Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What is the function of a flower?
Advertisements
Solution
The function of a flower is to carry out sexual reproduction in plants through the formation of male and female gametes. Flowers ensure that the gametes fertilise to form seeds that further help in reproducing plants.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Fill in the following blank with suitable word :
The male organ of reproduction in the flower is the.......... .
In tobacco plant, the male gametes have 24 chromosomes.
What is the number of chromosomes in the female gamete?
(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?
Which of the following is the correct sequence of events of sexual reproduction in a flower?
(a) pollination, fertilisation, seed, embryo
(b) seed, embryo, fertilisation, pollination
(c) pollination, fertilisation, embryo, seed
(d) embryo, seed, pollination, fertilisation
Fill in the blank by selecting suitable word:
A flower that bears both the male and the female parts is known as __________ flower.
Multiple choice question. Tick (✓) the correct choice:
Unisexual flowers are found in
- mulberry
- mustard
- pea
- sunflower
Fill in the blank:
Seeds are formed from________.
Mention the function of Anther.
Draw a labelled diagram of a bisexual flower.
You have to perform the experiment, "To identify the different parts of an embryo of a gram seed." Describe the procedure that you would follow.
The students of a class were asked by the teacher to study the different parts of an embryo of an angiosperm. Given below are the essential steps for the experiment :
A. Soak the seeds in plain water and keep them overnight.
B. Cut open the soaked seed and observe its different parts.
C. Take some healthy seeds in a petri-dish.
D. Drain the excess water, cover the seeds with a wet cotton cloth and leave them as it is for a day.
The correct sequence of these steps is
(a) C, A, D, B
(b) C, D, A, B
(c) A, C, D, B
(d) A, C, B, D
Explain the process of fertilisation in flowers.
Give scientific reason.
Flower is a structural unit of sexual reproduction in plants.
Where does the endothecium layer of anther lobes is present?
Generally, in a pollen tube, which of the following moves to the tip of the tube?
Identify the female gametophyte in angiosperms.
Conidia are formed endogenously while zoospores are formed endogenously.
Which out of the following processes does not lead to the formation of clones.
Double fertilization means ______.
Type of sexual reproduction is ______.
