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Plant structures
Question | Answer |
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What is a Cambium? | A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells. |
What is an Embryo? | The young organism that develops from a zygote. |
What is a Flower? | The reproductive structure of an angiosperm. |
What is Germination? | The sprouting of the embryo out of a seed. |
What is an Ovary? | A flower structure that encloses and protects ovules and seeds as they develop. |
What is Pollination? | The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants. |
What is a Petal? | A colorful, leaf-like structure of some flowers. |
What is a Pistil? | The female reproductive part of a flower. |
What is a Root cap? | A structure that covers the tip of a root. |
What is a Sepal? | A leaf-like structure that encloses and protects the bud of a flower. |
What is a Stamen? | The male reproductive part of a flower. |
What is a stoma? | Small opening on the underside of a leaf through which make an organism react in some way. |
Annule | A flowering plant that that completes its life cycle in one growing season. |
Sporophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces spores. |
Gametophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces gametes. |
Biennial | A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years. |
Perennial | A flowering plant that lives for more than two years. |
Fertilization | The process in sexual reproduction in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new cell. |
Zygote | A fertilized egg produced by the joining of a sperm cell and egg cell |
Cone | The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm |
Ovule | Plant structure in seed plants that produces the female gametophyte; contains an egg cell |
Fruit | The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds. |