afnr_5.2_vocab_2

1. Union of an egg and sperm to produce a seed or fertilized egg.
4. The embryo of a plant
8. The female element of a flower; composed of stigma, style, and ovary.
9. The organ of a flower which bears the pollen consisting of the stalk and the anther.
10. The transfer of the pollen from the anther to the stigma of a flower, the first step in producing a fruit or seed
12. The receptive surface of the female organ of a flower that receives the pollen.
13. In the pistil of a flower, the part between the ovary and the stigma.
14. The lower portion of a plant that mostly develops underground and anchors the plant in the soil.
15. Stalk, trunk, branch of a plant. Can be vertical or horizontal.

2. The making of a new plant or animal.
3. The male element that carries the spores in the fertilization of the egg nucleus in the ovule of a flower. Borne by the anthers and is usually a yellowish, dust-like mass of separate grains.
4. Designating a flower that has stamens but no pistil and hence is imperfect.
5. Small, green, leaf-life structure found at the base of a flower.
6. C6H12O6 +6O2 --> 6CO2 +6H2O +Energy
7. Designating a flower that has a pistil or pistils but lacks stamens; an imperfect flower.
11. Tube formed following the germination of a pollen grain, when the grain resides on the stigma of a flower.