FLOWER
1) Define a flower.
2) Give the collective name of each of the following in a flower.
a) stamens.
b) carpels.
c) Sepals.
d) Petals
4) Distinguish between each of the following pairs:
a) a complete and an incomplete flower
d) a staminate and a pistillate flower.
e) a regular and an irregular flower.
5) State which of the statements are TRUE or FALSE :
a) The stalk of a flower is called Petiole.
b) The function of a flower is only attract insects.
c) the calyx which is green manufactures food.
d) The pistil and the gynoecium are one and the same.
e) The receptive part of a carpal is the stigma .
f) Pollination is the fusion of two pollen grains.
g) seeds are produced by the another lobes.
h) The receptacle is the other name for thalamus.
7) Complete the following table on the external structure of some of the flowers common in India.
Calyx Corolla Androecium Gynoecium
a) Sweet pea
b) Salvia
c) China-rose
d) Gul Mohar
