Plants

4. Are the green petal-like parts at the base of the flower.
8. Is the transfer of pollen from the male anther to the female stigma.
11. Holds a plant up right. It also carries water, minerals and nutrients between roots and leaves and flowers.
12. Protects the seed and helps it disperse.
14. The bottom portion of the pistil enlarges to form the ______.
15. the part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed.
16. Powdery substance found in the middle of the flower.
17. The stigma is the sticky part at the top of the pistil that “grabs” or traps the pollen.

1. Carry the pollen and are usually yellow in color.
2. Root _______ absorb water and nutrients from the soil.
3. Has two parts: the anther and the filament.
5. The process by which plants turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose (food for the plant), using light energy.
6. The reproductive organs of a plant are in the ________. Seeds are made here.
7. Is also known as sugar- gives plants energy.
9. Where photosynthesis occurs. This produces food for the plant.
10. Are leaf like and usually colorful.
11. The tube-like structure that holds up the stigma.
13. Anchors a plant in the ground.
16. Is the female reproductive part of a flower where pollination takes place.