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Question
Answer the following question.
How does suitable pollination lead to fertilization?
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Solution
As the pollen of the right type is deposited on to the stigma of the flower of the same species, quite often it leads to germination of pollen grain as a result of a chemical cross-talk between the pollen and the carpel. Germination leads to the growth and extension of the pollen tube through the style of the flower to its ovary. The pollen tube carries the male gametes all the way to the ovule inside the ovary, leading to fertilization of male gamete with the female gamete inside the ovule.
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(i) Name the part marked 'A' in the diagram.
(ii) How dose 'A' reachese part 'B'?
(iii) State the importance of the part 'C'.
(iv) What happens to the part marked 'D' after fertilisation is over?
You are asked by your teacher to study the different parts of an embryo of a gram seed. Given below are the steps to be followed for the experiment:
I. Soak the gram seeds in plain water and keep them overnight.
II. Cut open a soaked seed and observe its different parts.
III. Take some dry gram seeds in a petri dish.
IV. Drain the excess water.
V. Cover the soaked seeds with a wet cotton cloth and leave them for a day.
The correct sequence of these steps is :
(A) III, I, V, IV, II
(B) III, I, II, IV, V
(C) III, IV, V, I, II
(D) III, I, IV, V, II
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State whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F):
Stamens make egg cells.
What are the male and female gametes in a flowering plant?
Explain the process of fertilisation in flowers.
What is phototropism?
List any two differences between pollination and fertilization.
Give any two examples of agents of pollination.
