A plant that is dioecious could also have perfect flowers.

Question

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Answer 1

False

Clarify Question


What is the key concept addressed by the question?
Perfect flowers have both stamens and carpels. A flower lacking either stamens or carpels is called imperfect.A dioecious plants produces staminate and carpellate flowers on separate plants.
What type of thinking is required?
Choose from the following samples to streamline your writing:
     • This is an analysis question because it is asking you to identify key factors that qualify a flower as perfect and a plant as dioecious.


Gather Content


What do you already know about perfect flowers and dioecious plants? What other information is related to the question?
Perfect flowers have both stamens and carpels. A flower lacking either stamens or carpels is called imperfect. A dioecious plants produces staminate and carpellate flowers on separate plants.


Choose Answer


Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
Flowers on individual dioecious plants have either stamens or carpels, not both. Therefore, a dioecious plant cannot have perfect flowers.


Reflect on Process


Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
     • Answering this question correctly depended on your ability to identify key factors that qualify flowers as perfect and plants as dioecious. Did you have trouble relating the features of perfect flowers to the classification of dioecious in plants?