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A Seedy Story
Science 7
Question | Answer |
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anther | Part of the stamen. It produces pollen grains. |
carpel | Female reproductive organ found in flowers. It is made of a stigma, style and ovary. |
egg cell | The female sex cell in plants. |
embryo | Tiny plant, found inside a seed, with a very small shoot and a very small root. |
fertilisation | Joining of a male sex cell with a female sex cell. |
fertilised egg cell | What is produced when a male sex cell fuses with an egg cell. |
filament | Part of the stamen. It supports the anther. |
flower | Organ system containing reproductive organs - carpel (female), stamen (male). |
fruit | Something used to carry seeds. Can be fleshy or dry. |
nucleus | Controls what a cell does. |
ovary | Part of the carpel. It contains ovules, each of which contains an egg cell. |
pollen grain | The male sex cell in plants. |
pollen tube | Tube that grows from a pollen grain down through the stigma and style and into the ovary. |
pollination | Transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma. |
reproductive organ | Organ that produces sex cells. |
seed | Contains a plant embryo and a store of food. |
seed coat | Hard outer covering of a seed. |
sex cell | A cell used for sexual reproduction. |
sexual reprodution | Producing new organisms by combining a male and a female sex cell from two different parents. |
stamen | Male reproductive organ found in flowers. It is made of an anther and a filament. |
stigma | part of the carpel. It is where pollen lands. |
style | Part of the carpel connecting the stigma to the ovary. |
variety | A plant or animal that is in some way different from its parents. |