What is the function of the ovary?
Important Questions on Sexual Reproduction in flowering Plants
Complete the sentences by choosing words from this list.
Pollination is an important part of the life cycle of plants. _____ is transferred between flowering plants, allowing the plants to reproduce and make _____.
Wind can also transfer pollen from plant to plant. Explain how the following characteristics help wind-pollinated plants.
A large amount of pollen: Because most of the pollen does not _____
Wind can also transfer pollen from plant to plant. Explain how the following characteristics help wind-pollinated plants.
Anthers hang outside the flower: so _____ directly into the wind.
The sentences below describe what happens in fertilisation in a plant. The sentences are in the wrong order. Write the numbers 1-4 next to the sentences to show the correct order in which they happen. The first has been done for you.
The nucleus inside a pollen grain and the nucleus in an ovule join up
A pollen grain lands on the stigma 1
A pollen tube grows down to the ovary
The ovary develops into a fruit and each ovule becomes a seed containing an embryo
