Plant reproduction bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Innermost anther wall layer that feeds the pollen.

   Item

   Tapetum

2. Clue

   Toughest organic material, forming the exine.

   Item

   Sporopollenin

3. Clue

   Stalk attaching the ovule to the placenta.

   Item

   Funicle

4. Clue

   Food-rich cells inside the integuments.

   Item

   Nucellus

5. Clue

   Two cells beside the egg with a filiform apparatus.

   Item

   Synergids

6. Clue

   Flowers that never open and self pollinate.

   Item

   Cleistogamy

7. Clue

   Male gamete joining two polar nuclei.

   Item

   Triple fusion

8. Clue

   Triploid food tissue formed before the embryo.

   Item

   Endosperm

9. Clue

   Seeds formed without fertilisation.

   Item

   Apomixis

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation