Plants And Their Reporoduction Flashcards
What is the name for the 5 largest groups of organisms?
Kingdoms
What are the 5 kingdoms?
Animals, fungi, protoctists, plants, prokaryotes
What is the name for the last 2 groups
Genus, species
Why should biodiversity be preserved
Because organisms depend on one another or they could become extinct
What is sexual reproduction?
When 2 organisms breed and produce new organisms
What are hybrids?
The name for when 2 different species produce an offspring and the hybrid cannot produce
What is inherited variation?
The variation in characteristics that were inherited (the differences)
What are gametes?
The female and male gamete join the reproduce, they are the sex cells
What is asexual reproduction?
A type of reproduction that doesn’t need gametes, instead part of the plant parent forms a new plant being indentical
Do strawberry’s produce asexually or sexually?
Asexually
What is pollination?
When the pollen ripens inside the anthers and then are carried away and transferred onto the stigma of other plants