Video Transcript
Flowers can be divided into floral
whorls. These are circular sections that
each contain a different organ of the flower. The names of these whorls are shown
in the diagram. Which whorl contains the
petals?
In the diagram, we can see the
names of the four different whorls of the flower, each indicated in a different
color. We need to find the name of the
whorl that contains the petals. Let’s first remember that the
petals surround the reproductive parts of the flower and often appear decorative,
with bright colors and sometimes attention-attracting shapes. The bright colors and
attention-attracting shapes can help attract pollinators, which aid in bringing
pollen, which contains male gametes, to the female parts of another flower so that
fertilization can occur.
We can see that the petals of the
flower in the diagram are red and that the diagram indicates that this portion of
the flower is the corolla. Corolla means “wreath” in Latin, so
it makes sense that this would refer to the so-called decorative parts of the
flower.
Therefore, the correct answer to
this question is corolla. The whorl that contains the petals
is the corolla.
