BIO 182 Chapter 38| Questions And Correct
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Double Fertilization - ANSWER ✔✔ The union of two sperm cells with different nuclei of the
embryo sac
Zygote - ANSWER ✔✔ Formed when one of the two sperm fertilizes the egg
Endosperm - ANSWER ✔✔ Formed when one of the two sperm combines with two polar nuclei
Diploid - ANSWER ✔✔ The zygote formed in double fertilization
Triploid - ANSWER ✔✔ The endosperm formed as a result of double fertilization
Ovule - ANSWER ✔✔ Develops into a seed
Ovary - ANSWER ✔✔ Develops into a fruit enclosing the seed
Terminal - ANSWER ✔✔ Cell that gives rise to most of the embryo, after the first transverse
mitotic division
Basal - ANSWER ✔✔ Cell resulting from the first transverse mitotic division that produces a
suspensor; which anchors the embryo to its parent
Hypocotyl - ANSWER ✔✔ The Embryonic axis located below the point at which the cotyledons
are attached
Radicle - ANSWER ✔✔ The embryonic root; the first structure to emerge upon germination
Coleoptile - ANSWER ✔✔ A sheath in the embryo of a grass seed that covers the young
SHOOT
Coleorhiza - ANSWER ✔✔ A sheath in the embryo of a grass seed that covers the young ROOT
Multiple - ANSWER ✔✔ A type of fruit that develops from many carpels from many different
flowers
Aggregate - ANSWER ✔✔ A type of fruit that results from a single flower that has more than
one separate carpel, each forming a small fruit
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Double Fertilization - ANSWER ✔✔ The union of two sperm cells with different nuclei of the
embryo sac
Zygote - ANSWER ✔✔ Formed when one of the two sperm fertilizes the egg
Endosperm - ANSWER ✔✔ Formed when one of the two sperm combines with two polar nuclei
Diploid - ANSWER ✔✔ The zygote formed in double fertilization
Triploid - ANSWER ✔✔ The endosperm formed as a result of double fertilization
Ovule - ANSWER ✔✔ Develops into a seed
Ovary - ANSWER ✔✔ Develops into a fruit enclosing the seed
Terminal - ANSWER ✔✔ Cell that gives rise to most of the embryo, after the first transverse
mitotic division
Basal - ANSWER ✔✔ Cell resulting from the first transverse mitotic division that produces a
suspensor; which anchors the embryo to its parent
Hypocotyl - ANSWER ✔✔ The Embryonic axis located below the point at which the cotyledons
are attached
Radicle - ANSWER ✔✔ The embryonic root; the first structure to emerge upon germination
Coleoptile - ANSWER ✔✔ A sheath in the embryo of a grass seed that covers the young
SHOOT
Coleorhiza - ANSWER ✔✔ A sheath in the embryo of a grass seed that covers the young ROOT
Multiple - ANSWER ✔✔ A type of fruit that develops from many carpels from many different
flowers
Aggregate - ANSWER ✔✔ A type of fruit that results from a single flower that has more than
one separate carpel, each forming a small fruit
