Home
Class 10
BIOLOGY
What happens to the ovule and the ovary ...

What happens to the ovule and the ovary after fertilization?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Refer the above answer for labelling.
Process of fertilization in a flower :
Fertilization is a process of fusion of male gamete with the female gamete.
After reaching to stigma, pollen grains develops a pollen tube.
This pollen tube grows through the length of style, from where it reaches to ovule.
Pollen tube contain two male gametes, which is later on released in the embryo sac.
Here one male gamete fuses with the egg to form a diploid zygote and the other male gamete fuses with the polar nuclei to form a triploid nucleus which is developed into endosperm.
i] The ovule develops a tough coat and is gradually converted into a seed.
ii] The ovary grows rapidly and ripens to form a fruit
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • HOW DO ORGANISMS REPRODUCE?

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise QUESTIONS|4 Videos
  • HOW DO ORGANISMS REPRODUCE?

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise QUESTIONS SECTION (IN TEXT QUESTIONS)|12 Videos
  • HOW DO ORGANISMS REPRODUCE?

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ZEN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SECTION (SHORT ANSWER [SA] TYPE 1 QUESTIONS)|48 Videos
  • HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ZEN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SECTION (LONG ANSWER (LA) TYPE QUESTIONS) |34 Videos
  • LIFE PROCESSES

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ZEE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SECTIONS (LONG ANSWER [LA] TYPE QUESTIONS) |32 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

What is fertilization?

(a) List two reasons for the appearance of variations among the progeny formed by sexual (b) reproduction. (i) Name the part marked 'A' in the diagram. (ii) How does 'A' reaches part 'B'? (iii) State the importance of the part 'C'. (iv) What happens to the part marked ‘D’ after fertilization is over?

Where is zygote located in the flower after fertilization?

What is the role of integuments of ovule after fertilization? Which is the most common type of ovule found in angiosperms?

What changes occur in the uterus if fertilization does not occur? OR What happens to the human egg if fertilization does not occur?

What happens to the entropy of a gas after adsorption?

ZEN PUBLICATION-HOW DO ORGANISMS REPRODUCE?-ZEN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SECTION (LONG ANSWER [LA] TYPE QUESTIONS)
  1. Why budding, fragmentation and regeneration all are considered as asex...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. (i) List two distinguishing features between sexual and asexual types ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. a] Name the parts of the human female reproductive system where i] f...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Distinguish between unisexual and bisexual flowers giving one example ...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. What happens to the ovule and the ovary after fertilization?

    Text Solution

    |

  6. a] What is puberty ? b] Describe in brief the functions of the follo...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Based on given diagram, answer the following questions a] Label t...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. a] Name the mode of reproduction in following organisms and state impo...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. X is a human being with the reproductive oval shaped almond sized orga...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. a] Draw a diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower and label on...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. a] Draw a well labelled diagram of human female reproductive system an...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Name the human male reproductive organ that produces sperms and also s...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Why budding, fragmentation and regeneration all are considered as asex...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. (i) List two distinguishing features between sexual and asexual types ...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. a] Name the parts of the human female reproductive system where i] f...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Distinguish between unisexual and bisexual flowers giving one example ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. What happens to the ovule and the ovary after fertilization?

    Text Solution

    |

  18. a] What is puberty ? b] Describe in brief the functions of the follo...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Based on given diagram, answer the following questions a] Label t...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. a] Name the mode of reproduction in following organisms and state impo...

    Text Solution

    |