Flowers

Question 1

Vascular:

Answer 1

(TALLER) Conduct food and water throughout theirs structure

Question 2

Nonvascular:

Answer 2

(SHORTER) lack special tissue for conducting water or food.(No seeds)

Question 3

Angiosperms:

Answer 3

Produce flowers

Question 4

Gymnosperms:

Answer 4

seeds, NO FLOWErs, woody, cones

Question 5

Annuals:

Answer 5

Single growing season

Question 6

Biennial:

Answer 6

Two growing seasons

Question 7

Perennials:

Answer 7

Grow year after year

Question 8

Flower:

Answer 8

reproductive organ

Question 9

Sepals:

Answer 9

cover petals

Question 10

Petals are brightly colored to…

Answer 10

attract insects

Question 11

Pedicel:

Answer 11

supports the flower

Question 12

Pistil:

Answer 12

Female structure (stigma, style, ovary, ovules

Question 13

Stigma:

Answer 13

Sticky surface that attracts pollen grains

Question 14

Style:

Answer 14

large vase-like structure which encloses ovary

Question 15

Ovary:

Answer 15

Hollow, bulb-shaped structure in style which hold ovules

Question 16

Ovules:

Answer 16

Small, round cases inside ovary which contain egg cells and turn into seeds when egg is fertilized

Question 17

Stamen:

Answer 17

Male Structure (Anther on top of filament)

Question 18

Tube Nucleus:

Answer 18

portion of pollen grain cells that pave the Pollen Tube

Question 19

Sperm Nuclei:

Answer 19

The two sperm nuclei that follow the Tube Nucleus. One fertilizes and the other forms endosperm which feed embryo

Question 20

Endosperm:

Answer 20

Food supply for a newly fertilized seed formed by two nuclei polar nuclei

Question 21

Pollen Tube:

Answer 21

burrow produced by the TUBE NUCLEUS so that sperm nuclei can reach the ovule

Question 22

Shoot Apex:

Answer 22

The tip of the stem in plants which is composed of meristem tissue which is capable of quick growth

Question 23

Terminal Bud:

Answer 23

The beginning of a new set of leaves

Question 24

Fruit:

Answer 24

Matured Ovary which contains seeds (provides protection and as well as method to disperse them)

Question 25

Seeds:

Answer 25

Tiny embryonic plants, stored food, and coat of protection

Question 26

Germination:

Answer 26

The initial sprouting and growing of plants, Requires correct moisture, temp, and oxygen.

Question 27

Simple fruits:

Answer 27

Formed from single ripened ovary

Question 28

Compound fruits:

Answer 28

(Apple) Aggregate fruit or multiple fruit. Develop from many separate ovaries

Question 29

Aggregate fruit:

Answer 29

Many ovaries of a single flower fuse together (raspberry)

Question 30

Multiple Fruit:

Answer 30

(Pineapple, Strawberry) Forms from the fusing of several ovaries of separate flowers

Question 31

Cotyledon:

Answer 31

Where stored food in seeds can be found

Question 32

Dicots:

Answer 32

2 Cotyledons (oaks, flowers, vegetables) (leaves have branched or networked veins) (Flowers with petals in multiples of 4 or 5) (Vascular bundles are arranged in rings)(taproot system with smaller secondary roots)

Question 33

Monocots:

Answer 33

1 Cotyledon (Grasses, lilies, palm trees) (leaves have parallel veins) (flowers with petals in multiples of 3) (Random vascular bundle arrangement) (Fibrous roots)