1. Name: ________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Period: ______
Double Fertilization Tutorial
Directions: Answer the questions below by visiting the following website.
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp39/3902001.html
Introduction
1. What happens during sexual reproduction?
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2. What does the triploid cell do for a growing embryo? ______________________________________
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3. What delivers sperm cells? ___________________________________________________________
4. Where are sperm cells produced? ______________________________________________________
5. Name the female reproductive organ. ___________________________________________________
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6. Circle one: The megaspore is haploid / diploid.
7. How many final megaspores usually develop? ____________________________________________
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8. How many haploid nuclei are created as a result of mitosis? _________________________________
9. Name this structure with the eight nuclei. ________________________________________________
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10. Name the opening to the embryo sac. ___________________________________________________
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11. Where does the egg cell develop? ______________________________________________________
12. Where do the polar nuclei develop? ____________________________________________________
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13. Who two parts of the female ovule take place in double fertilization?
a. _______________________________ b. _______________________________
14. What needs to happen before fertilization can take place?
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15. What does the pollen grain land upon? __________________________________________________
16. What connect the pollen grain and the ovary? ____________________________________________
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17. What is created when the degenerative cell splits by mitosis? ________________________________
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18. What happens to the synergids? _______________________________________________________
19. Circle one: A zygote will become haploid / diploid / triploid.
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20. What happens to the 2nd
sperm cell? ____________________________________________________
21. Circle one: The endosperm is haploid / diploid / triploid.
22. What is the purpose of the endosperm? _________________________________________________
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Conclusion
23. Define DOUBLE FERTLIZATION.
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24. Name the only plants that perform this process. ___________________________________________
25. Name 3 nutrients stored within the endosperm. ___________________________________________
26. Name the leaves of an embryo. ________________________________________________________
27. Which process do these perform to make food energy? _____________________________________
Quiz
28. Answer to quiz question #1 = _________________________________________________________
29. Answer to quiz question #2 = _________________________________________________________
30. Answer to quiz question #3 = _________________________________________________________
