AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Reproduction in plants takes place sexually and asexually as well. But the majority of the flowering plants reproduce sexually. The flower is the reproductive part of a plant i.e., both male and female gametes are produced by flowers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes. In vegetative propagation new plants are produced from different vegetative parts such as leaves, stems and roots. Flower is the reproductive part of a plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Flowering plants reproduce sexually through a process called pollination. Flowers contain male sex organs called stamens and female sex organs called pistils. The anther is the part of the stamen that contains pollen. Pollen contains the male gametes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sexual reproduction in flowering plants involves the production of separate male and female gametophytes that produce gametes. The anther produces pollen grains which contain male gametophytes. The pollen grains attach to the stigma on top of a carpel, in which the female gametophytes (inside ovules) are located.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sexual reproduction produces offspring by the fusion of gametes, resulting in offspring genetically different from the parent or parents. Asexual reproduction produces new individuals without the fusion of gametes, genetically identical to the parent plants and each other, except when mutations occur.