biology - plants 2

Question 1

carbon dioxide + water —– (chlorophyll, sunlight) ——–

Answer 1

——glucose + oxygen (food)

Question 2

what is the male reproductive cell in plants?

Answer 2

the pollen grain

Question 3

what is the female reproductive cell in plants?

Answer 3

the egg cell

Question 4

what is pollination?

Answer 4

the process where a pollen grain is transferred from the anther to the stigma with the help of wind, water, an animal or insect.

Question 5

what is the job of the anther, filament and stigma?

Answer 5

anther: produces pollen
filament: holds up the anther
stigma: catches pollen grains

Question 6

what is the embryo in a seed?

Answer 6

the tiny shoot and root that develops into a plant.

Question 7

what does water do in germination?

Answer 7

softens the seed coat to let it split, this allows the shoot to grow upwards and the root to grow downwards.

Question 8

what is the food store of the seed?

Answer 8

stores starch for the seed until it can carry out the process of photosynthesis