Seed Plants Review Questions

  1. Draw an alternation of generations life cycle for seed plants (they have megaspores and microspores).
  2. Describe pollination.
  3. Where (what structure) are each of the following found in flowering plants and in gymnosperms: pollen grains, microspore, seed, microsporangium.
  4. List characteristics of seed plants. How do they compare with seedless plants?
  5. Name the major groups of gymnosperms.
  6. Name the generation that is contained within a pollen grain.
  7. Identify the structures on the diagram below. What major group of plants is it from.

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  8. How do monocots differ from dicots? {answer]
  9. Be able to draw a flower and name the parts.
  10. Name the differences between angiosperms and gymnosperms.
  11. State the function of endosperm.
  12. Describe the process of double-fertilization in angiosperms.
  13. Name the structures in a flower that eventually become a part of the seed.
  14. Describe the structure and function of a seed coat.
  15. Describe a simple fruit, an aggregate fruit, and a multiple fruit. 
  16. What major group of plants is the structure shown below from. Identify A and B

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10.  What major group of plants is this structure found in. Identify A through F.

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