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Vocabulary
Biology II Chapter 23-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sepal | flower organ that protects the bud. |
| petal | colorful flower structure that attracts pollinators and provides them a landing place. |
| stamen | male reproductive organ of most flowers composed of a filament and an anther. |
| pistil | flower's female reproductive structure; it is usually composed of a stigma, a style, and an ovary. |
| photoperiodism | flowering response of a plant based on the number of hours of darkness it is exposed to. |
| short-day plant | plant that flowers in the winter, spring, or fall, when the number of hours of darkness is greater than the number of hours of light. |
| long-day plant | plnat that flowers in the summer, when there are fewer hours of darkness than the plant's critical period. |
| intermediate-day plant | plant that flowers as long as the number of hours of darkness is neither too great nor too few. |
| day-neutral plant | plant flowers over a wide range in the nubmer of hours of darkness. |