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9.4 Reproduction in plants

IB Syllabus Statements

Understandings:

  • Flowering involves a change in gene expression in the shoot apex.

  • The switch to flowering is a response to the length of light and dark periods in many plants.

  • Success in plant reproduction depends on pollination, fertilization and seed dispersal.

  • Most flowering plants use mutualistic relationships with pollinators in sexual reproduction.

Applications and skills:

  • Application: Methods used to induce short-day plants to flower out of season.

  • Skill: Drawing internal structure of seeds.

  • Skill: Drawing of half-views of animal-pollinated flowers.

  • Skill: Design of experiments to test hypotheses about factors affecting germination.

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Photoperiodism

Reproduction in Plants

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Topic 9.4 Reproduction in plants SSaQ (Syllabus Statement as Questions)

  • How do plants determine when flowering will begin as the shoot develops?

  • Explain how plants use the length of light and dark periods to induce flowering.

  • Explain the relationship between the following terms: pollination, fertilization, and seed dispersal

  • Outline the mutualistic relationship between flowering plants and pollinators.

  • Explain how one would go about inducing short-day plants to flower out of season.

  • Draw the internal structure of a seed.

  • Draw a diagram of an animal-pollinated flower.

  • Outline an experiment that you could set up to investigate a factor that affects germination.

  • Explain why focus in the past few decades has shifted from preserving individual species to preserving ecosystems.

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