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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants Flashcards

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What is asexual reproduction?

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Asexual reproduction involves only one parent

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What is sexual reproduction?

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Sexual reproduction involves the union of two sex cells or gametes

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What are gametes?

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Gametes are haploid cells capable of fusion

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What stamens?

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Stamens are the male parts of the flower

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What are carpels?

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Carpels are the female parts of the flower

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What is pollination?

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Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther to s stigma of a flower from the same species

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What is self-pollination?

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Self-pollination involves the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma on the same plant

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What is cross-pollination?

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Cross-pollination involved the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma on a different plant

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What is fertilisation?

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Fertilisation is the union of the male and female gametes to form a diploid zygote

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What is the radicle?

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The radicle is the part of the plant embryo that develops into a root

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What is the plumule?

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The plumule is the part of the plant embryo that develops into the shoot

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What is a cotyledon?

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A cotyledon is a seed leaf

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What is a non-endospermic seed?

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A non-endospermic seed has no endosperm when fully formed

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What is an endospermic seed?

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An endospermic seed contains some endosperm when fully formed

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What is a fruit?

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A fruit is a developed ovary

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What is a dispersal?

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Dispersal is the transfer of a seed of fruit away from the parent plant

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What is dormancy?

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Dormancy is a testing period when seeds undergo no growth and have reducer cell activity or metabolism

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What is germination?

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Germination is the regrowth of the embryo, after a period of dormancy, if the environmental conditions are suitable

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