Chapter 38-39 Flashcards
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Carple
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The reproductive parts of the plant
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Anther
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Within the anther pollen is produced.
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Style
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A long slender neck
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Stigma
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A sticky structure that serves as a landing platform for pollen
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Complete flowers
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Have all four basic flower organs
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Incomplete flowers
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Lack one of the four basic parts
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Inflorescences
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Showy clusters of flowers on the same plant
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Microspores
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Each of tese eventually gives rise to a haploid male gametophyte.
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Embryo sac
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The female gametophyte
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Megaspores
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Only one survives to form a embryo sac
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Endosperm
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The food storing tissue in the seed
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Double fertilization
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The union of two sperm cells with different nuclei of the female gametophyte
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Dormancy
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When the seed stops growing
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Seed coat
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Protects the seed before it grows
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Hypocotyl
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Embryonic axis
