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Ch. 38 Vocabulary Pre-Quiz - Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology



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Ch. 38 Vocabulary - Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
a.
apomixis
k.
gametophyte
b.
monoecious
l.
endosperm
c.
carpel
m.
sporophyte
d.
megaspore
n.
protoplast
e.
scutellum
o.
dioecious
f.
bisexual flower
p.
unisexual flower
g.
dormancy
q.
epicotyl
h.
hypocotyl
r.
stamen
i.
anther
s.
coleorhiza
j.
pericarp
t.
microspore
 

 1. 

the terminal pollen sac of a stamen, inside which pollen grains with male gametes form in the flowr of an angiosperm
 

 2. 

a flower equipped with both stamens and carpels
 

 3. 

the covering of the young root of the embryo of a grass seed
 

 4. 

referring to a plant species that has staminate and carpellate flowers on separate plants
 

 5. 

the asexual production of seed
 

 6. 

the female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of the stigma, style, and ovary
 

 7. 

a condition typified by extremely low metabolic rate and a suspension of growth and development
 

 8. 

a nutrient-rich tissue formed by the union of a sperm cell with two polar nuclei during double fertilization, which provides nourishment to the developing embryo in angiosperm seeds
 

 9. 

the embryonic axis above the point at which the cotyledons are attached
 

 10. 

the muticellular haploid form in organisms undergoing alternation of generations, which mitoically produces haploid gametes that unite and grow into the sporophyte generation
 

 11. 

the embryonic axis below the point at which the cotyledons are attached
 

 12. 

a large, haploid spore that can continue to grow to eventually produce a female gametophyte
 

 13. 

a small, haploid spore that can give rise to a haploid male gametophyte
 

 14. 

referring to a plant species that has both staminate and carpellate flowers on the same individual
 

 15. 

the thickened wall of fruit
 

 16. 

the contents of a plant cell exclusive of the cell wall
 

 17. 

a specialized type of cotyledon found in the grass family
 

 18. 

the multicellular diploid form in organisms undergoing alternation of generations that results from a union of gametes and that meiotically produces haploid spores that grow into the gametophyte generation
 

 19. 

the pollen-producing male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an anther and a filament
 

 20. 

a flower missing either stamens or carpels
 



 
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