Flowers Flashcards

1
Q

Flowering plants (angiosperms) are the dominant form of

A

Land planrs

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2
Q

Angiosperms much more numerous and diverse than _

A

Gymnosperms

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3
Q

Notable for various ways of spreading (2)

A

Pollen

Seeds

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4
Q

Wind-pollinated have no _ and insect pollinated flowers have _

A

Nectar

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5
Q

No _ produced in wind-pollinated _ produced in insect pollinated

A

Scent

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6
Q

Insect polllinated plants have _

A

Colorful petals

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7
Q

Pendulums _ hand outside of flower so exposed to wind (2)

A

Stigma

Stamen

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8
Q

Stigma/stamen inside flower to _

A

Run pollen off on insect

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9
Q

Stigma on wind pollinators have _ surface area

A

Large

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10
Q

Stigma on insect pollinators have _ surface area

A

Small

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11
Q

Stigma is _ to catch pollen from air (wind)

A

Feathery

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12
Q

Stigma not feathery but often _ (insect)

A

Sticky

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13
Q

Small, light, smooth pollen grains are easily _

A

Carried by wind

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14
Q

Pollen grains are _ to attach to insects (2)

A

Large

Barbed

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15
Q

Large amounts of pollen produced, increasing chance of _ (wind)

A

Pollen reaching target

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16
Q

Small amount of pollen produced as insect ensures accurate _

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Transfer of pollen between flowers