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Botany Exam 2
Botany Exam 2: Plant Development and Metabolism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are Flowering Plants? | the most common plants. they grow everywhere. |
| What Do Flowers Do? | help plants make seeds. They attract bees and pollinators. |
| What are Petals? | Colorful parts that attract pollinators. |
| What are Sepals? | Green leaves under the flower that protect it. |
| What are the Flower's Male Reproductive Part? | Stamen = makes pollen to help create seeds |
| What are the Flower's Female Reproductive Part? | Pistil = Holds the ovary, where seeds grow |
| What Is a Fruit? | helps the seed travel to new places when ready |
| What are Drupes? | One big seed inside |
| What are Berries? | Many seeds inside |
| What are Pome? | A fruit with a core |
| What are Aggregate Fruits? | Many tiny fruits in one |
| What are Multiple Fruits? | Comes from many flowers |
| What are Different Types of Fruits? | Drupes Berries Pomes Aggregate Fruits Multiple Fruits |
| What are Nuts? | Hard shell |
| What are Grains? | Small and dry |
| What are Pods? | Open up when ready |
| What are Different Types of Dry Fruits? | Nuts Grains Pods |
| How Do Seeds Travel? | Wind, Animal, and Water |
| How does wind carry seeds? | Light seeds fly away |
| How does animals carry seeds? | Some stick to fur, some get eaten |
| How does water carry seeds? | Seeds float to new places |
| What's inside a Seed? | Seed Coat Cotyledons Plumule Radicle |
| What does the Seed coat do? | Protects the seed |
| What are Cotyledons? | First baby leaves that store food |
| What are Plumule? | Tiny shoot that becomes the stem |
| What are Radicle? | Tiny root that grows downward |
| How Do Seeds Grow? | Germination |
| Step 1 of Germination? | Seed drinks water |
| Step 2 of Germination? | The coat breaks down |
| Step 3 of Germination? | Root grows down, stem grows up |
| What Helps Plants Grow? | Sunlight Water Soil |
| How does Sunlight help plants grow? | Plants use it to make food |
| How does Water help plants grow? | Helps them stay strong |
| How does Soil help plants grow? | Holds nutrients for growth |
| What Are Plant Hormones? | Auxins Gibberellins Cytokinins Abscisic Acid Ethylene |
| What are Auxins? | Helps the stems grow tall |
| What are Gibberellins? | Helps the flowers and seeds grow |
| What are Cytokinins? | Helps the cells divide |
| What are Abscisic Acids? | Tells leaves when to fall |
| What are Ethylene? | Helps the fruit ripen |
| What are Tropisms? | Phototropism Gravitropism |
| What is Phototropism? | Plants bends toward sunlight |
| What is Gravitropism? | Roots growing down, stems growing up |
| How Do Plants Make Babies? | Meiosis |
| What is Sporophyte? | Makes spores (like tiny plant eggs) |
| What is Gametophyte? | Makes sperm and egg cells |
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