1. Explain what an antheridium is.
2. Where do you find sporangia in fern plants?
3. Non vascular plants that produce spores belong to which phylum?
4. What do we call the embryonic root of a plant?
5. The green part of the moss plant that you see is the….
6. Where does fertilization of the egg cell in the moss plant take place?
7. Explain what a dicot plant is.
8. Look at the fern life cycle.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
8.1. Which part(s) are diploid?
8.2 Which part(s) are haploid?
8.3. What takes place by E?
9. How do colorful flowers get pollinated?
10. How are coconut seeds dispersed?
11. What forms the fruit of a flower?
12. Why do mosses always grow in moist places close to water?
13. What is the role of plant hormones?
14. Name 4 types of plant hormones and explain what they do for the plant.
15. What is a gymnosperm?
16. Explains what is photoperiodism.
17. What do you find inside a seed?
18. Explain 3 characteristics of a monocot plant.
19. Explain what is the meaning of positive phototropism.
20. What forms the: 1. Pistil of a flower and 2. The stamen of a flower?
Answer key:
1. The male reproductive structure in the moss and fern plants
2. On the underside of the fern leaf inside the sori.
3. Bryophyta
4. Radicle
5. Gametophyte
6. Inside the argegonium – the female reproductive structure
7. It is plant where the seeds have 2 seed leaves or cotelydons, the leaves have net venation, has a tap
root system, flower parts are in 4’s or 5’s or multiples of these.
8. 8.1 A, B.
8.2 C, D, E
8.3. Fertilization of the egg cell
9. By insects or small animals
10. By floating on water
11. The ovary
12. So that the sperm can swim to the egg cell.
13. To regulate plant functions
14. Gibberellins – Stimulate growth – help seeds germinate
Ethylene – Helps with the ripening of fruit
Cytokinins – Helps cell division to take place, slow down the aging process of some plant organs.
Auxins – Helps with the lengthening of cells in the apical meristem, stimulates growth in the apical
meristem, prevents the forming of side branches.
15. A plant that produce seeds inside cones.
16. The response of plants to the change in the length of the day or night.
17. An embryo and food supply (called the endosperm)
18. Parallel venation, Flower parts in threes or multiple of threes, Fibrous root system, one seed leaf or
cotyledon.
19. The plant part (stems) grow in the direction of a light source – grows toward the light.
20. 1. Stigma, Style, Ovary.
2. Anther, Filament