Horticulture Exam 2 -NCSU HS 201 Questions and
Answers
/.Chromosomes are .... - Answer-✅made up of chromatin which carry the plants
hereditary traits.
/.Cross pollination is ..... - Answer-✅when pollen in transferred from one flower to
another flower on another plant either by bees or by a plant breeder.
/.Fertilization is .... - Answer-✅when the genetic information from the pollen is
transferred into the ovule by the pollen tube and unites with the genetic information in
the ovule.
/.Meiosis is ..... - Answer-✅a process where the chromosomes do not replicate, the cell
divides, and the two cells produced each have half of the chromosome number of the
parent cell.
/.Mitosis is .... - Answer-✅a process where the chromosomes are replicated, the cell
divides, and two identical daughter cells are produced.
/.Self fertilization is ..... - Answer-✅when pollen from one flower is transferred to another
flower on the same plant or when pollen is transferred from the anthers and fertilizes the
ovules in the same flower.
/.Self pollination - Answer-✅Pollen is transferred from the anthers of a flower to the
stigma of a flower on the same plant.
/.Imbibition - Answer-✅When a seed absorbs water
/.Radicle - Answer-✅The first root of a seedling
/.Hypocotyl - Answer-✅The first stem of a seedling
/.Dehiscence - Answer-✅When a seed capsule splits open and scatters the seed
/.Cross pollination - Answer-✅Pollen is transferred from the anthers of a flower to the
stigma of a flower on a different plant within the same species.
/.Emasculation - Answer-✅Removal of the male flower parts of a flower to control
pollination in a cross.
Answers
/.Chromosomes are .... - Answer-✅made up of chromatin which carry the plants
hereditary traits.
/.Cross pollination is ..... - Answer-✅when pollen in transferred from one flower to
another flower on another plant either by bees or by a plant breeder.
/.Fertilization is .... - Answer-✅when the genetic information from the pollen is
transferred into the ovule by the pollen tube and unites with the genetic information in
the ovule.
/.Meiosis is ..... - Answer-✅a process where the chromosomes do not replicate, the cell
divides, and the two cells produced each have half of the chromosome number of the
parent cell.
/.Mitosis is .... - Answer-✅a process where the chromosomes are replicated, the cell
divides, and two identical daughter cells are produced.
/.Self fertilization is ..... - Answer-✅when pollen from one flower is transferred to another
flower on the same plant or when pollen is transferred from the anthers and fertilizes the
ovules in the same flower.
/.Self pollination - Answer-✅Pollen is transferred from the anthers of a flower to the
stigma of a flower on the same plant.
/.Imbibition - Answer-✅When a seed absorbs water
/.Radicle - Answer-✅The first root of a seedling
/.Hypocotyl - Answer-✅The first stem of a seedling
/.Dehiscence - Answer-✅When a seed capsule splits open and scatters the seed
/.Cross pollination - Answer-✅Pollen is transferred from the anthers of a flower to the
stigma of a flower on a different plant within the same species.
/.Emasculation - Answer-✅Removal of the male flower parts of a flower to control
pollination in a cross.
