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Ch. 3:3 Essay Questions

Essay Questions for 3:3

Question 1

Short answer

How do flowering plants reproduce through sexual reproduction?

Question 2

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Rice is an important food crop throughout the world. Growing rice requires large amounts of water because the roots of rice plants must remain under water. Explain how genes could play a role in helping farmers grow rice using less water.(Think cross polination or Mendel example WB p. 143)

Question 3

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Aaron has a spider plant that produces several plantlets. Aaron puts each plantlet in its own pot and gives the plantlets to several friends. Identify what would cause some of the plantlets to grow better than others, including examples of possible causes.

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