AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

PLANT REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The female sex cell of a plant is called the SPERM.
A
True
B
False
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: The ovule contain female sex cell of a plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each ovule is a female sex cell called an egg cell. Ovules are bigger than pollen grains – sometimes you can see them with a hand lens. Plants need help to get the pollen grains from the stamens to the top of the carpel of another flower of the same kind: this is cross-pollination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants have gametes, which contain half the normal number of chromosomes for that plant species. Male gametes are found inside tiny pollen grains on the anthers of flowers. Female gametes are found in the ovules of a flower. Pollination is the process that brings these male and female gametes together.

Detailed explanation-4: -They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome. These reproductive cells are produced through a type of cell division called meiosis.

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