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1.
what are the two natural types of plant reproduction?
Answer: asexual and sexual
2.
what are the advantages of asexual reproduction?
Answer: simple, fast, favorable mutation can spread quickly, each organism can reproduct independantly
3.
what are the disadvantages of asexual reproduction?
Answer: no variation, overcrowding may occur, unfavorable mutations spread quickly
4.
what are the advantages of sexual reproduction?
Answer: variation, evolution possible, reduce disease (antibodies and resistance passed down)
5.
what are the disadvantages of sexual reproduction?
Answer: more energy required, slower, outside agents may be needed (eg. pollinators)
6.
how does sexual reproduction in plants take place?
Answer: haploid gametes from each parent fuse (fertilization) to form a diploid zygote which grows via mitotic division
7.
what is the female part of the flower called?
Answer: the carpel
8.
what is the male part of the flower called?
Answer: stamen
9.
what is pollination
Answer: the transferring off pollen from an anther to a stigma
10.
what is cross pollination?
Answer: when two gametes from different plants fuse to form the seed
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