5.3.6 Quiz Plant Reproduction

A strawberry plant is sending out horizontal stems, or runners. New plants have the same DNA as the parent plant and form along the runners. What word best describes what the plant is doing?

• pollination

• fertilization

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

Flowering plants can reproduce using sexual reproduction. Which word best describes the joining of male and female sex cells?

• fragmentation

• pollination

• fertilization

• budding

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Which structure contains the female reproductive organs of the flower?

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What structure provides protection to the developing flower bud?

The picture below is a model of a flower. Which structure in the flower produces pollen?

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The female reproductive organ of a flower is the pistil. The pistil consists of smaller structures that work together to create a system. Which part of the pistil produces seeds?

• style

• sepal

• stigma

• ovary

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Animals such as bees, butterflies, and bats that help pollinate flowers are called pollinators. What role does a pollinator play in pollination?

• Pollinators prevent plants from reproducing too often.

• Pollinators remove the petals from the flower after pollination.

• Pollinators transfer pollen from the stamen to the pistil.

• Pollinators transfer seeds into the fruit.

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Hummingbirds eat nectar from flowers. The flowers hummingbirds usually visit are narrow and deep. Hummingbirds have long beaks. How is the birds' beak length related to the shape of the flowers it feeds from?

• The deep flowers prevent the hummingbird from catching disease.

• The long beak allows the transfer of pollen directly to the flower's ovary.

• The deep flowers only allow the youngest hummingbirds to feed.

• The long beak helps the bird reach nectar deep inside the flower.

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Place the following steps in the correct order for the formation of fruit.

• Fruit is ripe.

• Pollen lands on the stigma.

• Seeds grow and develop inside the fruit as it develops.

• Pollen enters ovary and fertilization occurs.

• Pollen travels down the pollen tube.