Parts of a flower Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Stigma | The sticky part of the pistil |
Pistil or carpel | The female reproductive part of the flower |
sepal | The small , leaflike parts of a flower. |
anther | The part that makes the pollen |
filament | It supports the anther |
petal | the colorful part if the flower |
ovary | It is a hollow structure that protects the seed as it develops. |
stamen | The male reproductive parts of the flower. |
style | A slender tube that connect the stigma to a hollow structure at the base of the flower. |
tropism | a plant's growth response towards or away from the stimulus |
hormone | it is a chemical that affects how the plant grows and develops |
auxin | it speeds up the rate at which a plants cells grow and controls a plant's response to light |
photoperiodism | it is a plants response to seasonal changes in length of night and day |
critical night length | it is the number of hrs of darkness that determines whether or not a plant will flower |
Short - day plants | it is when nights are longer than a critical length |
Long - day plants | its when nights are shorter than critical length |
Day- neutral plants | its a flowering cycle that is not sensitive to periods of light and dark |
dormancy | it is a period when an organism's growth or activity stops |
thigmotropism | touch |
phototropism | light |
gravitropism | gravity |
positive tropism | |
negative tropism | when a plant is growing a way from the stimulus |
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