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Plant structures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |