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Plant structures
Question | Answer |
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Stamen | Male part of flower |
Filament | Thin stalk |
Anther | makes pollen |
Stigma | sticky part of pistal |
style | Slender tube |
ovary | flower structure that encloses and protects the seed as they develop |
Pistal/carpel | Female part of flower |
petal | Colorful leaflike structure of some flowers |
sepal | leaflike structure that encloses and protects bud of flower |
Sporophyte | stage in life cycle of plant in which that plant produces spores |
gametophyte | stage in life cycle of plant in which the plant produces sex cells |
annual | plant that completes life cycle in one year |
biennial | plant that completes life cycle in two years |
perennial | plant that completes life cycle in more than two years. Flowers every year |
fertilization | process in sexual reproduction in which egg and sperm join to form a new cell |
zygote | fertilized egg produce by joining of sperm cell and egg cell |
cone | reproductive structure of gymnosperm |
ovule | plant structures in seed plants that produces the egg cell |
fruit | ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one of more seeds |
Tropism | response of plant toward or away from a stimulus |
hormone | chemical that affects growth |
auxin | plant hormone that speeds up rate of growth |
photoperiodism | plants response to seasonal changes |
dormancy | period of time when organism's growth or activity stops |