Science shepherd ch 25 plants

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Across
  1. 2. leaves of a fern
  2. 5. sac the anther structure which contains the microspore mother cell
  3. 6. a layer of flower that is often brightly colored
  4. 7. the top of the pistil
  5. 8. spore producing cells
  6. 11. the base of the pistil; houses the egg, contains ovules
  7. 12. the cell that forms the tube down the style, allowing sperm to travel to the ovary
  8. 13. the cap on top of the filament, where pollen is made
  9. 14. the male structure of a flower
  10. 16. pollination that occurs with flowers of genetically different plants
  11. 19. the process of a seed breaking out of the seed coat and sprouting
  12. 20. a matured ovary
  13. 21. Pterophyta; vascular and seedless plants
  14. 22. the long stalk of the stamen
  15. 24. the phase of a plant that produces haploid gametes
  16. 26. male spores
  17. 28. plants that grow on other plants, but not as parasites
  18. 29. the female plant reproductive structure
  19. 30. clusters of sporangia that form on the under surface of fern fronds
Down
  1. 1. chemicals used by plants and animals to control certain aspects of the life of the organism
  2. 3. pollination that occurs within the flowers of the same plant, or with a genetically identical plant
  3. 4. female spores
  4. 9. a sweet, sugar solution made by plants to attract pollinators
  5. 10. male gametophyte released to fertilize the female gametophyte; contains sperm
  6. 15. the structure that houses the female gamete in certain plants, especially the non-vascular plants
  7. 17. the directional movement of a plant in response to an environmental stimulus; thigmo-touch, chemo-chemical, photo-light, gravi-gravity.
  8. 18. the property of losing leaves at the end of the growing season
  9. 23. a stem or branch cut from a woody donor plant and grafted onto another plant
  10. 25. the upright portion of the pistil
  11. 27. the outer layer of a flower (often green)