Elements of life
Plant Genetics
Seeds of truth
Cheaper by the dozen
Up in the air
100
the process by which a plant grows from a seed into a seedling.
what is germination?
100
R=red flowers r=white flowers
The probability of red flowers is?
What is 75%?
100
The hard outer layer of a seed; the protective covering.
What is the seed coat or testa?
100
An ancient technique uniting two plants to grow as one.
What is grafting?
100
a mechanism for pollination
What is: Vertebrates, Insects, Water, or Wind
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This a requirement for germination. list all four.
What is water, temperature, oxygen, and light?
200
Last stage of mitosis
What is Telophase?
200
The process of wearing the seed coat down through abrasion.
What is scarification?
200
Step one of grafting
What is sterilizing tools?
or
What is identifying a mature/healthy plant?
200
Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigmas of the same flower or to flowers on the same plant.
What is self-pollination?
300
These are the two types of fruit.
What is dry and fleshy?
300
Third stage of mitosis
What is metaphase?
300
(A) in the diagram represents this element of seeds, which is often the first sign of germination.
What is the radicle?
300
Requirements for plant cells to multiply and develop specialized cells required for plant growth are...
List three
What is water, nutrients, and hormones?
300
Union of pollen with the ovule.
What is fertilization?
400
The role of enzymes in the germination process
What is converting food reserves?
400
The observed character of an individual without reference to its genetic nature
What is phenotype?
400
The first leaf to be developed by the embryo in seed plants. Also called seed leaf.
What is the cotyledon?
400
Grafting and layering are examples of this type of propagation.
What is asexual propagation?
400
The biotic potential for a seed pod containing five seeds, the second generation would have this many seeds.
use formula Y=sx
What is 125?
500
This seed dispersion method helps burst or shatter seed pods.
What is force?
500
Pollen and egg cells must undergo the process of _____ to become haploid.
What is meiosis?
500
an enzyme that digests the starch and transforms it into glucose.
What is diastase?
500
Advantage of asexual reproduction vs. sexual reproduction.
Plant tissue is already established
or
faster reproduction than seeds
500
Following fertilization, division of the ______ will continue the cell replication process.
What is the zygote?