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Heredity Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Angiosperm | flowering plant |
| Petal | attract pollinators; protects inner structure |
| Sepal | protects and supports flower; keeps from dying out |
| Stem | provides support; transport water and nutrients; stores water and food |
| Anther | produces pollen (sperm) |
| Filament | stalk holds anther up |
| Stamen | filament and stock (male part) |
| Stigma | sticky part where pollen sticks |
| Style | Stalk that supports the stigma |
| Ovary | where fertilization occurs, seeds are formed, turns into fruit |
| Pistil | female parts |
| Pollination | the transfer of pollen to the stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilization |
| Asexual reproduction | Offspring are created from a single organism (parent) and are exact copies of that parent. |
| Binary Fission | divide into two identical cells |
| Budding | an offspring grows out of the parents body; not an equal dividing like binary fission |
| Fragmentation/Regeneration | offspring form out of broken off pieces of the parent |
| Sexual reproduction | the genetic information from two parents is combined to create offspring with unique genetic traits |
| Internal fertilization | fertilization occurs within the female |
| External fertilization | fertilization occurs outside the female in a watery medium |