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Plant Reproduction!
Reproduction of Plants Revision
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anther | Head of a stamen that produces pollen grains. |
| Artificial Propagation | A form of asexual reproduction when when humans can get plants to produce offspring by artficial means. |
| Asexual Reproduction | Production of identical offspring by one parent without the involvement of sex cells |
| Clone | a group of genetically identical organisms, produced by asexual reproduction |
| Cutting | A small part from a plant that is able to grow into another plant |
| Embryo | The multicellular structure that develops from a zygote. |
| Fertilisation | Process by which the male gamete fuses with a female gamete |
| Flower | The reproductive structure in some plants |
| Fruit | Structure containing one or more seeds; formed from the ovary following fertillisation |
| Fusion | The joining of male and female gamete nuclei during fertilisation |
| Gamate | a sex cell |
| Germination | the process where a seed embryo grows into a new plant |
| Grafting | Form of artificial propogation involving joining 2 plants |
| Nectary | A gland in the flower that secretes nectar |
| Nectar | a sugary liquid that attracts insects to some flowers |
| Optimum | the condition at which an experiment works best |
| Ovary | swollen region of a flowers female sex organ containing ovules |
| Ovum | |
| Petal | |
| Pollen Grains | |
| Pollen Tube | |
| Pollination | |
| Runners | |
| Seed | |
| Self-Pollination | |
| Sepal | |
| Sexual reproduction | reproduction involving two parents |
| Stamen | male reproductive organ in a flower. Has two parts, the pollen bearing anther on to of a stick |
| Sterile | unable to reproduce offspring by sexual reproduction |
| Stigma | the top of the female reproductive organ in a flower, where pollen grains stick |
| Style | the part in the flower that connects the stigma to the ovary |
| Tuber | underground storage organs used by some plants during asexual reproduction |
| Zygote | cell formed when a female gamete is fertilised by a male gamete . Plants can reproduce in 2 ways |