Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Biology Question 35

Practice objective / multiple choice question 35 from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 35 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2019 • BIOLOGY • objective

A plant produces 250 flowers. Each flower contains 120 pollen grains and 80 ovules. Only 70 % of the pollen grains are viable and only 60 % of the viable pollen successfully reaches an ovule. Each successful fertilisation yields a seed that contains on average 1.2 embryos because of polyembryony. Assuming pollen availability is the limiting factor, how many embryos are expected to be produced by the whole plant? Give your answer as an integer.

Answer Options

A. 10080 embryos
B. 12600 embryos
C. 25200 embryos
Correct Answer D. 15120 embryos
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
15120 embryos

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Biology Question 35. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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