Question

Male gametophytes of flowering plants produce ______, and the female gametophytes produce ______.

Options

• megaspores; eggs

• eggs; sperm

• sperm; microspores

• sperm; eggs

Answer 1

Male gametophytes of flowering plants produce sperm, and the female gametophytes produce eggs.

Explanation:

Male gametophytes (pollen grains) of flowering plants produce sperm cells, while the female gametophytes (embryo sacs) produce eggs. The male gametophyte develops from microspores and consists of sperm cells carried by the pollen tube. The female gametophyte develops from a megaspore and contains the egg cell, among other nuclei, within the embryo’s sac.