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10.1 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - In the plant life cycle, the pollen grain carries sperm to the egg located within a flower part.
- Flowering plants have two stages in their life cycle, this is called Alternation of Generations.
| - What is meant by alternation of generations in the flowering plant life cycle?
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- What is double fertilization?
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Angiosperms
Gamete Formation
Fertilization |
10.2 Growth and Development - Following fertilization, growth and development are required for the zygote to become an embryo enclosed within a seed.
- Seeds must be dispersed and must germinate to complete the plant life cycle.
| - In flowering plants, the seed develops form what part of the flower? From what part of the flower does the fruit develop?
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- How are seeds dispersed?
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Embryos and Seeds
Fruits
Germination Labeling Exercises
 Garden Bean Seed Structure (30.0K)
Corn Grain Structure (26.0K) |
10.3 Asexual Reproduction - Plants also reproduce asexually. This ability can be commercially utilized to mass produce identical plants.
| - List several ways in which flowering plants can reproduce asexually.
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- How might plant tissue culture be beneficial to plants as well as humans?
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Asexual Reproduction |
10.4 Control of Growth and Responses - Plant growth and development are controlled by many internal and external signals.
- Various hormones help regulate plant growth and development.
- Flowering is influenced by genes and environmental signals.
| - What are three stimulatory plant hormones and what are their functions?
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- List two inhibitory plant hormones and their functions.
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Plant Response – Introduction
Plant Movement
Hormones
Photoperiod Art Quizzes
Plant Hormones
Flowering Responses to Day Length
Leaf Abscission Zone |
