1. Differentiate between self and cross-pollination.
2. Write any two characteristics of insect-pollinated flowers.
3. What is testa?
4. What is the micropyle?
5. Name the four whorls of a flower.
6. What are the components of stamens?
7. What are the components of a carpel?
8. What forms the fruit?
9. What forms the seed?
10. Write any two characteristics of wind-pollinated flowers.
Answers
Answer:
seed is a type of a bud that makes plant
Answer:
Feature
Self-Pollination
Cross-Pollination
Pollen transfer
Same or different flower of the same plant species
Different flower of a different plant
Flower type
Flowers that follow the same genetic pattern have this type of pollination.
Genetically different flowers have this pollination type.
Maturity Time
Simultaneous maturity for both the stigma and anther of the plant
The maturity of the stigma and anther is at different times on different plants.
Pollen Transfer
Limited
Large amounts
Offspring outcomes
Homogeneous genetic conditions
Heterozygous conditions in offspring
Genetic Variation
Nil or decreased
Increased
Breeding Type
Inbreeding
Outbreeding
Pollinators
Not required, as happens on the same flower
Requires pollinators like wind and insects
New Species
Cannot be created
New species can be generated.