{"id":58,"date":"2017-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/21\/asking-right-questions-plants-do-not-bear-flowers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T06:50:11","slug":"asking-right-questions-plants-do-not-bear-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/asking-right-questions-plants-do-not-bear-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Student\u2019s Guide To Asking The Right Questions: Plants That Do Not Bear Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In today’s article on Plants<\/strong><\/a>, I will be sharing how to interpret questions that involve plants that do not bear flowers.<\/p>\n

Do you remember what I shared in my previous article<\/span> about asking the right questions about plant parts<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Read Also<\/h2>\n
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  1. Pollination VS Seed Dispersal \u2013 What\u2019s The Difference?!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Guide To Asking The Right Questions: All About Plant Parts<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Ultimate Science Practice Series: Plant Cycle (Practice Questions & Explainer Videos)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    Here is a list of questions that we need to ask in order to begin our thought process<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Is the plant be able to bear fruits?<\/li>\n
    2. If the plant is unable to bear fruits, how does it reproduce?<\/li>\n
    3. What are some examples of these plants?<\/li>\n
    4. Are there any special characteristics of these plants that we should take note of?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If you recall what was shared in my previous article<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, a plant must have a flower with at least a stigma and an ovary, in order to bear fruits.<\/p>\n

      The stigma allows pollen grains to land on it in the process of pollination<\/a>. In contrast, the ovary contains the ovule, which stores the female reproductive cell that is needed to fuse together with the male reproductive cell in the pollen grains for fertilisation to take place.<\/p>\n

      \n

      A plant that does not bear flowers would not be able to bear any fruits!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      And… you might be wondering, “Are there such plants in the first place?”<\/p>\n

      Yes! If you still remember, they are called ferns!<\/span><\/p>\n

      Ferns are still considered plants and they have green leaves which contain\u00a0chloroplasts. These chloroplasts contain\u00a0chlorophyll to trap sunlight for the fern in the process of photosynthesis to make food for itself.<\/p>\n

      A fern has a powdery brown substance found on the underside of its leaves called spores<\/span>. In addition, these spores are stored in spore bags<\/span>.<\/p>\n

      This leads me to the next question \u2013 we know that pollens grains can be dispersed either by wind<\/span>, insects<\/span> or birds<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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      What about the fern?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      The fern does NOT produce nectar to attract insects or birds. It relies on the wind to carry the spores, which are light, away from the parent plant.<\/p>\n

      Unlike a regular flowering plant, the fern does not involve pollination or fertilisation since it does not bear any flowers.<\/p>\n

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      Question<\/span><\/h2>\n

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      RGPS\/2015\/P5\/SA2\/Q3<\/em><\/p>\n

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      Let’s analyse the different options<\/span><\/h2>\n

      Option A: The flower has only one ovary.<\/span><\/h3>\n

      To begin with, we have learnt that the ovary develops into a fruit after fertilisation and the ovule develops into a seed after fertilisation.<\/p>\n

      Hence, your child must be able to interpret that a flower with many ovules<\/em> in its ovary would develop into a fruit with many seeds.<\/p>\n

      As such, a flower with one fruit must have had only one ovary<\/span>, from which it was developed.<\/p>\n

      Option A is true.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Option B: The flower does not have a stigma.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

      In order for a fruit to form, fertilisation of the egg in the flower\u2019s ovule must have occurred.<\/p>\n

      We also learnt that pollination of the stigma of the flower is required before fertilisation can take place.<\/p>\n

      Hence, for the fruit to form, the stigma must be present in a flower.<\/p>\n

      Option B is false.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Option C: The fruit was developed from a flower with only female parts.<\/span><\/h3>\n

      We must be very careful when we come across this key word \u201cONLY<\/strong>\u201d<\/span>.<\/p>\n

      From the development of the fruit from the flower, we can interpret that the flower has undergone pollination and fertilisation.<\/p>\n

      However, it does not provide us with information on whether there are male parts in the flower. This is because pollen grains can either come from the anther of the same\/another flower of the same species.<\/p>\n

      Option C\u00a0is false.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Option D: The flower went through fertilisation before the fruit was developed.<\/span><\/h3>\n

      The flower must have gone through fertilisation in order for the fruit to develop.<\/p>\n

      Similarly, we can also state that the flower went through pollination since pollination MUST<\/span> take place before fertilisation.<\/p>\n

      Option D\u00a0is true.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Hence, the final answer would be\u00a0Option 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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      What’s Next?<\/span><\/h2>\n

      In my next article, I will be discussing Science concepts that affect the size of the seed<\/a> and how it would affect the life processes that take place in a plant.<\/p>\n

      Stay tuned to find out more! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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      Today\u2019s Question:<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
      How Should The Bulb Be Connected To The Circuit For It To Light Up?<\/strong><\/span><\/blockquote>\r\n

      The following question is commonly encountered by students during tests.<\/p>\r\n

      \"\"<\/a>Question Credit: Anglo Chinese School (Junior)\/ 2015 Primary 5 SA1\/ Question 18<\/em><\/p>\r\nWe can see that the key difference between the four options is the connection of the bulb(s) in the circuit.\r\n

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      \"\"<\/a>Example of a circuit when the wires are connected only to the metal casing<\/em><\/p>\r\nWhen both wires are connected to the metal casing of the bulb, electricity is unable to flow through the filament, preventing the bulb from lighting up.\r\n\r\nNow, let us now take a look at the question again.\r\n

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      Circuit B<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nOnly the tip is connected to the circuit. Thus, electricity is unable to flow through the filament, preventing the bulb from lighting up.\r\n

      Circuit C<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

      \"\"<\/a><\/p>\r\nOnly the casing is connected to the circuit. Thus, electricity is unable to flow through the filament, preventing the bulb from lighting up.\r\n

      Circuit D<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

      \"\"<\/a><\/p>\r\nBoth the metal casing and tip of the two bulbs are connected to the circuit, forming a closed circuit. Thus, electricity is able to flow through the wires in the circuit to the filaments, allowing the bulbs to light up.\r\n\r\nAs the bulbs in circuits A and D will light up, the correct answer is option 4.\r\n

      What We Have Learnt Today<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\nWhen students wish to find out if the bulb will light up, they should check the following:\r\n

      Are both the metal casing and the tip of the bulb connected to the circuit?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\nIf the answer to the question is \u2018yes\u2019, the bulb will light up. :)\r\n\r\nIn the next blog post, I will be sharing about the advantages and disadvantages of arranging bulbs in series and in parallel.\r\n\r\nStay tuned! :)\r\n\r\n
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