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plant repro.
plant reproduction-Mackenzie
Question | Answer |
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sporophyte stage | plant life cycle stage that begins when an egg is fertilized by a sperm |
frond | leaf of a fern that grows from the rhizome |
rhizome | underground stem |
spore | in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage than can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can divide into sex cells |
sori | fern structures in which spores are produced |
prothallus | small,green, heart-shaped gametophyte plant from a fern |
pollen grain | small structure produced by the male reproductive organs of a seed plant |
pollination | transfer of pollen grains to the female part of a seed plant |
ovule | in seed plants, female reproductive parts that produces eggs |
stamen | male reproductive organ inside of the flower of an angiosperm |
pistil | femal reproductive organ inside of the flower of an angiosperm |
ovary | swollen base of an angiosperms pistil, where egg-producing ovules are found |
germination | series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed |
gametophyte stage | plant life cycle stage that begings when cells in the reproductive organs udergo meiosis and produce hapliod cell's |