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What are the three main parts of a seed?
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| | A) | cone, zygote, and seed coat |
| | B) | seed coat, stored food, and an embryo |
| | C) | pollen grain, sperm, and egg |
| | D) | stored food, flower, and pollen grain |
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What special types of cells are produced during the gametophyte stage of a plant's life cycle?
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| | A) | seed cells |
| | B) | spores |
| | C) | sex cells |
| | D) | zygotes |
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Why can't you go to a garden store and buy fern seeds?
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| | A) | Fern seeds are very rare. |
| | B) | Fern seeds must stay moist. |
| | C) | Fern seeds are too small to package. |
| | D) | Ferns do not produce seeds. |
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Why might a seed be covered in prickly hooks?
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| | A) | to attract insects |
| | B) | to aid in seed dispersal |
| | C) | to keep it from being eaten |
| | D) | to help in germination |
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In gymnosperms and angiosperms, the egg is produced in a female structure called __________.
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| | A) | a seed |
| | B) | a stamen |
| | C) | an ovule |
| | D) | a pollen grain |
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Spores are produced during the __________ stage of a plant's life cycle.
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| | A) | asexual |
| | B) | sporophyte |
| | C) | gametophyte |
| | D) | sexual |
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What is the gametophyte plant of a fern called?
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| | A) | frond |
| | B) | capsule |
| | C) | prothallus |
| | D) | rhizome |
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Sexual reproduction in plants, as in all organisms, requires__________.
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| | A) | only a female |
| | B) | only a male |
| | C) | only small parts of the plant |
| | D) | a male and female |
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If someone gives you a plant and tells you that it is an angiosperm, you know that sometime during its life cycle it will produce __________.
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| | A) | swimming sperm |
| | B) | a prothallus |
| | C) | flowers |
| | D) | cones |
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Some seeds, like those in tomatoes and apples, are found inside __________ and pass through an animal's digestive system when they are eaten.
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| | A) | roots |
| | B) | cones |
| | C) | fruits |
| | D) | flowers |
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The transfer of pollen grains to the female part of the plant is called __________.
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| | A) | germination |
| | B) | reproduction |
| | C) | pollination |
| | D) | fertilization |
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In fern plants, spores are produced in structures called _________.
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| | A) | fronds |
| | B) | prothallus |
| | C) | sori |
| | D) | capsules |
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__________ is a series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed.
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| | A) | Pollination |
| | B) | Reproduction |
| | C) | Germination |
| | D) | Fertilization |
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The production of new plants from underground stems is an example of __________ reproduction.
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| | A) | sexual |
| | B) | zygote |
| | C) | asexual |
| | D) | two parent |
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A plant produces small flowers that do not have a strong odor and are not brightly colored. The plant probably is pollinated by __________.
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| | A) | bees |
| | B) | bats |
| | C) | flies |
| | D) | the wind |
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One difference between sexual reproduction in plants and animals is that in plants, sex cells __________.
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| | A) | unite to form a zygote |
| | B) | are produced in structures made of haploid cells |
| | C) | are called sperm and egg |
| | D) | join in a process called fertilization |
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Which one of the following reproductive structures would be found only in gymnosperms?
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| | A) | cones |
| | B) | sori |
| | C) | flowers |
| | D) | pistils |
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Which one of the following is an example of a nonvascular seedless plant?
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| | A) | horsetail |
| | B) | fern |
| | C) | moss |
| | D) | flowering plant |
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Which one of the following is the male reproductive part of a flower?
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| | A) | stamen |
| | B) | sepal |
| | C) | petal |
| | D) | pistils |
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In seed plants, sperm travel down a(n) __________ to reach the egg.
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| | A) | stigma tube |
| | B) | ovule tube |
| | C) | pollen tube |
| | D) | stamen tube |
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