Plants - From Flowers to Seeds

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  1. 2. The tube-like structure found within the female reproductive organ. The function is to hold up the stigma and connect to the ovary
  2. 3. structure of a plant that contains the embryo and food source to produce the next generation through sexual reproduction
  3. 5. Fertilization in angiosperms, in which two sperm cells unite with two cells in the embryo sac to form the (2n) zygote and (3n) endosperm.
  4. 6. type of plants that produce seeds with only one cotyledon, includes the grasses
  5. 8. female organ of a flower that contains the egg cells, once fertilized will turn into the seeds
  6. 11. the most successful vascular land plants that produce flowers, fruit and seeds
  7. 14. tough covering that surrounds and protects the plant embryo and keeps the contents of the seed from drying out
  8. 18. female organ at the base of flowers , contains the ovules, turns into fruit
  9. 19. male reproductive cells that contain the male sperms
  10. 20. chemical substance in plants that are produced by cells and transported to other cells to induce a response such as flowering or producing seeds
  11. 21. the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant can be done by water, wind, or animals
  12. 23. a reproductive process in which pollen from one plant is transferred to the stigma of another plant of the same species
  13. 24. numerous male structures of a flowering plant, includes the anther and filament
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  1. 1. A reproductive process in plants that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce seeds for the next generation
  2. 3. tip of the female flower structure that traps male pollen and provides nutrients for the pollen to grow it's pollen tube
  3. 4. structure found at the base of most flowers, protects the developing flower, peels downward when the flower is mature and open
  4. 7. the small thin stalk in the male mats of the flower that holds up the anther
  5. 9. Sometimes called the Pistil, the female part of the flowering plant
  6. 10. category of plants that produces seeds with 2 seed- halves, includes most shrubs and trees and any plant NOT in the grass family
  7. 12. means naked seed - vascular, cone bearing plants that produce seeds but no fruit
  8. 13. ferns and their relatives - vascular plants that reproduce by spores (they do not produce seeds)
  9. 15. The seed halves, consists of the food source for the embryo
  10. 16. The male tips of the stamens that contain the pollen grains
  11. 17. modified leaves which are usually bright in color to attract pollinators.
  12. 22. A mature ovary of a flower that protects dormant seeds and aids in their dispersal.