Brian Caraher
Plant Reproduction Webquest
To start, go to www.bonkoborlo.com and click Bio II Webquest at the top of the page. There are 2 answers on each website.
1. More than half of all plants are seed plants. What other types of plant reproduction are there?
2. Some plants use ___________ to make seeds and some plants use _________.
3. What are the 3 female parts of the plant used in reproduction?
4. What are the 2 male parts?
5. Label this picture of half a flower.
6. The entire male part is called the ________, and the female part is the _______.
7. Pollination is when pollen is moved from the ___________ to the __________.
8. When this happens in the same flower, it is called _______ ______________
When the pollen travels from one flower to another, it’s _______ ____________
9. How does pollen get from one flower to another?
a. Wind
b. Birds
c. Insects
d. All of the above
10. What attracts animals to flowers?
a. Shape / Size
b. Color / Smell
c. Sound made by wind
d. None of the above
11. What kind of insects are disadvantageous to the flowers?
12. What kind are best?
13. How do some plants trick insects into pollinating them? (summarize the page)
14. In what kind of seed does this occur?
15. With all these ways of getting pollinated, plants don’t always get the same kind of pollen. Can they be pollinated this way?
16. What things can happen when a plant receives another’s pollen?
17. Self-pollination where the stamen is not attached to the pistil is called ______.
18. How do cleistogamous flowers differ from chasmogamous flowers?
(This last website is just for a brief review of pollination)
A. The transfer agent lands on another flower B. The pollen is deposited on the stigma C. The pollen goes down the pollen tube to the ovule F. Bird, insect, or air gets pollen on it
19. Put the steps of plant sexual reproduction in order.
D. The ovary is fertilized and grows into a fruit
E. The stamen releases pollen
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20. What part of the plant do we eat as fruit?