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Plant Reproduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cone | The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm. |
| Ovule | A plant structure in seed plants that produces the female gametophyte ; contains egg cell. |
| Fruit | The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that encloses one or more seeds. |
| Zygote | A fertilization egg, produced by the joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell. |
| Annual | A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season. |
| Bienniel | A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years. |
| Perennial | A flowering plant that lives for more than two years. |
| Gametophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces gametes, or sex cells. |
| Sporophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces spores. |
| Stamen | The male reproductive part of a flower. |
| Filament | The thin stalk of the stamen and holds up the anther. |
| Anther | Where the pollen is made, in the top of the filament. |
| Stigma | Sticky top of a pistil and collects pollen grains. |
| Style | Slender tube of a pistil, connects stigma to ovary |
| Ovary | Hollow structure that protects the flower and holds ovules. |
| Pistil | The female reproductive part of a flower. |
| Petal | A colorful, leaf-like structure of some flowers. |
| Sepal | A leaf-like structure that encloses and protects the bud of a flower. |