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Question
(a) Draw a neat diagram of a flower showing its various parts. In this diagram mark stem, receptacle, sepals, petals, stamen and carpel.
(b) What name is given to (i) all the petals of a flower, and (ii) all the sepals of a flower?
(c) What are (i) stamen, and (ii) carpel, in a flower?
(d) What is the other name of carpel of a flower?
(e) What is the name of yellow powdery substance present in the anther of a flower?
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Solution
(a) A flower
(b) (i) The corolla
(ii) The calyx
(c) (i) Stamen is the male reproductive organ in a flower.
(ii) Carpel is the female reproductive organ in a flower.
(d) The other name of carpel is pistil.
(e) The yellow powdery substance present in the anther of a flower are pollen grains.
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