Chapter 5

Question 1

Pistil

Answer 1

The female reproduction organ inside the flower of an angiosperm; consists of a sticky stigma, a style, and an ovary

Question 2

Sori

Answer 2

Spore-producing structures on the undersides of fern fronds

Question 3

Pollen Grain

Answer 3

produced by male reproductive organs of seed plants two sperm develop in each pollen grain

Question 4

Pollination

Answer 4

Transfer of pollen grains from the stamen to the stigma

Question 5

frond

Answer 5

leaf of a fern that grows from a rhizome.

Question 6

Gametophyte stage

Answer 6

Plant life cycle stage in which all plant structures are made of cells with a haploid number of chromosomes

Question 7

Ovule

Answer 7

The female reproductive organs

Question 8

alternation of generation

Answer 8

occurs when a plant’s life cycle alternates between a sex cell-producing stage and a spore-producing stage

Question 9

Sporophyte stage

Answer 9

produces spores

Question 10

stamen

Answer 10

male reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm; consists of a filament and an anther