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The direction of expansion for a plant cell is determined primarily by ____.


A) location of the cell plate
B) the direction of cell division
C) the direction to the nearest meristem
D) orientation of cellulose microfibrils
E) gravity

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In the part of an embryo sac farthest away from the micropyle you should find ____.


A) the central cell
B) a seed
C) the pollen tube
D) synergids
E) antipodal cells

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Unique to flowering plants, the making of an embryo-nourishing ____ is an outcome of double fertilization.


A) hypocotyl
B) endosperm
C) seed coat
D) cotyledon
E) epicotyl

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The process of asexual reproduction where a diploid embryo develops from an unfertilized egg or from diploid cells in ovule tissue is called ____.


A) fragmentation ​
B) protoplast fusion
C) somaclonal selection
D) grafting
E) apomixes

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The male reproductive whorl of a flower typically consists of one or more ____.


A) petals
B) carpels
C) stamens
D) receptacles
E) sepals

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In a flower, an anther is typically at the tip of a(n) ____.


A) calyx
B) receptacle
C) carpel
D) filament
E) ovule

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In Arabidopsis the gene TRIPTYCHON is involved in determining ____.


A) how closely trichomes will develop to each other
B) whether or not trichomes are formed
C) which side of a leaf will have trichomes
D) the number of branches of a trichome
E) cell division within trichomes

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The end of floral shoot where a flower develops is called the ____.


A) ovule
B) calyx
C) receptacle
D) filament
E) carpel

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Meiosis in flowering plants gives rise to cells that are ____.


A) haploid gametophytes
B) diploid sporophytes
C) sporophytes that can be haploid or diploid
D) diploid gametophytes
E) haploid sporophytes

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Unlike most angiosperms, Theobroma cacao flowers are produced ____.


A) at the tips of floral shoots
B) from buds on the roots
C) from buds on the tree trunk
D) asexually
E) only on trees grown on plantations

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The sepals of a flower make up the ____.


A) receptacle
B) corolla
C) carpel
D) calyx
E) filament

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After fertilization in flowering plants, an embryo in a seed ____.


A) begins as a gametophyte and ends up as a sporophyte before germination
B) is always a sporophyte
C) is usually a gametophyte but can be a sporophyte
D) begins as a sporophyte and ends up as a gametophyte before germination
E) is always a gametophyte

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Flowering plants ____.


A) only reproduce asexually
B) produce clones through sexual reproduction, and under certain circumstances seeds through asexual reproduction
C) reproduce asexually about half the time and sexually about half the time
D) only reproduce sexually
E) produce seeds through sexual reproduction, and under certain circumstances clones through asexual reproduction

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Match each of the following flower parts with its description.

Premises
carpels
Responses
female reproductive parts
encloses and protects all other flower parts before the flower opens
male reproductive parts
often showy parts that function in attracting bees or other animal pollinators
all of the sepals combined

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female reproductive parts
encloses and protects all other flower parts before the flower opens
male reproductive parts
often showy parts that function in attracting bees or other animal pollinators
all of the sepals combined

A flower with petals, sepals, and one carpel but no stamens is ____.


A) perfect and incomplete
B) imperfect and complete
C) imperfect and incomplete
D) perfect and complete
E) sterile

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In plants, but not animals, each daughter cell differentiates and becomes specialized for its particular function.

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Where in a flowering plant should you expect meiosis to occur?


A) leaves
B) roots and leaves
C) flowers
D) flowers, roots, and leaves
E) roots

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The Bartlett pear and McIntosh apples are example of commercially important fruits that come from plants produced by ____.


A) fragmentation ​
B) tissue culture
C) somaclonal selection
D) grafting
E) apomixes

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Examine the following figure. Match each letter of the figure with the appropriate structure.  Examine the following figure. Match each letter of the figure with the appropriate structure.

Premises
petal
Responses
H
C
A
F
D
G
E
B

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H
C
A
F
D
G
E
B

A flower develops from the end of the floral shoot, called the receptacle.

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