Life cycle of plants

Life cycle of plants

Review material

Alternation of generations

TWO PHASES

• Asexual phase

• Sexual phase

• Requires spores

Moss

1st stage is asexual (spore capsule)

2nd stage is sexual

requires water or moisture to grow

Fern

1st stage: asexual

2nd stage: sexual (in a heart-shaped plant)

requires water or moisture

Multiple Select

Which of these is/are true in alternation of generation

• It occurs in flowering plants

• happens in seedless plants

• requires spores

• needs water or moisture

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The union of egg cell and sperm cell in sexual reproduction is called

Pollination

• Self-pollination

• Cross-pollination

• happens in flowering plants

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What part of the stamen contains the sperm cells?