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Chapter: 02. The Flower

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The largest known flower, measuring about 1 metre in diameter, is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The baby plant in an inactive stage within the seed is known as the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The outermost whorl of a flower, formed of sepals, is known as the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Calyx and corolla are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ whorls because they help in pollination but not directly in reproduction.

In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ germination, the cotyledons remain under the soil.

The smallest flowers belong to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ plant.

The fruit wall, which develops from the ovary wall, is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The three essential conditions required for seed germination are moisture, air, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are dried floral buds used for flavouring food and as medicine.

The female gamete contained within an ovule is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or ovum.

The process of transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a flower is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The innermost whorl of a flower, formed of the pistil, is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Apple, Pear, and Strawberry are examples of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fruits because their fleshy part forms from the thalamus.

The young root part of the embryo that grows into the root system is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Flowers that have all four whorls present are known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ flowers.

The distribution of fruits and seeds away from the parent plant is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The male reproductive whorl of a flower is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

In aquatic plants like Vallisneria, pollen grains are transferred by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The yellow powdery pollen grains are formed in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the anther.

When pollination occurs in flowers on the same plant, it is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The stalk that attaches a flower to the stem or branch is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Seeds that have only one cotyledon are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ seeds.

The fusion of male and female gametes is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The so-called dry fruits such as Almond and Pistachio are actually _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fruits that are dried before use.

The brightly coloured parts of a flower that attract insects for pollination are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

After fertilisation, the ovary develops into a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and the ovules develop into _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Each stamen consists of a long, thread-like filament and a bilobed, sac-like _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

In cross-pollination, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like wind, water, insects, or animals are needed.

The process by which the dormant embryo in a seed becomes active and grows into a seedling is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

A flower is the most attractive and colourful part of a flowering plant and develops from the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The protective outer covering of a seed is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

In fruits like tomato, brinjal, and lady’s finger, the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do not fall off even after fruit formation.

After the fusion of male and female gametes, a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is produced.

Wind-pollinated flowers are typically colourless or dull, tiny, and without _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Plants bearing male flowers in one plant and female flowers on another plant are said to be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ plants.

Flowers that have both male and female reproductive organs are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ flowers.

In fleshy fruits like mango, the sweet, pulpy middle layer of the pericarp is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

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