This document provides instructions for navigating an online presentation about plant reproduction. It explains that users should complete all activities and worksheets, navigate through the presentation by clicking, and can view embedded videos by clicking on icons. Some slides have audio explanations. The presentation covers flower structure, pollination, fertilization, fruit development, seed dispersal, germination, and ends with a test.
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Instructions
• Ensure that you complete all activities and worksheets when instructed to do so.
The pad icon will indicate when you should fill in your worksheet.
• Work your way through the presentation by clicking on the background to move
to the next page or to activate an animation. The mouse icon will indicate that a
click will activate an animation or require buttons to be pressed in the quizzes.
• You can navigate around the presentation by using the arrow links that appear
when you place your cursor on the lower left hand part of the screen.
• Some slides have embedded movies which will start when you click on the
image. The video camera symbol tells you when a movie is available. There is
sound so you may want to wear headphones if people are working near you.
• You can return to the home page by clicking on the clickbiology icon.
• At the end of the module there is a test that will provide a results page which you
will print off and hand in to your teacher.
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Flowers are the reproductive organs of plants
Flower Structure Pollination Fertilisation Seed Dispersal Germination Test
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Click image to view a video on plant reproduction
If the hyperlink does not work then copy and paste this url into a new
browser window and you can watch the video then, url:
http://vimeo.com/1594037?pg=embed&sec=1594037
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Flower structure
stigma
style
ovary
ovule
carpel
anther
filament
stamen
petal
sepal
receptacle
peduncle
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Structure and function of the flower
stigma
style
ovary
ovule
carpel
anther
filament
stamen
petal
sepal
receptacle
peduncle
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Flower Structure Quiz
• What is the name of the structure labelled X in the
diagram?
carpel
sepal
stamen
peduncle
X
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Flower Structure Quiz
• Where is pollen made?
stigma
sepal
anther
ovary
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Flower Structure Quiz
• Where is the ovule found in a flower?
petals
style
nectary
ovary
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11. X = style, Y = stigma
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Flower Structure Quiz
• Which parts of the flower are labelled below:
X = filament, Y = anther
X
Y X = stigma, Y = style
X = anther, Y = filament
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Pollination
The pollen grain contains the male sex cell (gamete)
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13. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther
to the stigma
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• This is an example of cross-pollination as the pollen travels from one flower to a
different flower. This is desirable in plants as it promotes variation.
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14. Pollen can be carried between flowers by insects
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or by wind
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Insect-pollinated flowers are adapted to attract
insects to them to enable transfer of pollen
Sticky stigma
to collect pollen Brightly
coloured petals
nectar and a
scent present
Pollen has
barbs for
hooking onto
insect fur
Anthers positioned
to rub pollen onto
insects
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16. Wind-pollinated flowers are different in structure
because they do not have to attract insects to
them but do need to be exposed to the wind.
Anthers are exposed to the
wind so that pollen can
easily be blown away
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Petals are small and
green as there is no
need to attract
insects
Stigma are
feathery to catch
pollen carried on
wind
Pollen grains are very
small and light. They
occur in very large
numbers
No scent or nectary
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17. Self-pollination occurs when pollen falls from the
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anther onto the stigma of the same flower
• Self-pollination is
not desirable as it
reduces variation
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Flowers will prevent self-pollination by either
having stigma above stamen or…
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19. …by having stamen and stigma mature at different
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times.
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20. If the hyperlink does not work then copy and paste
this url into a new browser window and you can
watch the video then, url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ3J4UWwd2Q
If the hyperlink does not work then copy and paste
this url into a new browser window and you can
watch the video then, url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge3EM8AERV0
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Click on the icons below to view the
summary videos on pollination
Pollination (9 minutes)
Insect pollination (1 minute)
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Pollination Quiz
• Pollination is the transfer from….?
the stigma to anther
style to stamen
ovule to filament
anther to stigma
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Pollination Quiz
• The two mechanisms for pollination are?
Wind and water
Insect and wind
Insect and water
Wind and birds
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Pollination Quiz
• Cross-pollination…
Increases variation
Decreases variation
Is only performed by insects
Is only performed by wind
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Pollination Quiz
• Flowers are adapted for wind-pollination by…
Having bright petals and a scent
Having a nectary
Having feathery stigmas
Having sticky stigmas
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26. Note: Petals not shown in
order to simplify diagram
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Once pollination occurs a tube grows from the
pollen grain down through the style to the ovule
stigma
style
ovary
ovule
carpel
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Fertilisation occurs when the male gamete
fuses with the ovule (the female gamete)
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28. Watch this short introductory video to review
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fertilisation (1 minute)
If the hyperlink does not work then copy and paste this url into a new browser
window and you can watch the video then, url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVhH2GPlckE
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Watch the video on seed dispersal
(lasts just under 10 minutes)
If the hyperlink does not work then copy and paste this url into a new
browser window and you can watch the video then, url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQ1jWl3AOM
31. After fertilisation the petals, stamen and sepals fall off.
The ovule turns into a seed, the fertilised egg inside
develops into an embryo plant.
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Testa:
tough seed coat
Micropyle:
Hole made by
pollen tube
Embryo
plant
Cotyledon:
Food store
Plumule:
Embryo shoot
Radicle:
Embryo root
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32. Water leaves the seed, it dehydrates and becomes
dormant because metabolic reactions stop.
The ovary develops to become a fruit.
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seed
Fleshy wall
of the ovary
(yes, you are
eating an
adapted ovary
when you
crunch into an
apple!
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33. Seeds need to be dispersed away from the parent
plant in order to reduce competition for space,
light, nutrients and water.
• Seeds can be dispersed by:
• Wind
• Water
• Mechanical
• Animals
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Seed dispersal quiz
• Which mechanism for dispersal is used by the seed
shown in the picture
water
mechanical
wind
animal
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Seed dispersal quiz
• Which mechanism for dispersal is used by the seed
shown in the picture
mechanical
animal
water
wind
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Seed dispersal quiz
• Which mechanism for dispersal is used by the seed
shown in the picture
water
wind
animal
mechanical
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Seed dispersal quiz
• Which mechanism for dispersal is used by the seed
shown in the picture
animal
mechanical
water
wind
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39. The seed contains the embryo plant and
cotyledons (starch stores)
Water enters the seed
through the micropyle
and activates enzymes.
The water also softens
the testa to allow it to
split.
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Plumule
Testa
(embryo shoot)
Radicle
(embryo root)
Micropyle
Cotyledon
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Enzymes are used in seed germination
starch
embryo plant
amylase
secreted
maltose
absorbed
The enzymes break
starch down into
maltose and then
glucose. The glucose
is used in respiration
to provide energy for
growth
Plumule
Radicle
This is the first part
to grow out of the
seed as it needs to
absorb more water
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41. Whilst germinating the plant uses food stores in
the cotyledon to provide energy for growth
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The seedling can now
photosynthesise and
make its own food
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light
soil
germination
Plant growth and development
42. Changes in dry mass of the germinating seed:
Weight increases as
the seedling can
photosynthesise and
plant grows
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Seed loses weight as it uses
up starch stores in the
cotyledons as the seedling
cannot photosynthesise yet
Days
Dry mass/g
Dry mass is the
mass of solid
matter with all
water removed
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Conditions required for germination
moist dry moist moist moist
4oC
A
Warm
B
Warm
C
Warm
D
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Warm
E
Oxygen
present
Oxygen
present
Oxygen
present
Oxygen
present
No
oxygen
No light
Pyrogallol (absorbs oxygen)