Plants for Food and Fiber

Which of the following fibers was used to write the first bible on?

• cotton
• hemp
• flax
• denim

Brightly colored parts of flowers that attract insects.

• petals
• pistils
• stamen
• filaments

The stalk connecting the ovaries and stigmas.

• filament
• pistil
• style
• anther

They enclose the egg cells inside the ovaries.

• ovules
• anther
• seeds
• angiosperms

The transfer of pollen, containing the sperm cells, to the female part of the flower. 

• seed disperal
• pollination 
• germination
• fertilization

When a seed sprouts and begins the early growth of a young plant.

• germination
• pollination
• seed dispersal
• fertilization

All of the following are examples of seed disbursement except:

• wind
• volcanic eruptions
• physical movement (rolling)
• animals feces

This occurs after a tube grows down from the pollen grain through the style to the ovary.

• pollination
• germination
• fertilization
• seed dispersal

Small grains that contain a plant's male reproductive cells.

• stamen
• pollen
• anther
• stigma

The stalks in a flower that produce the male reproductive cells

• pistil
• stamen
• filament
• stigma