Plant Organ Systems and Their Functions Flashcards

1
Q

Flowering plants reproduce sexually
through a process called

A

pollination

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2
Q

Happens when a plant’s own pollen fertilizes its own
ovules.

A

Self-pollination

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3
Q

Happens when the wind or animals move pollen from
one plant to another.

A

Cross-pollination

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4
Q

Male gametes from the pollen join with the female gametes in the egg. The egg or eggs, are found inside the stigma.

A

Fertilization

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5
Q

It only requires DNA from one parent. It creates offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.

A

Asexual Reproduction

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6
Q

This involves new plants growing from small parts of a parent plant that fall to the ground.

A

Fragmentation

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7
Q

What are the five main stages to the plant life cycle

A
  1. Seed
  2. Germination and Seedling
  3. Becoming mature
  4. Growing flowers and
    seeds and undergoing
    pollination
  5. Dispersion of seeds
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8
Q

Controls transpiration and gas exchange with the air

A

Stomata

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9
Q

Also have openings for gaseous exchange

A

Lenticels

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10
Q

It distributes the water and dissolved minerals upward through the plant.

A

Xylem

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11
Q

It carries food downward from the leaves to the roots.

A

Phloem

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12
Q

It regulates their growth, development, reproductive
processes, longevity, and even death.

A

Phytohormones

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13
Q

Does plants have a nervous system?

A

NO!

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14
Q

Genetically identical offspring are called what?

A

Clones

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15
Q

Vegetative propagation does not need seeds or spores. True or False?

A

True

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16
Q

Male sex organs

A

stamens

17
Q

Female sex organs

A

pistils

18
Q

Pistil consists of

A

Stigma
Style
Ovary

19
Q

Stamen consists of

A

Anther
Pollen
Filament

20
Q

The scientific word for an egg is

A

ovule

21
Q

Genetically identical offspring are
called

A

clones

22
Q

does not need seeds or spores

A

Vegetative propagation

23
Q

Plant transport tissues

A

xylem and phloem

24
Q

Cause growth and cell elongation in plants

A

Auxin molecules

25
Q

sex cells are also called

A

gametes

26
Q

flowering plants reproduce sexually through a process called pollination

A

sexual reproduction