REVIEW & REHEARSE 18 GROWTH and REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS
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Question 18.17
As exual reproduction in plants:
- a) tends to be particularly common in a population growing in a marginal habitat.
- b) still requires meiosis.
- c) requires reproductive cells that are produced in flowers.
- d) is energetically more expensive than sexual reproduction.
- e) Both b) and c) are correct.
Question 18.18
Most of the trees or shrubs in backyard gardens:
- a) are haploid.
- b) are the products of asexual reproduction.
- c) require both male plants and female plants in close proximity.
- d) utilize cell respiration rather than photosynthesis.
- e) must exhibit an alternation of generations when propagated asexually.
Question 18.19
In angiosperms, the ______ are the specialized reproductive organs whose main function is to bring together the sperm and egg.
- a) seeds
- b) pollen grains
- c) cones
- d) leaves
- e) flowers
