GEN BIO Q4 Flashcards
is an essential characteristic of organisms to perpetuate their kind.
reproduction
plants and animals can reproduce either
sexually or asexually
(a type of reproduction in
plants from its vegetative parts or
specialized reproductive structures)
identical to its parent
vegetative reproduction
a special slender horizontal branch serving to propagate the organism
stolon
a swollen underground stem or root of a plant from which new plants can grow
tuber
a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes
rhizome
Small lateral or terminal protuberance on the stem of a vascular plant that may develop into a flower, leaf, or shoot
buds on leaf
with a little help from the human, grow faster than plants grown from seeds
artificial plant propagation
life cycle that centers on reproducing sexually through their flower
angiosperms or flowering plants
male organs
stamen
anther
filament
makes tiny grains called pollen
anther
holds up the anther
filament
female organs
carpel
stigma
style
ovary
top part of the carpel with sticky surface that trap the pollen
stigma
joins the stigma and ovary
style
female sex cell called ovules
ovary
pollen transfer from anther to stigma
pollination
process seen in plants that bear fruits which may contain one or many seeds
double fertilization
two purpose of fruits
protect seed from damage against animals and infectious agents
aid seed dispersal
seed classification and define
monocot and dicot
called as clonal reproduction
asexual reproduction
division of body into two or more equal parts
amoeba and paramecium
fission
new individual arises, become independent or remain to be attached
hydra
budding
body breaks into two or more parts with fragment. complete individual
fragmentation