A. Increases variation; Reduces
chance of genetic problems
A. Anther; Stamen
Q. What happens to the two polar
nuclei?
Q. To which part of a flower is
pollen carried?
A. Fuse with male gamete nucleus
to form triploid endosperm
nucleus
A. Stigma of the carpel
Q. What happens to the ovary after
Q. What happens to the ovule after
fertilisation?
fertilisation?
A. Becomes the seed
A. Becomes the fruit
Q. True or False. Endosperm is a
food reserve in some seeds.
Q. Give one location in a seed in
which food is stored.
A. TRUE
A. Endosperm; Cotyledon;
Nucellus
Q. What is pollination?
Q. What is fertilisation?
A. Transfer of pollen from anther
to stigma
Q. From which structure in the seed
did the root develop?
A. Fusion of gametes; Formation of
zygote
Q. Name a carbohydrate that you
would expect to be present in the
food store of a seed.
Page 1 of 4
A. Starch
A. Radicle
Q. How are wind-pollinated flowers
adapted?
A. No colours; No scent; No nectar;
Small or no petals; Long stamens;
Long feathery stigmas
Q. Name a structure through which
the pollen tube grows in order to
reach the embryo sac.
A. Stigma; Style; Ovary; Micropyle
Q. In which part of a flower does a
seed form?
Q. Give two ways in which pollen
may be transported to another
flower.
A. Wind; Insect; Artificial
Q. What forms in the ovary of a
flower after pollination and
fertilization?
A. Seed; Zygote; Embryo; Food
reserve
Q. What process follows pollination
in the life cycle of a flowering plant?
A. Carpel; Ovary
A. Fertilisation
Q. Some flowers have nectaries.
How are these flowers pollinated?
Q. Name the part of the flower
where fertilisation occurs.
A. Insects
A. Embryo sac; Ovule; Ovary
Q. What is the difference between Q. Suggest a substance that flowers
self-pollination and crossproduce that may cause hay fever in
pollination?
some people.
Page 2 of 4
A. Occurs on same plant or flower;
Occurs between plants of same
species
A. Pollen
Q. What is the function of the
sepals?
Q. Name two ways in which crosspollination happens.
A. Wind; Insect
A. Protection; Photosynthesis
Q. Suggest why cross-pollination is
preferable to self-pollination.
Q. In which part of the flower is
pollen produced?
Page 3 of 4
Follow-me Quiz
Follow-me Quiz
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Follow-me Quiz
Follow-me Quiz
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Follow-me Quiz
Follow-me Quiz
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Follow-me Quiz
Follow-me Quiz
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Follow-me Quiz
Follow-me Quiz
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
3.6.1 Reproduction of the
Flowering Plant
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Flower Structure, Gamete Formation,
Pollination & Fertilisation
Enter Topic Title in each section above
Page 4 of 4