Pollination and External Agents Quiz
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What is the advantage of cleistogamous flowers?

  • They require pollinators for seed production
  • They are less attractive to pollinators
  • They produce assured seed-set even in the absence of pollinators (correct)
  • They produce fewer seeds compared to open flowers
  • In geitonogamy, the pollen grains are transferred from:

  • The anther to the stigma of a different species
  • The anther to the stigma of the same flower
  • The anther to the stigma of another flower on the same plant (correct)
  • The anther to the stigma of a different plant
  • Which type of pollination brings genetically different pollen grains to the stigma?

  • Autogamy
  • Xenogamy (correct)
  • Cleistogamy
  • Geitonogamy
  • Which of the following is an abiotic agent of pollination?

    <p>Wind</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do flowers produce an enormous amount of pollen compared to the number of ovules available for pollination?

    <p>To compensate for uncertainties and pollen loss in wind and water pollination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following agents of pollination is biotic?

    <p>Animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mechanism that allows flowering plants to achieve successful reproduction?

    <p>Pollination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements about autogamy is true?

    <p>It is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the same flower.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following types of flowers are invariably autogamous?

    <p>Cleistogamous flowers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma?

    <p>Pollination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following plants produce both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of pollination in flowering plants?

    <p>To achieve successful reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

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