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What is the main purpose of a seed in flowering plants?
What is the main purpose of a seed in flowering plants?
- To insure the continuation and distribution of the plant (correct)
- To protect the plant from pathogens
- To store nutrients for the growing plant
- To regulate water uptake
What type of ovule has uniform growth and has the micropyle at the extreme end opposite to the funicle?
What type of ovule has uniform growth and has the micropyle at the extreme end opposite to the funicle?
- Amphitropous
- Anatropous
- Atropous (correct)
- Campylatropous
In which type of ovule is the micropyle near the funicle and the raphe runs along one side of the ovule?
In which type of ovule is the micropyle near the funicle and the raphe runs along one side of the ovule?
- Anatropous (correct)
- Campylatropous
- Amphitropous
- Atropous
What is the term for the structure that connects the ovule to the plant?
What is the term for the structure that connects the ovule to the plant?
In which type of ovule is the body of the ovule bent about 90o upon the funicle?
In which type of ovule is the body of the ovule bent about 90o upon the funicle?
What type of ovule has no raphe and has the chalaza, funicle, and micropyle all closed?
What type of ovule has no raphe and has the chalaza, funicle, and micropyle all closed?
What is the characteristic feature of Albuminous seeds?
What is the characteristic feature of Albuminous seeds?
What is the term for the fleshy membranous covering arising from the hilum and almost completely covering the seed?
What is the term for the fleshy membranous covering arising from the hilum and almost completely covering the seed?
What is the characteristic feature of Exalbuminous seeds?
What is the characteristic feature of Exalbuminous seeds?
What is the term for the covering like an aril, but arising from the micropylar end?
What is the term for the covering like an aril, but arising from the micropylar end?
What is the term for the extension of the testa in the form of a membranous fold?
What is the term for the extension of the testa in the form of a membranous fold?
What is the characteristic feature of seeds that have a well-developed endosperm and a small embryo?
What is the characteristic feature of seeds that have a well-developed endosperm and a small embryo?
What is the characteristic of the nucellus in this type of seed?
What is the characteristic of the nucellus in this type of seed?
Which part of the seed is developed from the primary endospermal nucleus of the embryo sac?
Which part of the seed is developed from the primary endospermal nucleus of the embryo sac?
What is the function of the micropyle in the seed?
What is the function of the micropyle in the seed?
What is the term for the scar left by the removal of the stalk or funiculus from the seed?
What is the term for the scar left by the removal of the stalk or funiculus from the seed?
In which type of seeds is the raphe seen?
In which type of seeds is the raphe seen?
What is the term for the kernel of the seed?
What is the term for the kernel of the seed?
