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Flower Reproduction
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Flower | The reproductive structure of an angiosperm |
| Pollination | The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plamts |
| Sepal | A leaf like structure that enclosed that encloses and protects the bud of a flower |
| Petal | Colorful part of the flower |
| Stamen | Male part of the flower which includes the filament and the anther |
| Pistils | Female part of the flower which includes the style, stigma, and the ovary |
| Ovary | Protects seeds as they develop |
| Sporophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces spores |
| Gametophyte | The stage in the life cycle in which the plant produces gametes, or sex cells |
| Annual | A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season |
| Biannual | A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two year |
| 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 gymnosperm |
| Ovule | A plant structure in seed plants that produces the female gametophyte; contains an egg cell |
| Fruit | The ripened ovary and other structures of a angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds |