Chapter 08 – Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
Chapter 08
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Flowering plants that complete their life cycles in a single season are called
2. In which of the following habitats are flowering plants known to occur?
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3. A plant that requires two growing seasons to complete its life cycle is a(an)
4. The largest known flower in the world is the ________________.
5. Most grasses, trees and ‘weeds’ are flowering plants that produce ______________
flowers.
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6. Which of the following is NOT a feature of monocots?
7. Dicots are now classified in the class _________________. The common name refers to the
production of ___ seed leaves.
8. Most monocots are _____________________.
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9. Which of the following characteristics can be used to identify dicots?
10. The part of a flower that frequently functions in protecting unopened flower buds is called
the
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11. The pistil of a flower
12. Which of the following is usually missing in wind-pollinated plants?
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13. Each flower develops from a
14. When the calyx, corolla, and stamens of a flower are attached at the top of the ovary, the
ovary is said to be
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15. The parts of a flower that eventually become seeds are
16. Which of the following is a cluster of flowers in which each flower is produced on its own
pedicel?
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17. The pistil is made of three regions: the ____________, the ____________, and the
____________.
18. The part of the flower in which ovules are produced is the
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19. The floral parts are attached to an apical portion of the flowering stem called the
20. Pollen is produced in and released from the
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21. An example of an aggregate fruit would be the
22. The fleshy edible part of the strawberry is actually the
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23. Which of the following groups of fruits would botanically be classified as nuts?
24. Which of the following fruits is derived from a simple flower having more than one
pistil?
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25. Which of the following groups of plants produce siliques or silicles for fruits?
26. Which of the following groups of fruits would be classified botanically as true berries?