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Terminologies in Plant Sexual Reproduction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Microsporangium are also known as ___.

a)

embryo sacs

b)

pouches

c)

anther

d)

pollen sacs

2.

2. Male gametophyte develops in the anther, each of which contains ____ megasporangia.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

8

3.

3. Microsporocytes are also known as ______.

a)

megaspore mother cell

b)

microspore mother cell

c)

male gametes

d)

pollen grain

4.

4. Microsporocytes will undergo meiosis and gives rise to ____.

a)

microspores

b)

megaspores

c)

microsporangium

d)

pollen grain

5.

5. Each microspore contains ____ number of chromosomes.

a)

haploid

b)

diploid

c)

triploid

6.

6. A tetrad is ______.

a)

Four anthers on the same filament

b)

Four microsporangia in the same anther

c)

Four functional microspores

d)

Four generative nuclei

7.

7. A pollen grain consist of two cells and a spore wall. The two cells are ____________.

a)

sperm cell and tube cell

b)

two polar nuclei

c)

tube cell and megaspore

d)

tube cell and generative cell

8.

8. A male gametophyte refers to

a)

anther

b)

megasporocyte

c)

megaspore

d)

pollen grain

9.

9. During pollination, the pollen grain germinates and _________.

a)

the tube cell grows pollen tube towards ovule

b)

the tube cell grows pollen tube towards filament

c)

generative cell travels down the style on its own

d)

bursts at the stigma

10.

10. During pollination, the pollen tube grows and the generative cell travels down the pollen tube and _______.

a)

divides by mitosis into two pollen grains

b)

divides by meiosis into two sperm cells

c)

divides by mitosis into two sperm cells

d)

divides by mitosis into four daughter cells

11.

11. Megasporangium is a tissue which _____.

a)

contains a large diploid megasporocyte

b)

contains a small microspore

c)

contains ovary

d)

contains fruit cells

12.

12. Megasporocyte is also called a _____.

a)

megaspore mother cell

b)

microspore mother cell

c)

embryo

d)

seed

13.

13. Megasporocyte will divide by meiosis and produces ____.

a)

4 functional haploid megaspores

b)

2 functional megaspores & 2 non-surviving megaspores

c)

8 daughter cells

d)

1 functional haploid megaspores & 3 non-surviving megaspores

14.

14. The embryo sac in flowering plants is the ___.

a)

female gametophyte

b)

male gametophyte

c)

fruit

15.

15. The embryo sac contains:

a)

egg cell, synergid cells, polar nuclei, and antipodal cells

b)

sperm cell, egg cell, synergid cell, and polar nuclei

c)

antipodal cell, polar nuclei, and generative nucleus

d)

egg cell, synergid cell, and antipodal cells

16.

16. Antipodal cells migrate to one end of the embryo sac ___.

a)

near the micropyle

b)

away from the micropyle

17.

17. Polar nuclei are _____ located in the centre of the embryo sac

a)

two haploid nuclei sharing a cytoplasm

b)

two diploid nuclei sharing a cytoplasm

18.

18. Egg cell in embryo sac ___.

a)

will fuse with one sperm cell to form zygote

b)

will fuse with two sperm cells to form triploid endosperm

c)

will fuse with tube nucleus to form zygote

d)

will fuse with generative cell to form zygote

19.

19. Synergid cells function to:

a)

flank the egg cell and guide pollen tube to the embryo sac

b)

supply nutrients to egg cell

c)

fertilise with sperm cells

d)

digest tube nucleus

20.

20. The zygote formed will develop into embryo which will eventually develop into __.

a)

plumule and radicle in offspring plant

b)

seed coat

c)

fruit

d)

cotyledon in seed