24.What is the endocarp?
- 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
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