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Term | Definition |
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survival | The struggle to remain living by adapting (changing) to one’s surroundings |
Reproduction | The production of new plants, asexual or sexual. |
Defense | A set of plant traits (characteristics) that help them to survive and reproduce. |
Perfect Flower | Flowers that have both male AND female parts |
Imperfect Flower | Flowers with either male OR female parts. |
Pollination | When pollen moves from male parts to female parts by a pollinator such as bees, birds, wind, humans, or other organisms. Fertilization then occurs where a seed and embryo develop. |
Petals | The colorful parts of a flower, the first whorl surrounding the reproductive structures. |
Sepals | Petallike structures, often green, at the base of a flower. Protect the bud while developing. |
stamen | The male reproductive structures (includes anther, filament, and pollen). |
anther | The structure located at the top of the filament, carries the pollen |
Filament | A threadlike structure that holds up the anther |
pollen | Male sex cell that donates half of its DNA (traits) to make a seed. Usually a yellowish powdery substance that is carried by a pollinator. |
Pistil | he female reproductive structures (includes stigma, style, ovary, ovule). |
stigma | Sticky substance on top of the Style, it traps and holds pollen. |
style | Tubelike structure that holds up the stigma. |
ovary | At the bottom of a flower that holds the ovules. The ovary turns into the fleshy fruit we eat. |
ovule | Female sex cells that donate half of its DNA (traits). Ovules develop into seeds when fertilized by pollen. |