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Plants
Question | Answer |
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The brightly colored parts of a flower that attract pollinators | petals |
The male part of the flower | stamen |
The part of the flower that produces pollen | anther |
The female part of the flower | pistil |
The sticky structure that collects pollen | stigma |
The part of the flower that produces eggs and may develop into a seed | ovule |
Pollination occurs when | pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma |
Fertilization occurs when | a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell |
When they collect nectar from flowers, bees also tranport | pollen from flower to flower |
The part of the flower through which the pollen tube forms | style |
After fertilization, the ovary may enlarge to become a | fruit |
The materials for photosynthesis are | sunlight, water, carbon dioxide |
Photosynthesis takes place in the | leaves |
The name of the chemical that absorbs sunlight and allows photosynthesis to occur | chlorophyll |
The stomata allow photosynthesis to occur by | allowing gas exchange |
An end product of photosynthesis | glucose |
The gas released by plants as a result of photosynthesis | oxygen |
The movement of a plant in response to a stimulus | tropism |
The response of a plant due to gravity by growing roots downward and shoots upward | gravitropism |
The response of a plant by growing towards a light source | phototropism |
The response of a plant by growing towards water | hydrotropism |
The movement of a plant in response to touch or contact | thigmotropism |