Seed Plants

The process by which two sperms fuse with cells of the female gametophyte to produce both a zygote and endosperm is called __________________________.

• meiosis

• double fertilization

• asexual reproduction

• alternation of generations

Which of these is not involved in vegetative reproduction of plants?

• Bulbs.

• Stamens.

• Stolons.

• Tuber.

The cuticle is a waxy covering that covers

• flowers.

• seeds.

• nonwoody above ground plant parts.

• nonwoody below ground plant parts.

The primary function of a fruit is ____________________.

• to provide nutrition for the seed

• photosynthesis

• seed dispersal

• to permit cross-fertilization

The sperm of which organisms do not swim through water to reach and fertilize eggs?

• Gymnosperms.

• Ferns.

• Mosses.

• Liverworts.

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Which gymnosperm is characterized by having a dominant sporophyte, wind pollination, and the

development of seeds in cones?

• Cycads.

• Gnetophytes.

• Ginkgoes

• Conifers

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A pollen tube delivers ___________________.

• nourishment

• a spore

• endosperm

• sperm

Brightly colored, sweet-smelling flowers are probably _______________________.

• insect-pollinated

• bat-pollinated

• wind-pollinated

• self-pollinated

Which of the following correctly relates an angiosperm structure and what it develops into?

• pollen grain→seed

• ovary→fruit

• embryo→fruit

• ovule→fruit

The shift between phases in the plant life cycle is known as

• fertilization

• pollination

• phase differentiation

• alternation of generations