Seed Plants: Angiosperms Lecture Outline

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What distinguishes angiosperms from other plants?

  • Having DNA and cladistic evidence for classification
  • Being dependent on sporophyte for gametophyte
  • Having true roots, leaves, stems, flowers, fruits, and seeds
  • Seeds enclosed in carpel resembling a folded leaf (correct)

What is the composition of a pistil in angiosperms?

  • No pistil composition in angiosperms
  • Multiple carpels with different shapes and sizes
  • Single carpel, or two or more united carpels (correct)
  • Carpel joined to the calyx

What becomes a fruit in angiosperms?

  • Pistil
  • Ovary (correct)
  • Carpel
  • Ovule

Which division do bleeding hearts belong to?

<p>Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does DNA and cladistic evidence suggest regarding dicots?

<p>Two groups of dicots should be recognized (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the distinctive feature of true stems in angiosperms?

<p>Bamboo stems (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most primitive flower characterized by?

<p>Long receptacle and many spirally arranged flower parts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the development of female gametophytes in Phylum Magnoliophyta, how many nuclei are produced after meiosis of the diploid megasporocyte?

<p>Eight (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the generative nucleus in the male gametophyte of a flowering plant?

<p>Divides to form two sperm cells (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of pollination in flowering plants?

<p>To transfer pollen grains from anther to stigma (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Phylum Magnoliophyta, where does the fertilization process occur?

<p>Within the ovule (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the fate of the female gametophyte (megagametophyte) after fertilization in a typical flowering plant?

<p>It nourishes the developing seed (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of male gametophytes in a typical flowering plant?

<p>To facilitate fertilization (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which structure differentiates into integuments that later become the seed coat in Phylum Magnoliophyta?

<p>Ovule (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many nuclei are present in the female gametophyte (megagametophyte) of a typical flowering plant at maturity?

<p>8 nuclei and 7 cells (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the micropyle in an ovule of a flowering plant?

<p>Allows entry of pollen to reach the egg cell (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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