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In a plant flower the female whorl is ______.

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Question

In a plant flower the female whorl is ______.

Options

  • Corolla

  • Calyx

  • Androecium

  • Gynoecium

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Solution

In a plant flower the female whorl is Gynoecium.

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Explain what you understand by sexual reproduction.


Name the swollen lower part of the carpel.


Where are the pollen grains produced?


Draw a neat sketch of the carpel of a flower. Mark in it stigma, style and ovary.


What is made in ovary of a flower?


Explain the terms 'self pollination'


Explain the terms  'cross-pollination'?


What type of plants reproduce by sexual reproduction method?


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


The part of a seed which grows and develops into root on germination is :
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In a bisexual flower, inspite of the young stamens being removed artificially, the flower produces fruit. Explain.


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Give one example each of unisexual and bisexual flowers. Differentiate between the two types of pollination that occur in flowers. What happens when a pollen lands on a suitable stigma? Write about the events that occur till the seed formation in the ovary.


Identify the odd. Stigma, Style, Pollen, Ovary.


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Lymph flows in _______________ direction. 


Mention pollination types.


What is cleistogamy? Write one advantage and one disadvantage of it, to the plant.


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Calyx : Sepals : : Corolla : ________________


Draw a neat and labelled diagram.

Double fertilization in angiosperms


Identify the parts A, B, C, and D?


Where does the endothecium layer of anther lobes is present?


Antipodal cells are present towards the ______ in an anatropous ovule.


Which of the following is the outermost protective layer of anther?


How many middle layers are generally present in the wall of the anther lobes?


Identify the female gametophyte in angiosperms.


In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to ______.


Length of pollen tube depends on the distance between ______ 


Which among the following statements are true for unisexual flowers?

  1.  They possess both stamen and pistil
  2. They possess either stamen or pistil
  3. They exhibit cross pollination
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Fertilization cannot take place in flowers if pollination does not occur.


Sketch and label the essential and accessory whorls of flower.


What is the function of calyx?


Consider the following three flowers namely X, Y and Z. Which flower(s) would develop into a fruit?

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