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What is the function of calyx ?

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What is the function of calyx?

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The main function of calyx is to protect the inner whorls of the flower.

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A student while observing an embryo of a pea seed in the laboratory listed various parts of the embryo as given below:

Testa, Tegmen, Radicle, Plumule, Micropyle, Cotyledon.

On examining the list the teacher remarked that only three parts are correct. Select three correct parts from the above list:

(a) Testa, Radicle, Cotyleddon

(b) Tegmen, Radicle, Micropyle

(c) Cotyledon, Plumule, Testa

(d) Radicle, Cotyledon, Plumule


Name and differentiate between the two modes of pollination in flowering plants.


A student identified the various parts of an embryo of a gram seed and listed them as given below :

(I) Testa

(II) Plumule

(III) Radicle

(IV) Cotyledon

(V) Tegmen

Out of these the actual parts of the embryo are :

(A) I, II, III

(B) II, III, IV

(C) III, IV, V

(D) II, IV, V


Write the names of those parts of a flower which serve the same function as the following do in the animals :

(i) testis,

(ii) sperm,

(iii) ovary,

(iv) egg


The fusion of male and female gametes is termed as ______.


Where are the pollen grains produced?


What is the name of female organ of a flower (other than carpel)?


Where is the female gamete formed  in flowering plants?


Fill in the following blank with suitable word :

The female organ of reproduction in the flower is the...........


Explain the term 'fertilisation'.


 Give some examples of different modes of fertilisation in nature?


What is meant by 'unisexual flowers' and 'bisexual flowers'? Give two examples of each.


One of the following occurs in the reproductive system of flowering plants as well as that of humans. This is :
(a) vas deferens
(b) anther
(c) ovary
(d) style


When an insect sits on the flower of a plant then some particles A present in the top of little stalks in the flower attach to its body hair. When this insect now sits on the flower of another similar plant, then particles A attached to the hair of insect are put on the top of a flask-shaped organ at the centre of flower. The particle A grows a long tube b from the top of flask-shaped organ through which C moves down and reaches the bottom part of flask-shaped organ. Here C fuses with the nucleus of d contained in structure E. the fusion of C and D forms a new cell f which grows and develops into a seed of the plant.
(a) What are particles A? What is the process of transferring A from one flower to another flower of similar plant by the insect known as?
(b) What is the name of tube B?
(c) What is C which moves down through the tube B?
(d) Name D and E.
(e) What is F?


State whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F):

Flowers which possess stamens and carpel are called unisexual.


Mention the function of Anther.


What part is played by stamens and carpels in reproduction?


Draw a labelled diagram of a bisexual flower.


Draw a diagram of a pistil showing pollen tube growth into the ovule and label the following:

Pollen grain, male gamete, female gamete, ovary.


Draw a diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower and label on it sepal, petal, ovary and stigma.


Sketch the labelled diagram.

Flower with its sexual reproductive organs.


Fill in the blank by selecting suitable word:

Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma is known as______________. 


Fill in the blanks and rewrite the completed statements:

Lymph flows in _______________ direction. 


Differentiate between self-pollination and cross-pollination.


Find an odd one out.


Bisexual : Hibiscus : : Unisexual : ___________


Distinguish between self-pollination and cross-pollination.


Write the events involved in the sexual reproduction of a flowering plant.

Discuss the first event and write the types.


Where does the endothecium layer of anther lobes is present?


Conidia are formed endogenously while zoospores are formed endogenously.


In a bisexual flower inspite of the young stamens being removed artificially, the flower produces fruit. Provide a suitable explanation for the above situation.


In a plant flower the female whorl is ______.


Triple fusion involves ______.


The pollen tube usually enters the embryo sac ______.


  • Assertion: Primary endosperm nucleus is diploid.
  • Reason: It is the product of double fertilisation.

In male reproductive whorl of a flower the archesporial cells are formed by ______.


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