Flower Structure And Reproduction Flashcards

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Angiosperm

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Type of plant that bears fruit and flowers

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Receptacle

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Part of branch on which a flower forms

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Sepals

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Leaf like structures that surround and protect the flower before it blooms

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Petals

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The colorful part of the flower that attracts insects and other small animals

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Pistil

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Female part of the flower; in the center

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3 parts that make up Pistil

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Stigma, style, ovary

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Stigma

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The top of the pistil where the pollen attaches

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Style

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Long tube that attaches stigma to ovary

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Ovary

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Part of the stigma that possibly turns into a fruit when fertilized

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Ovules

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Eggs stored in the ovary (turns into seeds when fertilized

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11
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Can sperm fertilize eggs of a different flower species?

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No beacuse of special chemicals that prevents this

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Stamen

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Male reproductive structure

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13
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What makes up a stamen

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Anther and filament

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Anther

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Part of male reproductive structure that produces pollen

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Filament

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Supports the anther (male reproductive structure)

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Carpel

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Another word for pistil

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Dicot

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Two cotyledon, vascular bundles in a ring

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Monocot

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Single cotyledon, vascular bundles scattered

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Cotyledon

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First leaves to appear from a germinating seed

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Guard cells

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Cells surrounding stomata

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Gymnosperm

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A plant that produces a seed not encased in an ovary

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Haploid/Monoploid

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Cell containing a single set of organisms

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Diploid

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Cell two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent

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Imperfect

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A flower with only one reproductive structure (female OR male)

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Perfect

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A flower that has BOTH reproductive structures (females AND males)

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Gynoecium

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Another word for pistil

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Primary growth

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Plants get taller

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Secondary growth

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Plants get wider

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Waxy cuticle

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Prevents access water loss in leaves

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True or false: Cotyledon is also food storage

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True

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Vascular

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Have a phloem and xylem (true leaves, true stems, true roots)

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Nonvascular

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Does not have a phloem and xylem (ex moss)

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Phloem

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Carries sugars

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Xylem

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Carries water

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Carnivorous Plants

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Able to consume insects to get their nitrogen