True or false, plant reproduction

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A fruit is botanically a ripened ovary.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The endosperm of an angiosperm seed is triploid.

3. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Gymnosperms carry out double fertilisation as angiosperms do.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   In a germinating monocot seed the coleoptile covers the shoot tip.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A plant raised from a cutting is genetically identical to its parent.

6. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A monocarpic plant such as bamboo flowers every single year.

Instructions

Tap true or false for each statement.

Explanation