Pollination and Seed Structure Questions

List three ways pollination can occur.

• Wind, water, any insect (bee, moth, butterfly, ant, beetle, fly), any animal (bat, dog, people)

• Only by humans, machines, and robots

• Through sound waves, magnets, and electricity

• By sunlight, moonlight, and starlight

What does the ovule become after fertilized (in flowering plants)?

• Seed

• Fruit

• Leaf

• Root

What does the ovary become after it is fertilized?

• Fruit

• Seed

• Leaf

• Root

Why is the seed leaf important?

• Provides food for the plant

• Helps the plant to breathe

• Protects the plant from insects

• Absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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How many seed leaves in a monocot? How many seed leaves in a dicot?

• 1 monocot, 2 dicot

• 2 monocot, 1 dicot

• 2 monocot, 2 dicot

• 1 monocot, 1 dicot

What is the job of the seed coat?

• To protect the seed and to keep it from sprouting too soon

• To help the seed grow faster

• To provide food for the seed

• To attract insects

What is the embryo? (lesson 9)

• New developing plant (organism)

• A mature leaf

• A type of soil

• A part of the flower

What is the endosperm?

• The part of the seed that provides food

• The outer covering of the seed

• The part of the seed that develops into a root

• The part of the seed that protects the embryo

Fertilization is:

• the fusion of male and female gametes

• the process of photosynthesis in plants

• the division of cells during mitosis

• the movement of water through plant roots

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Label the parts of the flower using the diagram.

• 1. Petal 2. Ovary 3. Egg 4. Style 5. Stigma 6. Pistil 7. Anther 8. Filament 9. Stamen 10. Stem 11. Sepal

• 1. Leaf 2. Root 3. Seed 4. Stem 5. Sepal 6. Petal 7. Anther 8. Filament 9. Stamen 10. Ovary 11. Style

• 1. Petal 2. Sepal 3. Ovary 4. Style 5. Stigma 6. Pistil 7. Anther 8. Filament 9. Stamen 10. Leaf 11. Root

• 1. Petal 2. Ovary 3. Egg 4. Style 5. Stigma 6. Pistil 7. Anther 8. Filament 9. Stamen 10. Leaf 11. Sepal