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plant reproduction-Mackenzie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |