Flowering Plants:

Plants reproduce both sexually and asexually.

Types of asexual reproduction in plants:
1. Cuttings- a part of a plant is removed and the meristem tissue can grow new
roots, stems and leaves. The cutting and the parent are identical.
2. Runners: the parent plant sends out long shoots that develop into new plants that
are the same as the parent. Ex. strawberries
3. Suckers: outgrowths of roots the develop into new plants that are the same as the
parent. Ex. Lilac bushes
4. Bulbs/Tubers: underground stems that produce new shoots that are the same as
the parent. Ex. potatoes
5. Self-fertilization/ self pollination: occurs when the male sex cells of a single
plant fertilize the female sex cell of the same plant.
Types of sexual reproduction in plants:
Cross-fertilization/ cross pollination: involves two plants. The pollen from one
plant fertilizes the ovule of a different plant.
Sexual spores: ferns and mosses can produce spores that combine to produce new
individuals. Organisms produced by sexual spores are NOT identical to either
parent.
1.) Use your notes and your text to draw a diagram of a cutting and explain how the
process occurs: (p. 28)
Diagram
Description

2.) Label the parts of a flower and describe what each part does:

Structure:

Stigma
Style
Ovary
Pistil
Anther
Filament
Ovule
Receptacle
Sepal
Stamen
Pollen
tube
Petal
Pollen
(not on
diagram)

Description/ Function

3.) Explain the process of self-fertilization, using a diagram and a description:

Diagram
Description
Things you need to include in your description:
Process of fertilization (p.2 of notes)
Asexual or sexual
Is the DNA the same or different than the
parents?
Does it involve one or two parents?

4.)

Explain the process of cross-fertilization, using a diagram and a description.

Diagram
Description