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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| spores | waterproof reproductive cells that can grow into a new organism; in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells |
| gametophyte | plant life cycle stage that begins when cells in reproductive organs undergo meisis and produce haploid cells |
| Frond | leaf of a fern that grows from the rhizome |
| germination | series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed |
| ovule | in seed plants, the female reproductive part that produces eggs |
| ovary | swollen base of an angiosperm's pistil, where egg-producing ovules are found |
| pistil | female reproductice organ inside the flower if an angiosperm |
| stamen | male reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm |
| pollination | tranfer of pollen grains to the female part of a seed plant by agents such as gravity, water, wind, and animals |
| pollen grain | small structure produced by the male reproductive organs of a seed plant |
| sporophyte stage | plant life cycle stage that begins when an egg is fertilized by a sperm |
| rhizome | underground stem |
| sori | fern structuers in which spores are produced |
| prothallus | small, green, heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients form the soil |