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Flowers/Flower Parts Flashcards

1
Q

Flowers develop from which meristem(s)?

A

Apical or axillary

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2
Q

Flowers are composed of what type of leaves?

A

Modified

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3
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The base of a flower is called the what?

A

receptacle

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4
Q

The stalk of a flower is called what?

A

peduncle

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5
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What are sepals?

A

lowest appendages/leaves

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6
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All of the sepals together are called what?

A

calyx

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7
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All of the petals together are called what?

A

corolla

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8
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The calyx and the corolla together are called what?

A

perianth

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9
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Stamens are composed of what parts?

A

filament (stalk) and anther (pollen)

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10
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What does pollen produce?

A

sperm

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11
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What is a carpel?

A

a folded leaf with 1 or more ovules

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12
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What is an ovule?

A

the structure that contains an egg

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13
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What is a pistil?

A

composed of 1 carpel; stigma, style, and ovary

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14
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What is the stigma?

A

where the pollen lands

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15
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What is the style?

A

the “neck” of the pistil

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16
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Where are the ovules located?

A

inside the ovary

17
Q

An ovary that is above the flower pores is called what?

A

superior

18
Q

An ovary that is below the flower pores is called what?

A

inferior

19
Q

Pollen is transported by what?

A

wind or animals

20
Q

Pollen develops into the what?

A

the pollen tube to deliver sperm

21
Q

An egg is considered fertilized when what happens?

A

there is an embryo inside the ovule

22
Q

An ovule’s outermost layer is called what?

A

integument

23
Q

What is the integument made of?

A

sclerieds

24
Q

A hardened integument is called what?

A

seed coat

25
Q

All plants are in what supergroup?

A

Archaplastida

26
Q

Plant members have what characteristics?

A

photosynthetic, multicellular, with a cell wall

27
Q

All flowering plants are in what phylum?

A

Magnoliophyta

28
Q

The ancestry of flowering plants is what?

A

unclear

29
Q

Another name for flowering plants is what?

A

angiosperms

30
Q

The flowering phylum contains what classes?

A

dicots and monocots

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