Essential Biology 09: Plant Science (AHL) / Due Date:
Student Name: / Topic 9.3: #1-16

1.  Draw and label a simple line drawing of an animal-pollinated dicot.

Include all reproductive structures.

2.  Outline the steps involved in insect-pollination of a flower.

Begin with attraction of the insect to the flower.

3.  Describe the process of fertilization in a flowering plant.

Begin with the pollen grain on the stigma.

4.  Identify the site of seed development in a fertilized dicot.

5.  State two advantages of dispersing seeds over a wide area.

6.  Outline some examples of these methods of seed dispersal:

a.  By wind

b.  By water

c.  By animal vector

7.  In the space below, draw a simple line drawing to show the structure of a green bean seed.

Label and include functions of: testa, micropyle, scar, radical and plumule

8.  Define germination.

9.  State the functions of the following in the germination of a seed?

a.  Water

b.  Ideal temperature/ pH

c.  Oxygen

10.  Annotate the diagram below to outline the metabolic processes during the germination of a starchy seed:

11.  Distinguish between long-day and short-day plants in terms of conditions needed for flowering.

12.  Define phytochrome.

13.  Distinguish between red light and far-red light.

14.  Use the diagram below to help explain the interconversion of phytochromes during daylight and darkness.

15.  Explain how phytochrome levels control flowering.

a.  In short-day plants.

b.  In long-day plants.

16.  Describe the results of one experiment to show that it is in fact night-length that is critical in triggering flowering and not day-length.

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