Plants

2. The reproductive structure of angiosperm plants
6. The fourth step in flowering plant reproduction in which the new plant sprouts
10. The softer, smaller cones that produce pollen are ____.
11. The second step in flowering plant reproduction in which the sperm from pollen joins the egg
12. Ferns and mosses reproduce with these structures
15. The structure that produces eggs
16. The part of the plant that grows up, towards light, and provides support

1. An organism that helps transfer pollen from the stamen to the pistil
3. The first step in flowering plant reproduction when the pollen from the stamen reaches the pistil
4. The harder, larger cones that contain the ovule and seed
5. The reproductive structures of a gymnosperm plant
7. The part of a plant that helps it breathe and where the food is made
8. Seed ______ is the third step in flowering plant reproduction in which the new seeds are carried away from the parent plant
9. The female part of a flower
13. The part of a flower that absorbs water and nutrients and grows down because of gravity as well as towards water
14. The male part of a flower