Chapter 16 Reproduction in plants

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The differences between asexual reproduction

and sexual reproduction.

The names of the parts of a flower and what

each part does.

How insect pollination and wind pollination

take place.

The differences between insect-pollinated and

wind-pollinated flowers.

How fertilisation happens in a flower.

How to investigate the environmental

conditions that seeds need to make
them germinate.

S The advantages and disadvantages to a plant

species of reproducing asexually or sexually.

S The advantages and disadvantages to farmers

and other plant growers of making their
plants reproduce asexually or sexually.

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