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Question 1

the sticky top of the carpel

Answer 1

Stigma

Question 2

the slender stalk of the carpel

Answer 2

Style

Question 3

a modified portion of the stem to which flowers are attached

Answer 3

Receptacle

Question 4

the male reproductive portion of a flower

Answer 4

Stamen

Question 5

a saclike struture, which produces pollen on a stamen

Answer 5

Anther

Question 6

green leaf like parts, which protect the bud as the flower, develops within.

Answer 6

Sepal

Question 7

a mature ovary, which contains seeds. The fleshy material helps other animals eat it, and disperse the seeds.

Answer 7

Fruit

Question 8

The starchy, nutritive material in a seed, which nourishes the plant embryo

Answer 8

Endosperm

Question 9

the fertilization of polar nuclei, which will become endosperm and the formation of the plant embryo.

Answer 9

Double fertilization

Question 10

the embryonic stem which supports the plant

Answer 10

Hypocotyl

Question 11

the portion of the embryo which bears young leaves or the plumules

Answer 11

Epicotyl

Question 12

concentric rings of xylem

Answer 12

Wood

Question 13

an impermeable layer of ligin and subern which forces water and minerals to move through root cells, not between root cells.

Answer 13

Casparian strip

Question 14

a component of the bark of a woody plant

Answer 14

Cork

Question 15

are symbioitc association of fungi and algae

Answer 15

Lichens

Question 16

the male gametophyte of an angiosperm

Answer 16

Pollen