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Science
chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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What are the colorful leaves some flowers produce that may be mistaken for petals? | bracts |
What is the long tube in the middle of the flower that has the ovary at its base? | pistil |
What do we call the process when a sperm cell unites with an egg cell? | fertilization |
What is the transfer of pollen from a stamen to the pistil ? | pollination |
What is the living, miniature, undeveloped plant that is with in the seed? | embryo |
What do we call a scientist who study plants? | botanists |
What do we call a new variety of plant products by cross fertilizing related plants? | hybrid |
which insectivorous plant has a slippery tube that the insects slides down into? | pitcher plant |
Which insectivorous plant has a hinge type leaves that SNAP shut when the insect touches the tiny hairs? | Venus's fly trap |
Which insectivorous plant has tiny "dewdrop" type leaves that attract the insect to land on it and is very sticky? | sundew plant |
which insectivorous plant has underwater leaves that fill with water quickly causing a suction? | bladderwort |
what is the most important family of food producing plant. It has long, thin leaves and very small flowers. | grasses |
What is the second largest family of flowering plants? | pea family |
most of the members of this family grow from bulbs; their petals grow in multiples of three. What family are they ? | lily family |
this plant has long, narrow leaves and trumpet-like flowers that last only a day, what am I? | day lilly |
what is the largest family of flowering plants? each flower is actually a combination of many small flowers. | composite family |
a sideways growing plant that produces spores instead of seeds | fern |
a plant that does not have tubes for moving nutrients and water does not have any true leaves, stems or roots | moss |
a large group of plants found all over the world that do not need tubes to transport food; some are the smallest green plants | algae |
a plant that does not have chlorophyll | fungi |
a fungus that can grow on wet clothes, shower stalls and plants | mildew |