SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS –

DOUBLE FERTILISATION
1.Sexual reproduction occurs in flowering plants or angiosperms
2.The flower is the reproductive organ of a flowering plant.
3.A flower contains four basic parts. Sepals, petals, stamens and carpels.
4.The stamen and carpel are the reproductive organs of the flower
5.Label the parts of the flower below and categorize the parts that make up the stamen and carpel.

REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS IN FLOWERS

SEVERAL CARPELS FUSE

C. THE FORMATION OF THE EMBRIO SAC IN THE OVULE

The ovule develops from the ovarian tissue. It has

a diploid…………………………….(2n)

The ………………… undergoes meiosis to form 4

haploid………………(n)

Three of the 4 ………………….degenerate leaving

one in the ovule

The ……………………enlarges. The nucleus of

the……………… undergoes mitosis three times to
form 8………….

Three of the 8 ………….. migrate to the one end of

the cell to form ……………… Two of the……………
called polar nuclei move to the………………..One
of the three…………… nearest the micropyle
develops into a …………..flanked by
2…………………….

The structure formed is called the……….

D. FORMATION OF THE POLLEN TUBE, ZYGOTE AND
TRIPLOID NUCLEUS Pollination is the
process………………….

A pollen grain on the stigma initiates

the
………………………. process

The secretion of………….on the stigma

stimulates the………………..of pollen
grain

The pollen tube grows down

the………….

During the growth,the………… nucleus

divides by mitosis to form two………….

When the pollen tube reaches the

ovary it penetrates the ovule through
the…………
The ………… nucleus disintegrates
leaving a passage for the
……….nuclei.
DOUBLE FERTILISATION
Occurs in the ovule
Union of two male gamete nuclei with different nuclei in the embryo sac
One male gamete nucleus fuses with ……………. forming a diploid zygote(2n)
The other male gamete nucleus fuses with the ………………. forming a triploid nucleus(3n)
The triploid nucleus forms the…………………
The ………………. and………………. cells degenerate
B. The formation of pollen grains in the anther.
The diagram below shows the formation of pollen grains in the anther. Fill up the spaces in the boxes below to show the formati

Pollen grains are formed in the………………. An

anther has 4 …………………….

Each ………………….. has hundreds of

……………(2n)

Each …………………….. undergoes meiosis to

produce 4 ………………………..(n)

The nucleus of each …………………….. divides

by mitosis to form a ……………. nucleus and a
………..
nucleus

The …………….. then develop into a pollen grain