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- 5. A stored form of glucose that plants keep for energy.
- 6. The colorful part of a flower that attracts pollinators.
- 7. A flower that has either male parts (stamens) or female parts (pistil), but not both.
- 9. The tube-like structure that connects the stigma to the ovary.
- 13. A flower that has all four main parts: sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil.
- 14. The main plant structure where photosynthesis usually takes place.
- 15. The reproductive structure of a flowering plant.
- 16. The sticky top part of the pistil where pollen lands.
- 19. A substance that plants need to grow, develop, and stay healthy.
- 21. A simple sugar produced during photosynthesis that plants use for energy.
- 23. An edible part of a plant such as roots, stems, leaves, or flowers that people eat.
- 26. Reproduction that involves the joining of male and female cells to produce a new organism.
- 28. The process by which plants produce new plants.
- 29. The outermost whorl of a flower made up of sepals that protect the developing bud.
- 30. Tiny grains produced by the anther that contain male reproductive cells.
- 33. A flower that only has female reproductive parts.
- 34. The thin stalk of the stamen that supports the anther.
- 35. A flower that is missing one or more of the four main parts (sepals, petals, stamens, pistil).
- 36. The process where the male cell from pollen joins with the female cell in the ovule to form a seed.
- 37. A flower that contains both male (stamens) and female (pistil) reproductive parts.
- 38. The part of the plant that anchors it in the soil and absorbs water and nutrients.
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- 1. The female reproductive part of a flower, made up of the stigma, style, and ovary.
- 2. The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make glucose and oxygen.
- 3. The structure inside the ovary that becomes a seed after fertilization.
- 4. The mature ovary of a plant that contains seeds.
- 5. The part of the plant that supports leaves and flowers and transports water and nutrients.
- 8. A tube that grows from a pollen grain down through the style to reach the ovule during fertilization.
- 10. The collective term for all the petals of a flower.
- 11. A leaf-like structure that protects a flower bud before it opens.
- 12. The process plants use to break down glucose to release energy for growth and life processes.
- 16. A flower that only has male reproductive parts.
- 17. rate The percentage of seeds that successfully sprout out of the total planted.
- 18. The part of the stamen that produces and releases pollen.
- 20. A young plant inside a seed that will grow into a new plant.
- 22. The green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis.
- 24. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.
- 25. A plant structure that contains the embryo and stored food needed to grow a new plant.
- 27. The part of the pistil that contains ovules and later develops into fruit after fertilization.
- 31. The process in which a seed begins to grow into a new plant.
- 32. The male reproductive part of a flower made up of the anther and filament.