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What is the meaning of 'Angiosperm'?
When did angiosperms arise in the fossil record?
What is the major characteristic of flowers in angiosperms?
Which class of angiosperms includes the grasses, lilies, and orchids?
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What does double fertilization in angiosperms involve?
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What does the term 'Dicotyledonae (dicots)' refer to in angiosperms?
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Which of the following is a characteristic that differentiates dicots from monocots?
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What is the primary difference between the floral parts of dicots and monocots?
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Which term describes the attachment of ovules within the ovary?
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What is the collective term for both the calyx (sepals) and corolla (petals) of a flower?
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Which type of flower lacks one or more sexual parts?
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What is the term for unisexual flowers on different plants, for example, willows?
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Which term describes the relative positions of the floral parts to the ovary when other parts are attached below the ovary?
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What is the primary characteristic that differentiates monocots from dicots in terms of pollen?
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'Peduncle' refers to which part of a plant?
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'Anther' refers to which part of a stamen?
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What is the meaning of 'Anthophyta'?
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What is the significance of the term 'vessel seed' in relation to angiosperms?
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What is the process of double fertilization in angiosperms?
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What are the primary characteristics that differentiate monocotyledonae (monocots) from dicotyledonae (dicots)?
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What is the major significance of the term 'double fertilization' in the life cycle of angiosperms?
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What is the evolutionary significance of the rapid emergence and dominance of angiosperms in the fossil record about 130 million years ago?
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What is the term for the arrangement of floral parts where sepals, petals, and stamens are fused to form a cup around the ovary?
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What is the term for the collective structure that includes the calyx (sepals) and corolla (petals) of a flower?
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What is the primary characteristic that differentiates dicots from monocots in the number of cotyledons?
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What is the term for the attachment of ovules within the ovary?
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What is the term for unisexual flowers on different plants, for example, willows?
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What is the term for the stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence?
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What is the term for the shoot tip upon which the floral parts are attached?
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What is the term for the stalk of the stamen?
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What is the term for the part of the pistil upon which the pollen lands?
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What is the term for the part of the flower that may be made of 1 carpel (simple) or many fused carpels (compound)?
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