Wonder of Flowering Plant: Plant Growth Summative Flashcards
The flower is the ___________________ of a flowering plant.
reproductive organ
What does each flowering plant contain?
sex cells and sexual organs.
What is the male part of the flower?
Stamen
What does the stamen do and what does it look like?
It is fuzzy, and produces pollen.
What is the anther supported by?
The filament
What does the pollen contain?
The sperm, or male gametes.
What do perfect flowers contain?
Male and Female parts
What do imperfect flowers contain?
Female OR male parts. (one or the other)
What does a baby plant start its life as?
A seedling
What has to happen before seeds are made?
Pollen from the anther must get on the sticky stigma of a pistil.
What are the two kinds of pollination?
Self-pollination and cross-pollination.
What happens in self-pollination?
The plant must pollinate itself
What happens in cross-pollination?
It requires two plants.
List the different ways in which pollination can happen:
From wind, insects, raindrops, and gravity.
List two characteristics that pollen may have to help them travel to another plant:
-They may have wings to help them control where they’re going and to keep them off the ground. -They may be sticky to attach on to animals.
